Source: NCSU COOPERATIVE EXTENSION, 5/18/21

It is a beautiful spring in western NC and our field research is full swing once again. The Eastern Broccoli Project, a USDA/SCRI funded project that involves researchers from Maine to Florida, is entering it’s 11th and final year. We have the largest field of broccoli that we have ever had at the Mountain Research Station in Waynesville. Margaret Bloomquist is leading this effort. In the past, all the broccoli test plots were coded so visitors (and researchers) couldn’t tell what was what, but this year the varieties and many of the breeding lines will be clearly marked so you can tell what you are looking at!

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