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    <title>LSU AgCenter . Nursery Crops</title>
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      <title>LSU AgCenter awarded more than $300,000 in specialty crop grants</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:55:30 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 10/28/09) The LSU AgCenter has received two specialty crop block grants for two research and promotion projects to enhance the competitiveness of Louisiana-grown sweet potatoes and nursery crops. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Cut flower workshop scheduled for Nov. 17-18 in Memphis, Tenn.</title>
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      <title>Phenology Sequence of Flowering Woody Ornamentals Documented to Assist Landscape Pest Management</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A phenology research garden was planted in fall 2007 at the LSU AgCenter Hammond Research Station in Hammond, La. Data collected in 2008 indicated that a sequence of phonological events in advance of pest activities is available from 15 ornamental plants for predicting landscape pest activity. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Pawpaws for Ornamental Use Being Researched</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Louisiana and the southeastern United States has an abundance of native plants that have potential for ornamental and fruit crop use. One of these that LSU AgCenter personnel have been investigating in recent years is the pawpaw. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>People's Choice Awards from Landscape Horticulture Field Day - 2009</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Green industry professionals attending the landscape horticulture field day at the LSU AgCenter’s Hammond Research Station in June were given the opportunity to “pick their winning plants” from the sun garden evaluation trial gardens at the station. Over 340 varieties were planted this year. The planting mostly consists of annual bedding plants and herbaceous perennials, but new roses and some “companion” woody ornamental shrubs (such as Southern Living plants) are also included. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Media pH Management for Greenhouse Growers</title>
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      <title>Weeds in Container Nursery Crops</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2006 17:44:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Weeds compete with nursery crops for water, nutrients and light and can potentially harbor insects and diseases. They are common in all container nurseries and can cause significant losses in product quality and quantity. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Crape myrtle varieties and their care described</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 06/17/08) The LSU AgCenter has conducted a considerable amount of evaluation research on crape myrtles over the last 10-plus years, according to LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dr. Allen Owings. “Probably 40-50 varieties are worthy of being grown and sold in Louisiana,” Owing says. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Pot-in-pot Nursery Production</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2005 18:19:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Traditional pot-in-pot production in a nursery attempts to combine field and container-growing techniques and offers advantages over both production systems. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Razzle Dazzle Crape Myrtles - Introduction / Landscape Performance in 2007 and 2008</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The newest series of crape myrtles are the 'Razzle Dazzle' series. There are hybrids and are dwarf in form. Landscape performance evaluations are underway at the LSU AgCenter. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Nontarget Losses of Granular Herbicide Applied to Container-grown Ornamentals</title>
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      <title>Fertigation Uniformity from Sprinklers in a Nursery</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Studies of water distribution uniformity and fertigation uniformity with sprinkler irrigation were conducted in a commercial container nursery. The first phase of the study consisted of determining water uniformity for two sprinkler heights. The second phase consisted of determining fertilizer application uniformity. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>RBracy@agcenter.lsu.edu (Regina P. Bracy)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Camellia Garden at the Hammond Research Station</title>
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      <title>New Landscape Plant Feature: Crimson Series Azaleas</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:27:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Nursery Crop Outlook - 2009</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The LSU AgCenter provides annual outlooks for different agriculture commodities in Louisiana. 2008 was a tough year for nursery growers with the national economic slowdown, along with damage to the industry from Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Ike and snowfall in December. Here is an overview of the current national and state situation. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Landscape evaluation observations were taken on new plants from Ball Seed, Pan American Seed and Ball Flora Plant in 2007. Here is the completed report from LSU AgCenter work at Burden Center and the Hammond Research Station. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>New Liriope Cultivars Debuting</title>
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      <title>Snow Damage to Louisiana's Nursery Industry - An Economic Report</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:45:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Snowfall across the southern and central portions of the state on December 11, 2008, caused considerable damage to Louisiana's nursery industry via damage to greenhouse structures and plant material. Here is a report on the estimate of economic damage. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Market channels used by wholesale nursery growers in Louisiana have changed. Traditionally, growers sold their products to garden centers, hardware stores, feed and seed stores, landscapers and re-wholesalers. Although landscapers and re-wholesalers continue to be important sales outlets, retailers are the market component where dynamic change has occurred. Mass merchandisers (either general merchandise or home center) have replaced garden centers as the dominant type of retailer. Overall, this - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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