Evaluating Plant Materials in Plant City

Randall Weiseman January 15, 2008 Florida, USDA-NRCS

USDAâ€™s Natural Resources Conservation Service Plant Materials Center in Brooksville is working with the University of Floridaâ€™s Plant City campus arboretum to demonstrate and evaluate plant releases.

Report (1:30 mp3)

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