2011 Research Grants

• COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY (Robert A. Martienssen)
  Examining transposable element demethylation in Arabidopsis pollen
  $8,100.00

• CORNELL UNIVERSITY (William B. Miller and Neil S. Mattson)
  Developing tools to aid timing of hybrid lilies
  $9,000.00

• KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY (Raymond A. Cloyd)
  Effect of sugar-based compounds in enhancing the efficacy of insecticides against the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis
  $8,000.00

• KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY (Kimberly A. Williams)
  Understanding the role of microbial activity on nutrient availability from organic fertilizers applied to soilless root media
  $10,800.00

• NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (John M. Dole and Alicain S. Carlson)
  The effects of bulb storage temperature and duration, bulb size and plant growth regulators on the growth and flowering of Eucomis
  $5,000.00

• NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (Steven D. Frank)
  Optimizing aphid biological control with banker plant systems
  $9,000.00

• NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (Brian Whipker, Paul Nelson, Jared Barnes)
  Quantifying the factors which influence pH
  $10,000.00

• OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY (Michelle Jones)
  Decreasing postproduction shrinkage by enhancing drought tolerance
  $9,000.00

• PURDUE UNIVERSITY (Roberto G. Lopez and Christopher J. Currey)
  Optimizing the daily light integral during propagation of herbaceous floriculture crops
  $10,000.00

• PURDUE UNIVERSITY (Roberto G. Lopez, Diane M. Camberato, and Christopher J. Currey)
  Effect of root substrate pH and nutrient application to challenging petunia and calibrachoa during propagation
  $10,000.00

• UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (Zhanao Deng and Natalia A. Peres)
  Developing caladiums resistant to multiple diseases and pests through cell fusion
  $10,000.00

New York Florists’ Club Grants

• CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Mark Bridgen)
  Development of new Cleome cultivars through interspecific hybridization and in vitro breeding
  $8,000.00

• CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Neil Mattson)
  Increasing ornamental plant shelf-life with natural and chemical agents
  $10,000.00

• UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE (Brian A. Krug)
  (Along with Brian Whipker-NCSU, Roberto Lopez-Purdue, Kimberly Williams- KSU, Raymond Cloyd-KSU and Margery Daughtrey-Cornell) eGRO – electronic Grower Resources Online
  $16,600.00

TOTAL.......... $133,500.00

Total Research Grants 1961-2011.......... $5,976,610.90