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Experts Share Knowledge
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Virginia Cooperative Extension's experts and educators have made it easy for you to access university knowledge and information via an interactive digital format.
Horticultural Therapy
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The New York Times published an article a few days ago about Horticultural Therapy. Briefly stated, "Horticultural therapy embraces the basics, using nature and gardening-like activities, facilitated by a trained therapist, to help patients feel better.
Plant Disease Breakthrough Announced
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According to an article in ScienceDaily, "A global research team [has] identified specific locations within plants' chromosomes capable of transferring immunity to their offspring."
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The Arch-nemesis Of Homeowners
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Texas A&M AgriLife Extension says, "If you’ve been noticing brown patches in your lawn lately, it’s most likely infected by the pathogen commonly known as Take All Patch.
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Cracking The Mystery of Monarch Eggs
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According to an article published by Michigan State University, "Only about 5 percent of monarch eggs survive to become butterflies." Why is that? Is something eating them? To find out, "doctoral student Andrew Myers set up 24/7 surveillance to determine who is preying on the eggs."
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