2007 Research Grants

• AMHERST COLLEGE  (Jaime Elizabeth Blair)                                    Examining the genetic diversity among Phytophthora species
  isolated from floral hosts
  $6,500.00

• CORNELL UNIVERSITY  (William B. Miller)                                    Postharvest handling of Ranunculus asiaticus for long-term
  storage of dried tubers
  $10,000.00

• IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY  (Mark Gleason and Zhihan Xu)            Development of an accurate, rapid method to assess resistance among
  among Hosta cultivars to petiole rot caused by Sclerotium. rolfsii var.
  delphinii  
  $8,000.00

• KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY  (Raymond A. Cloyd)                        The effect of extracts derived from organic growing medium
  components in controlling fungus gnats, Bradysia spp. (Diptera: 
  Sciaridae) in greenhouses
  $12,000.00

• MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY  (Erik S. Runkle)                        Energy-efficient greenhouse crop production
  $9,220.00

• NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY  (D. Michael Benson)                       
  Impact of Phytophthora cryptogea on the floriculture industry
  $8,000.00

• PURDUE UNIVERSTIY  (Natalia Dudareva)                                   
  New scent genes:  Gateway to original creation
  $11,000.00

• TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY  (Indira Kuriachan)                                   
  An in vitro study of the development and behavior of a parasite wasp.
  $8,000.00

• TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY  (Yin-Tung Wang and Terri Starman)           
  Effect of nutrient supply and cooling on growth, flower bud
  differentiation, and propagation of the Nobile Dendrobium Orchid.       
  $10,000.00

• UNITED STATES DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE (USDA)  (Kathy Kamo)           
  Genetic engineering of Lilium longiflorum cv. Nellie White for
  nematode resistance
  $10,000.00

• UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS  (Michael R. Evans)                       
  Use of silica to inhibit soil-borne fungal pathogens of greenhouse
  crops.        
  $8,000.00

• UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA  (J. Chen and R.J. Henny)            Determining calcium oxalate crystals (COCs) in Philodendron and
  developing methods for producing Philodendron with reduced
  COCs
  $5,000.00

• UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA  (David G. Clark)                       
  The role of ethylene in water stress tolerance of Petunia
  $8,000.00

• UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA  (Zhanao Deng, Natalia A. Peres)            Resistant cultivars for powdery mildew control on pot Gerbera
  $11,000.00

• UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA  (Neil O. Anderson)           
  Inheritance of non-vernalization requiring genes (VER1, VER2) in
  seed propagated lilies
  $7,500.00

• UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN  (Thomas L. German)            Development of a novel control strategy for thrips and Tospoviruses
  in floral crops
  $10,000.00
             

New York Florists’ Club Grants

• CORNELL UNIVERSITY  (William B. Miller)                        Investigations of intervenial chlorosis in Oxalis regnellii
  $10,000.00

• KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY  (Kimberly A. Williams, Mary Beth
  Kirkham)                                                                                               
  Understanding Edema on Ivy Geranium:  Interactions between
  irrigation practices and environmental conditions – Is conventional
  wisdom correct?
  $10,000.00

• SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY  (Aldwin Anterola)             Indigo production in plant cells:  Setting the stage for true blue
  flowers
  $5,000.00

2007 TOTAL…………………      $167,220.00

Total Research Grants 1961-2007: $5,455,430.90