2005 Research Grants

• LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY (Jeff S. Kuehny)
  Understanding premature dormancy and emergence of
  Hippeastrum
  $8,000.00

• NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (Brian A. Krug and
  Brian E. Whipker)
  Establishing best management practices for avoiding boron
  deficiency in pansy and gerbera plugs
  $8,000.00

• NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (Colleen Y. Warfield
  and Eric L. Davis)
  Development of a PCR-based detection assay for foliar nematodes
  in ornamental host plant tissues
  $10,000.00

• OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY (Michelle L. Jones)
  Protein expression profiling during flower senescence:
  A proteomic approach to enhancing post production quality
  $9,000.00

• PURDUE UNIVERSITY (Natalia Dudareva)
  Improvement of postharvest quality and floral scent performance
  of snapdragon flowers
  $10,000.00

• TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY (Carlos Borgan)
  Monitoring and managing resistance to neonicotinoid
  insecticides in Bemisia whiteflies
  $8,000.00

• TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY (Terri Starman and Yin-Tung Wang)
  Determining the exact nutrient and thermal requirements for
  optimum growth and flowering of Hybrid Nobile Dendrobium as a
  potted plant
  $9,000.00

• TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY (Yin-Tung Wang)
  Temperature effects on precision flowering of the Phalaenopsis
  Orchids
  $8,000.00

• UNITED STATES DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) (Scott T.
  Adkins and Dennis J. Lewandowski)
  Effect of virus infection on hibiscus cutting production and
  characterization of a newly detected hibiscus-infecting
  Tobamovirus from Florida
  $9,000.00

• UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (J. Chen and R.J. Henny)
  Developing methods of inducing somatic embryogenesis for
  Schefflera propagation
  $4,500.00

• UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (David G. Clark)
  Gene function analysis in transgenic petunias
  $9,000.00

• UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (Zhanao Deng and Brent K. Harbaugh)
  Breeding for improvement of cold tolerance in caladium
  $8,000.00

• UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (James L. Gibson and Christopher B.
  Cerveny)
  Stock plant management of tropical plants
  $6,000.00

• UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA (Marc van Iersel)
  Irrigation automation in greenhouses: Better crops with less water $5,500.00

• UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Raymond A. Cloyd)
  Alternative management strategies to control fungus gnats,
  Bradysia ssp. (Diptera: Sciaridae) in greenhouses using extracts
  derived from organic soil components
  $10,000.00

• UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (Verónica S. Di Stilio)
  The genetic basis of flower variation in Thalictrum (Ranunculaceae)
  $8,000.00

• VIRGINIA TECH AND UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (Holly L. Scoggins and James L. Gibson)
  Establishing minimum critical nutrient standards for herbaceous
  perennials
  $12,000.00

NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB GRANTS

The following grants have been designed as New York Florists’ Club Grants and are established as a continuing tribute to the many industry people, who as members of the club, gave so generously of their time and resources to improve and enhance the future of our industry.

• CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Mark Bridgen and Eduardo Olate)
  Late summer and fall production of cut lily flowers
  $6,000.00

• CORNELL UNIVERSITY (William B. Miller and Hye-Ji Kim)
  Improvement of postharvest quality in tulips using Gibberellin
  4+7 and Benzyladenine
  $6,000.00

• CORNELL UNIVERSITY (John P. Sanderson)
  Developing the use of the hunter fly, Coenosia attenuate, as a
  predator of greenhouse pests
  $8,000.00

• STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY (Douglas J. Futuyma)
  The evolution of novel plant insect interactions
  $5,000.00

• UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND (Jeffrey A. Adkins)
  Molecular genetic control of floral induction in Hydrangea
  macrophylla
  $8,000.00

2005 TOTAL: $175,000.00

Total Research Grants 1961-2005: $5,125,810.90