2001 Research Grants

• CLEMSON UNIVERSITY (Nihal C. Rajapakse)
  Environmental control of flowering: Analysis of flower development under modified light environments.
  $11,000.00

• CLEMSON UNIVERSITY (Sriyani Rajapakse and Robert E. Ballard)
  Discovering powdery mildew resistance genes in rose.
  $12,000.00

• CORNELL UNIVERSITY (William B. Miller and Anil P. Ranwala)
  Improvement of postharvest quality of cut Hybrid Lilies: Potential use of gibberellins, benzyladenine, and 1-MCP.
  $11,000.00
  

• MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (R.T. Fernandez, B.K. Behe, K.M. Kelley, R.D. Heins, and W.H. Carlson)
  Flowering shrubs: New crops for the floriculture industry.
  $12,000.00
  

• NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, RIVER FALLS, AND CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY (John Dole and Bryce Lane, Terry Ferris, and Virginia Walter)
  Determining indicators of success in floriculture careers for college graduates
  $7,810.00
  

• NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (James L. Gibson and Brian Whipker)
  Establishing a fertilization protocol for stock plants and vegetative cuttings to maximize rooting and shoot growth.
  $11,200.00
  

• NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (Colleen Y. Warfield and D. Michael Benson)
  Evaluation of Myrothecium roridum and Thielaviopsis basicola as potential seedborne pathogens of pansy, and the role of potting medium as an additional source of inoculum.
  $12,994.00
  

• NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (Dennis J. Werner and Jessica L. Gaus)
  Development of improved cultivars of Stokes Aster: Genetic manipulation of upright Growth habit, compact stature, and extended flowering.
  $10,000.00

• PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY (Richard Craig)
  Postproduction quality in the Regal Pelargonium: Botrytis.
  $10,400.00
  

• PURDUE UNIVERSITY (Natalia Dudareva)
  Molecular engineering of floral scent.
  $12,500.00
  

• TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY (R. Daniel Lineberger)
  hortlPM, a Web-CDROM hybrid pesticide database for floriculture.
  $12,500.00
  

• TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY (David Wm. Reed)
  Reassessing water quality for greenhouse crop production.
  $12,000.00
  

• UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) (Thomas Weissling and Alan Meerow)
  Host range of an undescribed pest of amaryllis.
  $12,000.00
  

• UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Michael S. Reid)
  New Narcissus cultivars for year-round production.
  $9,135.00
  

• UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (J. Chen and R.J. Henny)
  Developing micropropagation and regeneration systems for Chinese Evergreen and Pothos.
  $8,500.00
  

• UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (David G. Clark)
  Foundational research tools for floiculture biotechnology.
  $12,000.00
  

• UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (Everett R. Emino)
  Mediation of ethylene response in geranium vegetative propagation and stock plant management.
  $12,000.00
  

• UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA (James W. Buck and Steven N. Jeffers)
  The potential for biological control of Botrytis Blight on geraniums with antagonistic yeasts.
  $5,000.00

• UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Schuyler S. Korban)
  Enhancing fungal disease resistance in roses.
  $11,500.00
  

• UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Daniel Warnock and Raymond Cloyd)
  Managing Western flower thrips using a combination of impatiens with natural resistance and reduced risk insecticides.
  $10,000.00
  

• UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY (Robert Geneve)
  ACC-treated seeds show increased speed of geranium.
  $10,000.00
  

• UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (Paul Fisher, Geoffrey Njue, and John Dole)
  A production and post-harvest blueprint for cut poinsettia.
  $9,500.00
  

• UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON (Dennis P. Stimart)
  Stomatal patterning as a selection tool for extending flower longevity.
  $10,000.00
  

• VIRGINIA TECH (Joyce G. Latimer)
  Production of Herbaceous Perennials: Development of an integrated plant health management program.
  $12,000.00
  

• WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY (Marietta Loehrlein)
  Cultivar development of Coreopsis rosea Nutt., Pink Tickseed
  $10,396.00

   

• CORNELL UNIVERSITY (William B. Miller and Alex Chang)
  Causes and control of upper leaf necrosis on Oriental Hybrid Lilies.
  $11,000.00

• UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT (Mark Bridgen)
  Breeding and production of the new cut flower crop, Leucocoryne.
  $12,500.00

• UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON (Michael A. Sulzinski)
  Microtiter plant assay to detect PCR-amplified Ralstonia solanacearum and Xanthomonas campestris pv. pelargonii.
  $10,000.00