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Successfully storing milkweed taproots for habitat restoration

Melissa L Topping, R Kasten Dumroese and Jeremiah R Pinto
Native Plants Journal, March 2019, 20 (1) 48-58; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/npj.20.1.48
Melissa L Topping
Biological Science Technician, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station 1221 S Main Street, Moscow, ID 83843,
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R Kasten Dumroese
Research Plant Physiologist, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station 1221 S Main Street, Moscow, ID 83843,
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Jeremiah R Pinto
Research Plant Physiologist, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station 1221 S Main Street, Moscow, ID 83843,
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