trips visited four nurseries or fewer during the course. Transportation was almost always (94%) provided for students on field trips. The shortest round-trip distance traveled on a single field trip was typically (83%) 50 miles or less. The longest round
and after reading the parables. Before reading the plant parables, neither group agreed with the spiritual benefits of horticultural activities; however, after reading the plant parables, the belief of participants with formal horticultural education
2005, 2006, and 2007 at the North Florida Research and Education Center (NFREC) in Quincy, FL. Soil type at the NFREC is a Norfolk loamy sand (fine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kandiudults). Before planting, raised beds were fumigated with methyl
-Florida Research and Education Center (MREC) in Apopka, FL, to induce mutations in available cultivars. Pothos ‘Pearls and Jade’ is a selection from that program. Pothos ‘Pearls and Jade’ is a mutation selected from a group of pothos ‘Marble Queen’ plants that had
Agricultural Experiment Station at the Mid-Florida Research and Education Center (MREC)—Apopka. ‘Silver Bay’ is a very popular cultivar because of its beautiful variegated foliage, good growth habit, and excellent performance in interior conditions
listed in Table 1 . To reduce pollen contamination from neighboring plots, an eight-plant buffer (24 ft) of ‘Tri-X Palomar’ was planted in the center row between each plot ( Fig. 1 ). It has been demonstrated that distance from a diploid pollenizer of 6
PMGF from C. tinctoria to C. leavenworthii ; and 3) the rates of PMGF from C. tinctoria and C. leavenworthii under field conditions and the effects of separation distances on reducing PMGF from C. tinctoria to C. leavenworthii . Materials and
by their personal values. For example, one study found most consumers would buy fewer imported products if they knew the distance products had traveled ( Gairdner, 2006 ). Hence, more interest was garnered by consumers of other types of agricultural
Science (IFAS)/South West Florida Research and Education Center (SWFREC) in Immokalee, FL. The second experiment was established in North Florida on 25 Mar. 2015, at the UF Plant Science Research and Education Unit in Citra, FL. In Immokalee, the soil was
containers and were planted at three sites in Florida: 1) Plant Science Research and Education Unit located in USDA hardiness zone 8b (Citra, FL; Arredondo sand), 2) Gulf Coast Research and Education Center located in zone 9a (Balm, FL; Zolfo fine sand or