The following is a current list of AFE funded research. For more information on any of AFE's currently funded research, please contact the researcher listed under each project title.

BREEDING AND GENETICS

• Introducing Broad-Spectrum Disease Resistance into Floricultural Crops by Transferring the NPR1 Gene, the Key Regulator of Plant Systemic Acquired Resistance - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it – University of Florida

DISEASE MANAGEMENT

• Preventing Powdery and Downy Mildew from Ruining Flower Crops - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it - Michigan State University and Margery Daughtrey - Long Island Hort. Research Center

INSECT MANAGEMENT

• Whitefly Preference for Poinsettia Cultivars: Impact of Plant Host Traits on Whitefly Development, Survival, and Fecundity - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it - Ohio State University
  

• Effect of Pesticide Mixtures in Controlling Arthropod Pests of Greenhouses -
  Dr. Raymond Cloyd - Kansas State University

• Optimizing Banker Plant Systems for Aphid Biological Control in Floriculture Greenhouses - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it – North Carolina State University
  

• Granular Formation of Insect-Killing Fungi with Plant-Mediated IPM Systems for Thrips - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it – University of Vermont

POST PRODUCTION

• Innovative Packaging Technologies to Enhance the Quality of Cut Flowers - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it – Rutgers University
  
  
• Providing Practical Solutions to Increase Fresh Cut Flower Quality and Vase Life -
  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it - University of Florida
  

PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY/PROTOCOLS

• Irrigation Automation in Greenhouses Using Substrate Moisture Sensors - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it - University of Maine
  
  
• Energy Efficient and Sustainable Poinsettia Production - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it – Purdue University
  

• Silicon Nutrition in Flower Crop Production:  Potential for Increasing Rooting, Improved Post-Harvest Performance, and Decreased Disease Incidence - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it – Cornell University
  

PUBLIC BENEFITS

• The Effects of Longevity Information and Guarantees on Consumer Preferences for Cut Flowers - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it - University of Minnesota

• A Social Media Guide for Floral Retailers and Wholesalers - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it - Texas A&M University
  

Two additional projects will be funded under the Gus Poesch Research Fund, which awards research funding to faculty and students at The Ohio State University.

• Basic and Applied Production and Post Production Training for Future Floriculture Faculty - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

• Floriculture Industry Roundtable of Ohio - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it