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 Volume
2, Number 2 - Spring 2006
Mississippi
Landmarks is a quarterly magazine published by the
Division of Agriculture, Forestry, and Veterinary
Medicine at Mississippi State University. All
articles are in Portable Document Format and
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On
the Cover
Eric
Dibble, background, and University of Georgia graduate student
Jennifer Linehan use a seine to collect fish from a pool below
a waterfall at the Vicksburg National Military Park in Vicksburg.
(Photo by Kurt Foote)
Table
of Contents -
2
The complete Table of Contents as it appears in the
print version.
Vice
President's Letter and masthead -
3
A letter from Dr. Vance Watson and all contributing
personnel.
Cotton
Breeding -
4
MSU cotton breeders are working to develop new varieties.
Arena
Attraction - 6
Mississippi's agricenters provide a variety of activities.
Munching
Mulch -
8
There's an urban legend about what may lurk in mulch.
New
Herbarium - 9
New facility helps students get to know their trees.
Open
House -
10
Annual event brings hundreds to the College of Veterinary
Medicine.
Online
Database -
12
An MSU online database draws worldwide use.
Bulldog
Forest - 13
Gifts of forestland benefit MSU students.
Photo
Collection - 14
Sixty years of agricultural photos have been donated to
MSU Libraries.
FOCUS
(two parts) - Pages 16 - 18 and 19 - 21
Teaching, research and outreach are all part of the
work of the Division of Agriculture,Forestry and Veterinary
Medicine.
Vicksburg
Wildlife -
22
MSU scientists study the wilder side of military park.
Producer
Meeting -
24
North Mississippi producers provide research, Extension
input.
New Flavor
- 25
A new MSU ice cream flavor is on tap for this summer.
Growing
Organically -
26
Certified organic growers are cropping up in Mississippi.
Teddy
B - 27
Pet poodles created a bond between their owners and MSU.
Award
Winners - 28
DAFVM personnel have been recognized for accomplishments.
Editorial
- 29
MSU President Foglesong talks about his first weeks on the
job.
Breaking
new ground - 30
Development partners provide essential support for the division.
Back
Cover - 32
Ekaterina Jeliazkova with the Plant and Soil Sciences Department
and Extension Master Gardener volunteer Verner Essig plant
roses in the new rose garden at the entrance to the R.R. Foil
Plant Science Research Facility. (Photo by Marco Nicovich)
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