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Eastern Region Newsletter          

February 2012    
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Boxwood Blight
MA Area Meeting
Marketing Strategies
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Boxwood Blight2Boxwood Blight: 
A new threat calling for an aggressive response.  

Whether in the nursery, garden center or landscape, management of a newly identified boxwood disease requires aggressive measures.  Knowledge is key to getting a handle on this new challenge to the nursery industry.  Click here for a fact sheet developed by Dr. Sharon Douglas at the CT Ag Experiment Station.  Visit the CAES website for more, including best management practices and Dr. Douglas' full presentation from New England Grows. 

The Horticulture Research Institute (HRI) has created  the Emerging Issues and Technology Projects Box Blight Fund to aid in tightening the research focus and accelerating the timeline for research results on the problem.  Click here for more.

  
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Arnold Explorer's Garden
Cape Cod Area Meeting: 
Save the Dates!
A unique two-day Area Meeting will be held on July 27 & 28 in eastern Massachusetts.  Day one will be at the Arnold Arboretum with talks, tours and ample time to explore the vast collections.

 On Day 2, attendees will drive across the Cape Cod canal to Sandwich, MA to visit the F.W. Schumacher seed company and other plant collections to be announced.  Watch for details closer to the event and mark your calendars now! 

Ancient plant
How would YOU germinate a 32,000 year old seed?

Scientists in Russia have claimed to reproduce a narrow-leafed campion from seed stored in a squirrel's burrow some 32,000 years ago in the Siberian tundra, according to BBC mobile.  This would be the oldest plant by far that has ever been grown from ancient tissue.  Read more here...
     
 
Upcoming Events:
2012 Annual Conference: October 10-13, 2012
Brandywine Valley, Pennsylvania
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The mission of the IPPS Eastern Region is to provide a forum for education and information exchange among plant professionals.

 

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