Dr. Paul Fisher, University of New Hampshire, $20,000
Annual Progress Report
June 1, 2006
 
James E. Faust, Scott Whiteside, and Kay Cooksey
Clemson University
 
John M. Dole and Sylvia M. Blankenship
North Carolina State University
 
Industry Needs Addressed. 
Current shipping procedures require that cuttings be harvested from the stock plants in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Columbia, Kenya, Israel and China and delivered [...]

Dr. Margaret Skinner, University of Vermont, $15,000 
2006 Annual Progress Report
 
Industry Needs Addressed.
 
Western flower thrips (WFT) are major pests of greenhouse ornamental crops. Substantial economic losses can result from foliar and flower feeding or virus vectoring, such as INSV and TSWV, from WFT. Few compounds are available for WFT management therefore increasing the need for the [...]

Dr. Colleen Warfield, North Carolina State University, $11,000
 

2006 Annual Progress Report

The goal of our project during the first year (Aug 2005-Aug 2006) was to develop an efficient, sensitive, and reliable diagnostic assay to detect foliar nematodes (Aphelenchoides spp.) in host plant tissues, and then in the following year (2006-2007) to utilize the assay as a [...]

Dr. Stephen Marek, Oklahoma State University, $18,000, 3 year project

2006 Annual Progress Report
Stephen Marek, Entomology and Plant Pathology
Todd Cavins and Sophia Kamenidou, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Oklahoma State University

 INDUSTRY NEEDS ADDRESSED

The floriculture industry loses billions of dollars to plant diseases annually.  Producers need effective, economical disease management methods to reduce these losses. Nutritional supplementation with [...]

Dr. Mary Hausbeck, Michigan State University and Margery Daughtrey, Cornell University, $38,000, 3 year project

2005 Annual Progress Report
Dr. Mary Hausbeck, Department of Plant Pathology, Michigan State University
Margery Daughtrey, Horticulture Research Lab, Cornell University

INDUSTRY NEEDS ADDRESSED
Powdery Mildew can occur very quickly, with little warning, and can destroy floriculture crops.  Growers need to know the environmental [...]

Dr. George Elliott, University of Connecticut, $24,000

2005 Annual Progress Report

INDUSTRY NEEDS ADDRESSED

Diseases caused by soilborne pathogens can be  cause of substantial economic losses in Floriculture production.  Growers generally use chemical pesticides to control diseases, but some growers are using microbial inoculants (MI) labeled as biological fungicides as an alternative.  Growers using MI have reported reduced [...]

 Dr. Robert McGovern, University of Florida; Dr. Wade Elmer, Connecticut Agric. Experiment Station, and Dr. David Geiser, Penn State University, $35,000
2005 Annual Progress Report
INDUSTRY NEEDS ADDRESSED
Fusarium species cause common, persistent, and damaging diseases in most major potted and field-grown ornamentals. Severe outbreaks of Fusarium wilt, and Fusarium root and crown rot caused by a number [...]

Dr. William Miller, Cornell University, $20,000, 3 year project

2006 Annual Progress Report
 Dr. Hye-Ji Kim and Dr. William B. Miller, Department of Horticulture, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY  14853

INDUSTRY NEEDS ADDRESSED
With financial support from AFE, we have conducted initial investigations into the cause of bud necrosis in oriental lilies.  This disorder is characterized by sunken, darkened [...]

Dr. James Faust, Clemson University, and Dr. John Dole, North Carolina State University, $35,000

2006 Annual Progress Report
 
James E. Faust, Scott Whiteside, and Kay Cooksey, Clemson University
John M. Dole and Sylvia M. Blankenship, North Carolina State University
 
Industry Needs Addressed. 
Current shipping procedures require that cuttings be harvested from the stock plants in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Columbia, [...]

Dr. Michael Reid, University of California, Davis, $39,000, 2 year project

2005 Annual Progress Report

INDUSTRY NEEDS ADDRESSED

This research project is focused on improving the postharvest handling and postharvest performance of floral crops.  The overriding need of the cut flower industry is to increase the consumption of flowers in the United States, which is low compared [...]