2018 Research Grants

• $13,000.00 - Purdue University (K. Nemali) –
  Smartphone-Based Rapid, Inexpensive, and Accurate Estimation of Plant Nitrogen Status in Floriculture Production
  
  
• $10,000.00 – Kansas State University (C. Miller) –
  Understanding the Effects of Root Zone Temperature in Potted Dahlia Production
  
  
• $8,000.00 - Kansas State University (K. Williams) –
  Updates to Graphical Tracking Guidelines for New Poinsettia Cultivars
  
  
• $10,000.00 – University of Florida (T. Colquhoun) –
  Augmenting Cut Flowers with LED’s
  
  
• $12,000.00 - North Carolina State University (Seed Your Future) (J. Dole) –
  Promoting Horticulture and Careers Working with Plants
  
  
• $9,000.00 – Cornell University (W. Miller) –
  Microbial Impacts on Water Uptake in Cut Lilies
  
  
• $9,000.00 – University of Florida (D. Clark) –
  Collegiate Plant Initiative: Connecting College Students to Horticulture
  
  
• $10,000.00 – U.C. Berkeley (M. Wildermuth) –
  Ascocounter: An Automated Quantification Software of Fungal Growth and Reproductive Output for use in Rapid Horticultural Phenotyping
  
  
• $10,000.00 – Michigan State University (W. Owen) –
  Characterizing Interveinal Chlorosis of Hellebores and Determining Nutritional Requirements.
  
  
• $9,000.00 – University of Washington (V. Di Stilio) –
  Flower Design: Understanding and Generating Remarkable Flowers in Herbaceous Perennials
  
  
• $11,000.00 – North Carolina State University (B. Jackson)–
  In Situ, Quantitative Analysis of Substrate Rooting Effects of Poinsettia by X-ray Microtomography 

New York Florists’ Club Grants

• $10,000.00 – Cornell University (J. Sanderson) –
  Investigating Biological Control of Aphids on Calibrachoa
  
  
• $6,000.00 - Cornell University (W. Miller) –
  A Spectoradiometer to Facilitate LED-Related Research Projects
  
  
• $10,000.00 – Kansas State University (R. Cloyd) –
  Impact of Application Frequency and Spray Volume on the Efficacy of Insecticides Against Western Flower Thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) and Citrus Mealybug (Planococcus citri) Under Greenhouse Conditions.

TOTAL.......... $137,000.00

Total Research Grants 1961-2018.......... $6,802,367.95