2021 Research Grants

• $9,205             Iowa State University (Christopher J. Currey) – Tabletop Poinsettia Tree Production
  
  

• $13,000           Kansas State University (Raymond A. Cloyd) – Effects of Entomopathogenic Fungal-Based Insecticides in Suppressing Populations of the Citrus Mealybug, Planococcus citri, under Greenhouse Conditions
  
  

• $13,000           Michigan State University (Roberto G. Lopez)  – Developing Production Protocols for Quick Cropping of Containerized Succulents
  
  

• $5,000             Seed Your Future in conjunction with North Carolina State University (John M. Dole) – Salary Study of the Horticulture and Floriculture Industry
  
  

• $12,000           The Ohio State University (Michelle L. Jones) – Using Beneficial Bacteria to Improve Post-Production Stress Tolerance and Shelf Life
  
  

• $14,046           The Ohio State University (Francesca P. Hand) – Exploring the Use of Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation (ASD) for the Control of Soil-borne Pathogens Affecting Cut Flowers
  
  

• $6,095             University of Kentucky (W. Garrett Owen (PI), Lopez (Co-PI), Mattson (Co-PI), and Krug (Co-PI) – Photosynthetic Light Calculator (LightCalc) Expansion and Upgrade  
  
  

• $9,940              University of Massachusetts, Amherst (Amanda L. Bayer)  – Irrigation Water Temperature Effect on Root Development During Propagation
  
  

• $9,280             University of New Hampshire (Anissa Poleatewich) – A Survey of Floriculture Species Susceptibility to Soil-borne Root Disease in Wood Substrates
  
  

• $22,950           Washington State University (Lindsey J. du Toit) – Xanthomonas and Ornamental Brassica Production: Insights from the Vegetable Brassica Seed Industry
  

New York Florists’ Club Grants

• $16,000           University of California, Berkeley (Mary C. Wildermuth) – Targeting Powdery Mildew Genes That Act in Plant Colonization to Limit Powdery Mildew Disease

  
  
  

2021 Total.......... $130,516.00