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This year\u2019s Paul Ecke Jr. and Altman Family scholars are horticulture superstars!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Authored by Bruce Wright<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking for reasons to feel optimistic about the future of the floral industry? Meet these four brilliant, engaging young people committed to making it better\u2014recipients of this year\u2019s AFE Paul Ecke, Jr. and Altman Family Scholarships.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All four are graduate students in plant science who are already doing research that could quickly translate into new and improved varieties and increased flower longevity. What\u2019s even more encouraging is the quality of leadership demonstrated by all four recipients. There is no doubt they are already taking their place among the industry\u2019s innovators and ambassadors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those who aren\u2019t directly involved in the breeding and growing end of the industry, it\u2019s easy to take for granted what plant science does to keep flower shops and garden centers supplied with novel, affordable, healthy and long-lived flowers and plants. It\u2019s clear from talking with the four grad-student researchers profiled here that the scientists love what they do\u2014but also that the science end of the industry keeps its eyes on the prize: improved understanding of how ornamental plants grow and thrive, with practical application throughout the chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"MaryMary Lewis, winner of the 2019 Paul Ecke, Jr. Scholarship <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think ornamental horticulture often gets a bad rap as something people do to get away from other people,\u201d says Mary, \u201cwhen in reality, horticulturists are some of the best folks out there. Yes, sometimes they are strange as all get-out! But they are like most artists very passionate about what they do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artists? \u201cI think it would surprise most folks to realize how much artistry goes into it,\u201d she continues. \u201cUp until college, I was full-on art girl. Horticulture is the one science that I feel allows me to express both the artistic side of my nature and the cognitive, thinking side. It\u2019s a wonderful blend of both worlds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently working toward a master\u2019s degree in horticulture at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, Mary graduated from the same institution two years ago with an already impressive C.V. Among other activities, she interned at Walt Disney World Resort\u2019s Epcot theme park (supported by an AFE Vic and Margaret Ball internship\/scholarship), testing new floral cultivars for production, maintaining crops and displays, and conducting tours for guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During her undergraduate years, Mary was involved in as many horticulture groups and activities as possible. \u201cThose events and groups poured inspiration and awareness into me,\u201d she says. Later, she found herself in a position to give back, assisting those same organizations to draw in and teach younger students. For example, she took on major responsibility for the Horticulture Club\u2019s annual plant sale, growing the crops and overseeing the teams that implement the sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mary might be a familiar face to some: as a member of the AFE\u2019s Young Professionals Council since 2016, she has represented AFE in promotional videos and provided a podcast interview to Greenhouse Management Magazine to encourage young professionals to join the green industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of those activities might seem relatively remote from doing advanced research in plant breeding. But Mary, like all of this year\u2019s scholarship recipients, has consciously sought out a wide range of experiences that could help her to become, not just a horticultural specialist, but also an effective and well-rounded scientist. At Disney, for example, she learned a lot about how to function effectively in the corporate world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following her graduation, she worked as an intern with PanAmerican Seed on all aspects of breeding. Here she headed the testing of improved methodology protocols for three floral crops. \u201cI came away from the internship with an appreciation for how much teamwork it takes to breed a new cultivar,\u201d she says, \u201cand with a desire to become part of a culture that pushes the boundaries in bringing new plants to market.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, her career goal is to become an ornamental plant breeder. And, with her master\u2019s project at the University of Georgia, she has already produced some exciting results. The project focuses on plants in a genus that is in demand among consumers and nurseries interested in native plants: Asclepias, or common milkweed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOf all the species of Asclepias that we have in the U.S., only one is commercially available,\u201d Mary explains: \u201cAsclepias tuberosa.\u201d <\/em>Other species have highly desirable characteristics, but are not produced commercially simply because they are too tall: up to six feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal of her project has been to create interspecific hybrids that combine the attractive features of other Asclepias species with the reduced height of A. tuberosa<\/em>. Crossing ten other species with A. tuberosa, <\/em>she has achieved remarkable success, with a new hybrid that is shorter than A. tuberosa<\/em> but with increased branching and larger, darker leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along the way, Mary also experimented with a variety of techniques, including embryo rescue, tissue culture, and the use of plant growth regulators to increase branching. By manipulating daylight length, Mary found she was able to encourage flowering in the first, rather than the second year\u2014which allows the research project to go forward faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharing the results of her project, Mary reveals an infectious enthusiasm that will serve the industry well in years to come. \u201cI just really enjoy the work that I do,\u201d she says. \u201cI know that Ecke was a proponent of doing the new and unusual. And I\u2019m grateful that my research has produced some things that are new and exciting and beyond anything I had dreamed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mary also expresses gratitude for the encouragement and mentoring she has received from her professors and others in the horticulture world\u2014and for the critical financial support of the Ecke scholarship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Established in 2002, the Ecke fund offers $5,000 a year for two years to one graduate student who demonstrates the skills and passion to become a leading floricultural scientist and educator. The scholarship honors the late Paul Ecke, Jr., who made significant contributions to the floriculture industry and believed strongly in research and education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019 Altman Family Scholars: Paul Cockson, Yiyun Lin, and David Tork<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Altman Family Scholarship was created in 2015 by Ken and Deena Altman\u2014owners of Altman Plants\u2014as one of numerous efforts supported by the couple to improve education and research for the industry. Ken Altman has been actively involved in AFE\u2019s Education and Scholarship Committees, and has served on the AFE Board for more than a decade, currently in an Emeritus status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, the Altman Fund is supporting three graduate students currently enrolled in masters programs at leading institutions. Like Mary Lewis, all three not only are already engaged in meaningful research but demonstrate qualities of leadership and commitment to the industry, along with excellent communication skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Paul Cockson, North Carolina State University<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Paul became interested in plant science well before he was an undergraduate at North Carolina State University, where he is currently enrolled in the Masters of Horticulture Science program. A summer internship, working on a project relating to tobacco-plant nutrient disorders, turned into two years of undergraduate work. The project ultimately resulted in five articles in peer-reviewed journals, two awards for Paul\u2019s work at national and international conferences, four popular press magazine articles, and over twenty extension publications\u2014an astonishing output of productivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On top of his academic achievement, volunteer activities have been part of Paul\u2019s agenda from early on. For example, he developed and taught a composting program at a second-chance school for youth under academic probation, and acted as a local YMCA youth coordinator for a community garden. He has even traveled as far as a remote province in China, where he helped build a simple greenhouse to extend the growing season for impoverished villagers, who were then able to launch their own local market for vegetables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A passion for horticulture and floriculture was ignited during a university lab tour of Florida greenhouses. The tour brought to light a research opportunity: information was missing about plant nutrition that could be helpful to growers of young goji plants. Goji is a woody shrub, relatively new to ornamental horticulture, with laurel-like foliage and abundant red, teardrop berries, which are considered by some to be a \u201csuperfood.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After devising experiments to fill the gap, Paul was able to present his findings at the International Horticultural Congress, earning the Young Minds Award from the sponsoring organization, the International Society of Horticultural Science. He also took the lead in publishing a goji production guide in GrowerTalks and is currently working to publish a free e-book on the same subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of Paul\u2019s current research projects is aimed at one of the floral industry\u2019s trendiest and most in-demand products: succulents. With the use of plant growth regulators, he hopes to enhance production of new shoots in different species, reducing the time it takes for a pot to fill out. Later in the year, he and an undergraduate mentee will grow poinsettia cultivars sent by different companies and will ask members of the public to rate them, gathering useful market data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some of his work has focused specifically on floriculture crops, Paul\u2019s broader interest lies in plant nutrition. With another project he is looking at the impact of nutrient values on a new and emerging biofuel crop, Brassica carinata.<\/em> This plant\u2019s seed oil, he writes, produces an aviation biofuel that has already fueled three flights across the Atlantic and Pacific. It has huge potential for growers on the East Coast as an off-season cash crop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Could the research results be useful for growers of other Brassica species, including ornamental kale? Absolutely. \u201cI am definitely taking full advantage of the opportunity to plug my research project into ornamental horticulture species,\u201d says Paul, who will be presenting some of his work with ornamental kale at a scientific conference this fall, the III International Symposium on Growing Media, Composting and Substrate Analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This kind of cross-pollination\u2014not of plants, but of ideas and techniques\u2014is where the future of plant science lies, says Paul: \u201cIn academic research we are going to have to find creative ways and solutions to start beautifying as well as feeding the world. I think that starts with conversations\u2014sitting down with someone that you would maybe not ordinarily sit down with and discussing options. We\u2019re going to need to be more multidisciplinary, multifocused and multidirectional to bring in a just and verdant future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Yiyun\"Yiyun Lin, Ohio State University <\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

What could be more important to the floral industry than research on flower longevity? At Ohio State University, Yiyun Lin\u2019s graduate research is focused on unlocking the key to what causes petals to wilt and die, in terms of physiology and genetics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How are genes involved in this process? \u201cYou know that plants need food to grow, just like humans,\u201d Yiyun patiently explains. \u201cWhen they run out of food, they go into starvation mode. Certain genes are very good at regulating what happens in starvation mode. They go to a part of the cell that is not very useful and feed that to the plant so it can keep going even when it is starving.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The activity of these genes can make all the difference to flower longevity. Yiyun has identified three genes that could potentially influence flower longevity\u2014genes that can help to delay the onset of petal senescence, especially in low-nutrient conditions, because they are also responsible for nutrient recycling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her research takes advantage of very precise biotechnology. While many people think of biotechnology as expensive and even dangerous, \u201cactually it may save time and money,\u201d says Yiyun. \u201cThe reason that people have not been using it was because of public acceptance and government regulation.\u201d The general pubic associates biotechnology with genetic modified organisms (GMOs), which are subject to extensive and expensive testing and regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By contrast, Yiyun is interested in a relatively new technique, the genome editing tool called CRISPR. Compared to traditional biotechnology, CRISPR \u201ccan add the genes more accurately, more precisely,\u201d she says, \u201cso it reduces the potential risk and has the potential of making non-GMO products. That\u2019s why the government and the public are more open to this technology, and I imagine the floral industry will also be more willing to apply it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yiyun is doing her pioneering work in a floriculture lab that is supported by the D.C. Kiplinger Endowment and Chair in Floriculture at the Ohio State University. Originally from China, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Biology from China Agricultural University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lest her interest in biotech should lead you to stereotype Yiyun as an ivory-tower scientist, looking only down a microscope: a specific reason she gives for wanting the scholarship funds is to enable her to attend and participate in professional events, like Cultivate and the National Floriculture Forum, where she can interact with industry stakeholders and learn more about their perspectives and priorities. \u201cI believe science, and especially biotechnology, is about two-way communication,\u201d she says. \u201cIn order to apply my science, I need to know what people need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yiyun has also been active in efforts to reach out to young people who might have an interest in horticulture careers. She has been an activity group leader for a science education event aimed at middle schoolers, introducing them to greenhouse crop production, and a team leader for another event designed to help high school students identify future careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople imagine horticulturists as just a bunch of gardeners,\u201d she says; many have no idea of the wider scope and sophistication of the industry. \u201cI do want to make the general public more aware about what horticulture is, especially the young people, because they\u2019re the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where does that impulse come from? In part, passing it forward. \u201cI appreciate that everyone here in the horticulture field\u2014professors, students, and even industry stakeholders\u2014has been very welcoming,\u201d says Yiyun, \u201cespecially since I come from a different country and I am a woman. Maybe horticulture used to be an old boys\u2019 club, but I feel very well embraced by the industry. It\u2019s also great that the industry is willing to support the research.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yiyun\u2019s goals are high: she aims at nothing less than becoming a pioneer in biotechnology research as it applies to floriculture crops. \u201cWhat helps me the most,\u201d she affirms, \u201cis being surrounded by really awesome, passionate people who are trying to make an impact in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"David\"David Tork, University of Minnesota \u2013 Twin Cities <\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

If you are a florist, when you think of flax, you probably think of the long blades of foliage often called New Zealand flax, in the genus Phormium. But search the phrase \u201cperennial flax\u201d on the internet and you will see images of five-petaled blue flowers with slender leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These belong to the genus Linum, and they show promise in two directions at once: as a year-round green ground cover that can survive even Minnesota\u2019s harsh winters, and as an intriguing new cut flower. This dual potential is what makes David Tork\u2019s thesis project, at the University of Minnesota \u2013 Twin Cities, both engaging and challenging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPart of what makes it fun is that my project has a lot of different objectives, a lot of things I get to look at,\u201d says David. \u201cBut that can pose a challenge organizationally. For example, when we\u2019re making selections, rather than having just one spreadsheet to make those decisions, we have two for everything, because I\u2019m working across both the agronomy and the horticulture side. So we have to look at each end user objective individually. Keeping all the files straight is definitely a challenge, but that kind of organization is key to plant breeding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David is working with two cultivars: one with long, unbranched flowering stems, another with short, highly branched stems and dense foliage. \u201cBy quantifying the vase life potential, and by identifying ideal cut flower plant habit,\u201d he writes in his scholarship application, \u201cwe will be able to select and breed lines which are ideal candidates for the cut-flower industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The flax study is part of a larger initiative known as Forever Green, which aims to increase the use of year-round green cover in Minnesota (since leaving the soil uncovered leads to problems with soil erosion and water management). The cut-flower potential is a big bonus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This July, David will be presenting the results of his study at the 2019 Annual Conference of the American Society for Horticultural Science. Earlier this year he participated in the National Floriculture Forum, a meeting supported by the American Floral Endowment that brings together academics, government scientists, and industry leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat was a great experience,\u201d he relates. \u201cThe floriculture world fairly small, so in terms of meeting some of the people in it, it was a priceless opportunity to hear their perspective on the industry. Also, presenting my work in front of them was a great opportunity for feedback in terms of things like what points to emphasize. Every time you give a presentation, as long as you ask for that feedback, you get something out of it\u2014especially talking to professors who have been doing this for, in some cases, 30-plus years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David considers that he discovered his passion for plant science relatively late: not until his junior year in college. Once he did so, it was a short step to realize that he wanted to specialize in flower breeding, which he calls \u201ca profession that would allow me to exercise both the analytical and creative sides of my personality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like this year\u2019s other scholarship winners, David notices that many if not most people outside the field are ill informed about what it\u2019s like to work in plant science, and particularly horticulture. A career as a plant breeder requires a wide range of interpersonal skills along with scientific understanding, he notes\u2014and that\u2019s something his mentors have driven home: \u201cIn plant breeding, a lot of it is a managerial role, because when you\u2019re actually working as a breeder in a company, you\u2019re managing project objectives but also a lot of personnel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s the creative, open-ended possibilities that have drawn David toward the horticultural side of plant breeding. At his first internship, he worked with soy. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t knock what those people are doing,\u201d he says. \u201cAs a breeder there are definitely ways you can find that work very interesting. But for me it didn\u2019t have that creative side to it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With his thesis project, David says he feels like he continues to learn something every day. \u201cThere are so many objectives, do many directions the research can go in. Because there\u2019s only one of me, and the project has so many angles to it, in a kind of good way I feel like I can\u2019t cover all the bases. So every time I give a presentation, someone will say, \u2018Have you tried this?\u2019, or, \u2018Hey, there\u2019s this paper that I think you\u2019d be interested in.\u2019 It\u2019s really engaging. I personally like to have those new ideas churning, going around in my head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy advisor always joked with me when I started, \u2018You\u2019ll know when you\u2019re plugged into this and you can\u2019t turn it off, because you start having dreams about it.\u2019 That does start to happen after a while.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those are good dreams to have\u2014dreams that will soon turn into realities to benefit all of us who have a professional passion for flowers and plants.<\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","news-categories":[31,29],"class_list":["post-1490","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news-categories-latest-news","news-categories-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWiners and Doers, 2019 Scholarhip Recipients | AFE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Looking for reasons to feel optimistic about the future of the floral industry? Meet the recipients of the Paul Ecke, Jr. and Altman Family Scholarships...Looking for reasons to feel optimistic about the future of the floral industry? 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