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Publications - Jamie L. Whitten Plant Materials Center

Updated 04/09/2013

The Jamie L. Whitten Plant Materials Center has published the following documents to solve specific resource conservation needs. Click on the document title to view each document.

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Publications

Publication Type
Technical Notes
Major Publications
Plant Fact Sheets
Plant Guides
Release Brochure
Information Brochures and Flyers
Plant Materials Annual Report of Activities
PMC Annual Technical Report
Newsletters
Published Symposium Proceedings
Other Publication Types

Technical Notes

Establishing Native Habitats for Mississippi's Native Pollinators. (PDF; 2146 KB) Sherry Surrettre, Paul Rodrigue, and Jon Allison. 2009. (ID# 9081)

Nutrient Needs of Wildlife Related Plants in the Southeastern United States Of Wildlife Related Plants in the Southeastern United States. (PDF; 269 KB) PMC staff, MS State Univ. Extension. 2009. (ID# 9080)

Native Vegetation Appropriate for Conservation Cover at Archeological & Historic Sites. (PDF; 225 KB) Cliff Jenkins, Sherry Surrette. 2009. (ID# 9079)

COVER CROPS FOR NO-TILL COTTON. (PDF; 119 KB) Douglas, J.L., W.J. Jackson, and J Parkman. 2004. Jamie L. Whitten PMC, Coffeeville, MS. December 2003. 2p. (ID# 5475)

Cover Crops for Conservation Tilled Cotton. (PDF; 119 KB) Douglas, J.L., W.J. Jackson, and J Parkman. 2004. Jamie L. Whitten PMC, Coffeeville, MS. December 2003. 2p. (ID# 5746)

Perennial Lespedeza Evaluations. (PDF; 820 KB) Snider, J., J. Grabowski, and J. Douglas. 2003. Jamie L. Whitten PMC, Coffeeville, MS. Vol. 16, No. 9. 14p. (ID# 5079)

Response of Two Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) Ecotypes to Seed Storage Environment, Storage Duration, and Prechilling (Technical Note). (PDF; 351 KB) Grabowski, J., J. Douglas, D. Lang, P. Meints, and C. Watson, Jr. 2003. Jamie L. Whitten PMC, Coffeeville, MS. Vol. 16, No. 3. 10p. (ID# 5080)

Technical Note No. 102. ESTIMATED PRODUCTION COST BUDGETS FOR BIOMASS : Switchgrass, ‘Highlander’ eastern gamagrass, Indiangrass and Big Bluestem. (PDF; 200 KB) Jon Allison, Paul B. Rodrigue. 2007. MSPMC data, MS economic data, Coffeeville, MS. TN 102. 16p. (ID# 7268)

Major Publications

Supplemental Wildlife Food Planting Manual for the Southeast. (PDF; 6,910K) Hamrick, Bill, B. Strickland, J. Allison, K. D. Nelms, J. Gruchy, R. Hamrick, A. Tullos,. 2010. (ID# 9359)

Plant Guide for Establishing Coastal Vegetation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. (PDF; 333 KB) Sherry Surrette. 2007. Jackson, MS. 4/202007. 39p. (ID# 7271)

Evaluation of warm season grass species and management practices to improve biomass production potential in the mid-South. (PDF; 606 KB) Grabowski, J.M., S.D. Edwards, and J.L. Douglas. 2004. Jamie L. Whitten PMC, Coffeeville, MS. March 2004. 16p. (ID# 5476)

Plant Fact Sheets

Arrowleaf Clover Fact Sheet. (PDF; 111K) MSPMC staff. 2011. (ID# 10608)

Creeping Burhead Fact Sheet. (PDF; 151K) MSPMC staff. 2011. (ID# 10611)

Powdery Thalia Fact Sheet. (PDF; 93K) MSPMC staff. 2011. (ID# 10609)

Reseeding Methods of Arrowleaf Clover. (PDF; 268 KB) Edwards, S. 2003. Jamie L. Whitten PMC, Coffeeville, MS. Number 4, December 5, 2001. 2p. (ID# 5042)

Plant Guides

'Highlander' Eastern Gamagrass Plant Guide. (PDF; 353 KB) Janet Grabowski, Joel Douglas. 2005. Jamie L. Whitten PMC, Coffeeville , MS. April 2005. 5p. (ID# 6132)

Handling Tips for Improving Tree and Shrub Plantings. (PDF; 184 KB) Douglas, J.L., J. Grabowski, A. Holditch, and L. Ellison. 2003. Jamie L. Whitten PMC, Coffeeville, MS. Plant Note No. 4 December 2002. 3p. (ID# 5038)

Release Brochure

Release Brochure for 'Halifax' maidencane. (PDF; 659K) MSPMC staff. 2012. (ID# 11266)

Release Brochure for 'Highlander' eastern gamagrass. (PDF; 246K) MSPMC staff. 2012. (ID# 11267)

Information Brochures and Flyers

Native Plants for Mississippi Coastline Restoration. (PDF; 713 KB) Sherry Surrette, Cassandra Meyer. 2007. Palnt guides, plants database, plant vendors guide, Coffeeville, MS. 6p. (ID# 7156)

Plant Materials Annual Report of Activities

Progress Report of Activities. (PDF; 769K) PMC staff. 2012. (ID# 11265)

PMC Annual Technical Report

Annual Technical Report. (PDF; 245K) MSPMC staff. 2012. (ID# 11272)

Newsletters

Fall 2012 newsletter. (PDF; 380K) MSPMC staff. 2012. (ID# 11268)

Spring newsletter Spring 2012. (PDF; 369K) MSPMC staff. 2012. (ID# 11269)

Summer 2012 newsletter. (PDF; 228K) MSPMC staff. 2012. (ID# 11270)

Winter 2012 newsletter. (PDF; 855K) MSPMC staff. 2012. (ID# 11271)

Published Symposium Proceedings

A New Eastern Gamagrass Cultivar for the Southern United States. (PDF; 50 KB) Grabowsk, J., S. Edwards, and J. Douglas. 2003. Third Eastern Native Grass Symposium reprinted as MSPMC Tech Note Vol16 No. 4, pending. 7p. (ID# 5035)

Three Mississippi Ecotypes of Wetland Plants (Proceedings Paper). (PDF; 21 KB) Grabowski, J. 2000. University of Mississippi, Biological Field Station, Sustainability of wetlands and water resources, May 21-25, 2000, Oxford, MS. 2000. 6p. (ID# 4804)

Other Publication Types

Managing ‘Highlander’ Eastern Gamagrass for Sustainable Forage Production in the Upper Southeastern United States. (PDF; 83 KB) Douglas, S.D., Edwards, W.J. Jackson, and D.J. Lang. 2004. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station and Jamie L. Whitten PMC, 1p. (ID# 5676)