Trip to MSU Experiment Station

Taylor Campbell of the college of agriculture talked about 17 majors offered through the College of Ag. Then Dr. Lorin Harvey gave an in depth lecture on sweet potato production and the Clean Seed Initiative. We learned that every Mississippi sweet potato gets its start in the clean lab at the experiment station. Vines are propagated in the lab there to insure it is not infected with any parasites or viruses. We also learned that Mississippi produces 25% of the nations sweet potatoes.