Success StoryWatermelon Trial



Watermelon Trial

Author: Shawn Wright

Planning Unit: Horticulture

Major Program: Horticulture, Commercial

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

Wyatt Lucas was an intern for us and managed a watermelon variety trial that was published in our 2021 Research Reports.  It gave him experience managing a project and in publication while providing useful information to the commercial melon industry in Kentucky.






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