2017 Research Grants

• AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, TEXAS A & M, AND NC STATE UNIVERSITY COLLABORATION (J. Dole)
  Promoting horticulture and careers working with plants – action plan. “Seed Your Future.”
  $10,000.00

• KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY (C. Miller)
  Understanding the effects of root zone temperature in potted Dahlia production.     
  $10,000.00

• KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY (K. Williams) 
  Updates to graphical tracking guidelines for new Poinsettia cultivars.     
  $10,000.00

• MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (R. Lopez, A. Hurt)  
  Optimizing herbaceous perennial cutting callusing and rooting with DLI, light quality, medium and air temperatures.     
  $12,000.00

• MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (W. G. Owen)  
  Expanding leaf tissue nutritional standards of herbaceous perennials.
  $10,000.00

• NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (B. Whipker, H. Landis, K. Hicks) 
  Developing a prediction model for Hydrangea leaf tissue aluminum to ensure dark blue coloration.
  $12,000.00

• PURDUE UNIVERSITY (K. Nemali) 
  Smartphone-based rapid, inexpensive, and accurate estimation of plant nitrogen status in floriculture production.
  $12,000.00

• STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY (J. Barnes) 
  Herbaceous species trials at Stephen F. Austin State University.
  $8,592.00

• THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY (F. Hand) 
  Phenotypic characterization of infective pathotypes of Golovinomyces magnicellulatus, the powdery mildew pathogen of Phlox.     
  $10,000.00

• THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CA, DAVIS (C. Nansen) 
  Early detection of arthropod-induced stress in greenhouse cut gerbera (Gerbera jamsonii) using hyperspectral remote sensing.
  $10,000.00

• UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (T. Colquhoun, D. Garner) 
  Influence of narrow-bandwidth LEDs on floral fragrance emission.           
  $10,000.00
  

New York Florists’ Club Grants

• CORNELL UNIVERSITY (M. Bridgen) Breeding downy mildew resistant Impatiens.
  $10,000.00

• CORNELL UNIVERSITY (W. Miller) Ethephon Substrate Drenches: Root absorption and translocation of Ethephon.
  $11,118.00

• CORNELL UNIVERSITY (J. Sanderson) Investigating biological control of aphids on Calibrachoa.
  $10,000.00

TOTAL.......... $145,710.00

Total Research Grants 1961-2017.......... $6,802,367.95