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Zhiwu Li “Basic research methods and findings can be applied to a wide variety of woody plants, thus enabling the ISRR to produce alternatives for landowners and to reduce costs across a broad array of crops. Modern plant science research techniques will allow us to quickly develop trees suited for uses ranging from improving urban environments to producing superior wood products.”
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Horticulture & ForestryThe Institute for Sustainable and Renewable Resources (ISRR)Southside Virginia’s Past For generations, Southside Virginia has relied on the growing and production of tobacco for its economic livelihood. Yet, the future of tobacco as an economic stable is in the decline. What is the solution? The Future of Agriculture Farmers throughout Southside must begin to seek
"One of the proposed initiatives is a new type of greenhouse growing media, based on soybean oil. Soybean oil will be converted into a biodegradable foam, useful for transplant plugs production or development of foam-sheet with grass or annual flower seeds for lawns, erosion control, and garden beds." -- Jerzy Nowak, Department of Horticulture, Virginia Tech If you are interested in exploring opportunities available through ISRR, click here. |
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alternative crops. The Institute for Sustainable and Renewable Resources (ISRR) will play an important role in transforming the existing regional tobacco base into viable new horticulture and forestry industries. Virginia Tech’s Departments of Horticulture and Forestry will utilize biotechnology to develop new high value crops for the next generation of farmers. The ISRR will create biotechnology and tissue culture laboratories, greenhouses and field-testing facilities, and a bioinformatics center, all focused on the future of agriculture in Southside.
