Mississippi Business Journal » flowers http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 12:29:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Researchers look at ways to raise healthier poinsettias http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/16/researchers-look-at-ways-to-rise-healthier-poinsettias/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=researchers-look-at-ways-to-rise-healthier-poinsettias http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/16/researchers-look-at-ways-to-rise-healthier-poinsettias/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:14:36 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=49743 STARKVILLE — Researchers at Mississippi State University have found a cost-effective and environmentally friendly strategy for fighting one of the most serious soil-borne diseases in poinsettia production. Pythium stem and root rot is a common problem in poinsettia production because the fungus thrives in cool, saturated and poorly drained soils, said Maria Tomaso-Peterson, associate research [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/16/researchers-look-at-ways-to-rise-healthier-poinsettias/feed/ 0 Researchers make breakthroughs in poinsettia production http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/13/researchers-make-breakthroughs-in-poinsettia-production/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=researchers-make-breakthroughs-in-poinsettia-production http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/13/researchers-make-breakthroughs-in-poinsettia-production/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:22:18 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=49617 STARKVILLE — Researchers at Mississippi State University have found a cost-effective and environmentally friendly strategy for fighting one of the most serious soil-borne diseases in poinsettia production. Pythium stem and root rot is a common problem in poinsettia production because the fungus thrives in cool, saturated and poorly drained soils, said Maria Tomaso-Peterson, associate research [...]

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