2002 Research Grants

• CLEMSON UNIVERSITY (Nihal C. Rajapakse)
  Environmental control of flowering: Analysis of flower development under modified light environment.
  $8,000.00
  

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

• CORNELL UNIVERSITY (William E. Fry, Margery L. Daughtrey and Margot C. Rathbone)
  Integrated management of late blight on petunias in the greenhouse.
  $8,000.00
  

• CORNELL UNIVERSITY (William B. Miller and Alex Chang)
  Causes and control of upper leaf necrosis on Oriental Hybrid Lilies.
  $9,000.00
  

• CORNELL UNIVERSITY (William B. Miller and Anil P. Ranwala)
  The mechanism and sites of plant growth regulator uptake by lily bulbs.
  $9,000.00
  

• LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY (Jeff S. Kuehny)
  Clerodendrum as flowering potted plants.
  $8,000.00
  

• NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (James Gibson, Brian Whipker, Paul Nelson and John Dole)
  Establishing a fertilization protocol for stock plants and vegetative cuttings to maximize rooting and shoot growth.
  $8,000.00
  

• 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.
  $8,000.00
  

• NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (Brian Whipker and James Gibson)
  Commercial floriculture website development.
  $5,550.00

• OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY (Michelle L. Jones)
  Hormone interactions and their role in the initiation and regulation of flower senescence.
  $8,000.00
  

• PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY (Richard Craig and Kathleen Brown)
  Postproduction quality in the Regal Pelargonium.
  $11,000.00
  

• PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY (Gary W. Moorman)
  Population database for tracing origin and movement of Pythium.
  $10,000.00
  

• PURDUE UNIVERSITY (Natalia Dudareva)
  Molecular engineering of floral scent.
  $12,000.00
  

• UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) (Carolyn F. Scagel)
  Effect of inoculation with mycorrhizal fungi on growth, flowering, and tuber composition of Zantedeschia and Canna.
  $8,000.00
  

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

• UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (Brent K. Harbaugh and R.J. McGovern)
  Development of caladium cultivars resistant to Fusarium Tuber Rot.
  $8,000.00
  

• UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (David J. Norman)
  Bacterial wilt of geranium.
  $8,000.00
  

• UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA (James W. Buck and Steven N. Jeffers)
  The potential for biological control of Botrytis Blight on geraniums with antagonistic yeasts.
  $10,000.00
  

• UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Schuyler S. Korban)
  Enhancing fungal disease resistance in roses.
  $12,000.00
  

• UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE (David J. Schultz)
  Trichome specific promoters for expression of anacardic acides – a first step toward bioengineering increased pest resistance in floriculture corps.
  $8,000.00
  

• UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE (Susan Hamilton, Kimberly Gwinn and Bonnie Ownley)
  Disease control of commercial greenhouse crops with antifungal essential oils of Monarda.
  $12,000.00
  

• WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY (Sven Verlinden)
  Development of a genetic marker for post harvest quality control in floriculture crops.
  $12,000.00

• CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Mark Bridgen)
  Breeding and production of the new cut flower crop, Leucocoryne (Glory-of-the-Sun).
  $12,000.00
  

• UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT (M. Brownbridge, M. Skinner, T. Doubleday, and S.D. Costa)
  Over-Winter survival of Western Flower Thrips and early detection in Spring bedding plants.
  $10,000.00