2014 Research Grants

• KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY (Raymond A. Cloyd)
  Effect of incorporating entomopathogenic fungi into rotation programs against the western flower thrips, Frankiniella occidentalis
  $15,000.00

• NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (Brian Whipker)
  Expanding leaf tissue nutritional standards
  $12,079.00

• NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
  (Brian Whipker, Matt Bertone, Steven Frank, Sarah Jandricic)
  Creating an interactive insect lifecycle photographs and guide
  $9,209.00

• NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (Steven D. Frank, Sarah E. Jandricic)
  Integrated thrips management for greenhouse crops
  $11,614.00

• OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY (Melodie Putnam)
  Evaluating methods for control of the crown gall bacterium, Agrobacterium, in rose
  $10,800.00

• PURDUE UNIVERSITY (W. Garrett Owen and Roberto G. Lopez)
  Propagation of ornamental grasses from single-node cuttings for quick liner production
  $12,000.00

• SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY (Aldwin Anterola)
  Indigo production in plants cells: Setting the stage for true blue flowers
  $8,000.00

• UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (Zhanao Deng)
  Introducing the NPR1 gene into impatiens and determining the effects of NPR1
  $15,000.00

• UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (Erica M. Goss, G. Shad Ali)
  Diversity and fungicide-resistance in Phytophthora nicotianae in Florida floriculture
  $10,000.00

• UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (Benham Lockhart)
  Investigation of a seed-borne flower and foliar distortion disorder occurring in ornamental Asteraceae and its association with novel filamentous protein structures
  $17,500.00
  

New York Florists’ Club Grants

• UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT (Rosa E. Raudales)
  Quantification and remediation of residual paclobutrazol in irrigation water
  $7,000.00

• UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY (David Zaitlin)
  Engineering floricultural crops for resistance to tomato spotted wilt virus
  $12,000.00
  

• UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE (Brian A. Krug)
  e-Gro instructional Videos
  $7,500.00

TOTAL.......... $147,702.00

Total Research Grants 1961-2014.......... $6,375,865.90