23-155.02 - Function. - Virginia Statutes

§ 23-155.02. Function.

The Virginia Truck and Ornamentals Research Station, at times hereafterreferred to as the "Station," shall conduct basic and applied research inthe fields of horticulture, plant breeding and variety testing, entomology,nematology, plant pathology, plant physiology, and soil science which maybear directly on the interests of commercial growers of vegetable andornamental crops in Tidewater Virginia. The station shall coordinate itsresearch with related work of the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station toavoid unnecessary duplication of effort. The information acquired pursuant tothis section shall be disseminated. The Norfolk and Eastern Shore branches ofthe station will be retained as active research stations.

(1985, c. 505.)