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Horticulture is the art and science of growing plants. Virginia Tech's degree and research emphasis is on sustainable urban landscaping, nursery production, environmental and urban horticulture, vegetable and fruit crop production, viticulture, and plant breeding, genetics, and molecular biology.

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CAB Abstracts from CABDirect

CAB Abstracts from CABDirect
CAB Abstracts indexes citations and abstracts from journals, books, reports, handbooks, conference proceedings, field notes, and theses in agriculture, life sciences, natural resources, veterinary sciences, applied economics, nutrition, tourism, and the environment. Includes the CAB Abstracts Archive. Some full text available as PDFs. 1910s-present.
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Acta Horticulturae

Acta Horticulturae
Acta Horticulturae provides the full text (PDF) of conference proceedings and technical reports from this peer-reviewed series of publications from the International Society of Horticultural Science. Content is searchable and browsable by publication year. 1963-present.
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Plant Science from ProQuest

Plant Science from ProQuest
Plant Science indexes citations and abstracts from journal articles, conference proceedings, and books in the fields of plant and related life sciences. You can limit to peer-reviewed sources. 1994-present.
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AGRICOLA from ProQuest

AGRICOLA from ProQuest
AGRICOLA indexes citations for journal articles, books, proceedings, theses, patents, translations, audiovisual materials, computer software, and technical reports pertaining to all aspects of agriculture, life sciences, nutrition, and environmental science. This database provides selective worldwide coverage of primary information sources in agriculture and related fields. You can limit to peer-reviewed sources. 1970-present.
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