2008 Research Grants

• CLEMSON UNIVERSITY (Juang-Horng Chong)
  Improving the efficacy of two biological control agents against the citrus mealybug through modified release sequence
  $8,000.00

• CORNELL UNIVERSITY (William B. Miller, Chad T. Miller )
  Investigations of interveinal chlorosis in Oxalis regnellii
  $10,500.00

• KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY (Raymond A. Cloyd)
  Efficacy and characteristics of plant-derived essential oils used to control greenhouse arthropod pests
  $10,000.00

• KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
  (Kimberly A. Williams, Mary Beth Kirkham) Causes and management of the physiological disorder edema on greenhouse crops
  $10,000.00

• MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (Erik S. Runkle)
  Energy-efficient greenhouse crop production
  $8,000.00

• PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY (Richard N. Arteca)
  Genetic control of flowering in lilies: A study on flowering time genes
  $10,000.00

• PURDUE UNIVERSITY (Natalia Dudareva)
  New scent genes: Gateway to original creation
  $10,000.00

• PURDUE UNIVERSITY (Roberto G. Lopez)
  Cool and low input poinsettia production
  $6,000.00

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

• TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY (Indira Kuriachan, S.B. Vinson)
  An in vitro study of the development and behavior of a parasite wasp
  $9,000.00

• UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (David G. Clark)
  The role of ethylene in water stress tolerance of Petunia
  $9,000.00

• UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (Zhanao Deng, Natalia A. Peres)
  Developing resistant cultivars for powdery mildew control on pot Gerbera
  $12,000.00

• UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA & UNIVERSITY OF MAINE
  (Marc van Iersel and Stephanie Burnett)
  Modeling daily water use of greenhouse crops
  $10,000.00

• VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY
  (Chuan Hong, Monday Ahonsi, Thomas Banko)
  An energy-saving heat treatment for recycled irrigation water to improve crop health and profitability of the floriculture industry
  $10,000.00

New York Florists’ Club Grants

• CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Neil Mattson)
  Effects of chronic ethylene exposure on bedding and potted plants
  $9,000.00

• CORNELL UNIVERSITY (William B. Miller, Christopher B. Cerveny)
  Postharvest handling of Ranunculus asiaticus for long-term storage of dried tubers
  $10,500.00

• UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE (Brian A. Krug)
  Cold poinsettia production
  $5,480.00

TOTAL.......... $152,480.00

Total Research Grants 1961-2008.......... $5,607,910.90