| | Jamie L. Whitten Plant Materials CenterCoffeeville, Mississippi Established 1960
The Jamie L. Whitten Plant Materials Center (MSPMC) works closely with NRCS field offices and land managers on a broad range of conservation concerns and issues. Major issues in the Center’s service area include; pasture land improvement, cropland erosion control, critical area erosion control, urban conservation, wildlife habitat enhancement; and water quality improvement. The Center’s service area includes the Blackland prairie of central Alabama, Mississippi, the delta regions of Arkansas, southwestern Kentucky, southeastern Missouri, Louisiana, and western Tennessee. Corn, soybeans, cotton, rice timber and grazing lands dominate the service area. Continuous cropping of cotton and soybeans using conventional methods are a major cause of soil erosion in the MSPMC service area. The Center has researched and developed technology for native plant herbicide tolerance, Wetland Reserve Program seeding establishment, propagation of wetland plants and native grass potential for biofuels. The Jamie L. Whitten Plant Materials Center has released a number of improved conservation plants including those used in wetland mitigation plantings, for stream bank control, riparian buffers, urban conservation, basket making, and wildlife habitat. Contact2533 County Rd. 65
Coffeeville, MS 38922-2652 Telephone: 662.675.2588
FAX: 662.675.2369
Email: Lamar.Burgess@ms.usda.gov | | |
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