WVU Greenhouse grows love of horticulture among students, faculty (West Virginia University)

(Source: West Virginia University) Seeds of education are planted at the West Virginia UniversityGreenhouse. They then flourish into petunias. Or maybe tomatoes. Or basil, all used for research and classwork. The two-year-old greenhouse is 28,250-square-foot living laboratory that allows students and professors to recreate how plants live in certain environments and study how particular conditions affect growth, reproduction and nutrient uptake. "It's an incredible facility that is truly one of a kind," said Nicole Waterland, an assistant professor of horticulture who researches plant response to environmental stress. "It's important to have this investment to continue to meet the needs of...