UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND SEARCH FOR SALT-TOLERANT GRASSES AIMS TO IMPROVE ROADSIDE PLANTINGS, REDUCE IMPACT OF WINTER ROAD SALT
July 02, 2008
July 02, 2008
KINGSTON, R.I., July 2 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news release:
Standing in a greenhouse at the University of Rhode Island, Rebecca Brown was smiling even though it appeared that something had gone terribly wrong. Almost all of the 16 species of grass she planted last February in hundreds of small pots were dead.
The associate professor of turf science wasn't surprised. That's because the pots had been sitting in increasingly saltier wate . . .
Standing in a greenhouse at the University of Rhode Island, Rebecca Brown was smiling even though it appeared that something had gone terribly wrong. Almost all of the 16 species of grass she planted last February in hundreds of small pots were dead.
The associate professor of turf science wasn't surprised. That's because the pots had been sitting in increasingly saltier wate . . .