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Improving media pH Management by Developing a Model of the Interacting Factors in the pH System

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 [...]

Integrated Management of Fusarium in Florists’ Crops

 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 [...]

Diversity, Molecular Characterization, and Fungicide Sensitivity of Phytophthora ssp. causing damping off blight and root rot in floriculture crops

Dr. Michael Benson
North Carolina State University
($15,000)

Production and Ethylene Strategies to Increase Longevity of Flowering Potted Plants

June 2003

Floriculture Genomics - Basic Tools for Crop Improvement Through Biotechnology

June 2003

Postharvest Handling Procedures For Emerging New Specialty Cut Flowers

June 2003

Non-Metalbolized Cytonkinins For Improved Postharvest Performance of Ornamentals

June 2003

Floral Anti-Senescence for the Ethylene Receptor

2003

Floriculture Genomics - Identifying Genetic Targets to Delay Flower Senescence

June 2003

Diversity, Molecular Characterization, and Fungicide Sensitivity of Phytophthora ssp. causing damping off blight and root rot in floriculture crops

June 2003