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| Web URL(s): | http://www.apsnet.org/publications/phytopathology/backissues/Documents/1991Articles/phyto81n10_1133.pdf#page=69
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| Content Type: | Abstract or Summary only |
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| Author(s): | Clement, David L.;
Malinoski, Mary K.;
Bosmans, Raymond V.;
Sharp, Denise D. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Regional Specialists, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Maryland System, Ellicot City, MD |
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| Title: | A new extension education program in Maryland--the home and garden information center. |
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| Source: | Phytopathology. Vol. 81, No. 10, October 1991, p. 1202 #518. |
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| Publishing Information: | St. Paul, MN: American Phytopathological Society |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Horticulture; Education
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| Abstract/Contents: | "The Home and Garden Information Center was started in 1989 in response to steadily increasing numbers of phone inquiries by homeowners in Maryland for gardening advice. The Center staff is made up of regional specialists, horticulture consultants and master gardener volunteers. The Center has provided a toll free phone answering facility for homeowner questions on horticulture and pest control. The Center also features a automated phone tape system on various gardening topics which is accessible 24 hours a day. The Center staff is involved with development of fact sheets, phone scripts, TV, radio, and video tapes, master gardener classes, inservice training, and applied research. In its first year of operation the Center received a total of 35,079 phone calls. The distribution of the 19,688 calls answered by the staff were as follows: 36% on ornamentals, 25% on pest control, 12% on fruit and vegatables, 11% on turf, and 16% were on miscellaneous topics. Plant diseases made up 9% of the assisted calls and 24% of the plant samples. In the first year of operation the Center reduced the phone calls of the participating counties by approximately 30%." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | This item is an abstract only! |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Clement, D. L., M. K. Malinoski, R. V. Bosmans, and D. D. Sharp. 1991. A new extension education program in Maryland--the home and garden information center.. Phytopathology. 81(10):p. 1202 #518. |
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