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Jamie L. Whitten Plant Materials Center
Coffeeville, Mississippi

Updated 01/04/2008

James L. Whitten Plant Materials CenterEstablished 1960

Over the past 40 years, the Jamie L. Whitten Plant Materials Center near Coffeeville has provided plant solutions for parts of Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. The Center has released a number of improved conservation plants including Indian Bayou Source powdery thalia and Morton Germplasm kori-yanagi willow. The Center also 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.

 


 

Special Feature

Native Bamboo Study

Contact

2533 County Rd. 65
Coffeeville, MS 38922-2652

Telephone: 662.675.2588
FAX:  662.675.2369
Email: philip.barbour@ms.usda.gov

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