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- [S20] JoAnn and Harold Mack - Emmert Report dated October 10, 1997.
- [S17] http://www.plasticulture.org/history_Emmert.htm (Reliability: 3).
Dr. Emery Myers Emmert “The Father of Plastic Greenhouses”From The Proceedings of the 25 National Agricultural Plastics Congress in 1994Written by Robert G. AndersonUniversity of Kentucky Sept. 1994In 1994 Dr. Emery Myers Emmert was posthumously selected for the American Society for Plasticulture’s Pioneer Award in honor of his groundbreaking research in plastic film use. At that time the organization was celebrating its Silver Anniversary Congress on Agricultural Plastics. The Proceedings of that event were dedicated to Dr. Emmert. The following article in the Proceedings commemorated his work.On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the American Society for Plasticulture and its predecessors, the National Agricultural Plastics Association and the National Horticultural Plastics Association, it is appropriate to consider the impact that the researchers involved with the Society have had on agriculture in the world. Agricultural scientists take pride in “their mission or duty” to serve the
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