$1,000 Heat Stress Reduction for Container-Grown Production
Dr. Bonnie Appleton (2)
$500 Maintenance of the Tidewater Arboretum
Dr. T.J. Banko (2)
$2,900 Irrigation Scheduling: Increasing Plant Growth and Irrigation Efficiency in Container-Grown Nursery
Dr. T.E Bilderback & Dr. S.L. Warren (3)
$1,000 Best Management Protocol for the Production of Mycorrhizae-Inoculated Container Grown Oaks
Dr. J.R. Harris, & Dr. Alex Niemiera (1)
$4,000 Characterizations of Major Pathogens in Recycled Water Used in Nurseries
Dr.C. Hong (2)
$2,500 Relating the Black Vine Weevil Life Cycle to IPM Decisions
Dr. E.E. Lewis (1)
$1,000 Biorational Pest Management Strategies for Pest of Nursery and Landscape Plants
Dr. P.B. Schultz (2)
$1,000 Demonstration and Evaluation of Perennials in Landscape installations
Dr. P B. Schultz (2)
$500 Evaluation of flowering annuals and perennials for landscape potential in Virginia
Dr. P B. Schultz (2)
$1,000 Managing the Asian Ambrosia Beetle in Nursery and Landscape Plants
Dr. P.B. Schultz (2)
$3.000 Nutrient Monitoring Guidelines for Container Production of Perennials
Dr. H.L. Scoggins & Dr. R.D. Wright (1)
$1,500 Fungicidal Management of Diseases of Herbaceous and Woody Ornamentals
Dr. R.J. Stipes (4)
$3,000 Utilizing Tissue Culture to induce Variation in Seed Propagated Coreopsis
Dr. R.E. Veilleux (1)
$1,000 Improved Propagation of North American Terrestrial Orchids
Dr. G. Welbaum & Dr. J. Watkinson (1)
$1,100 Non-destructively Screening Oak Acorns and Red Maple Seeds for Seedling Vigor
Dr. G. Welbaum & Dr. R.D. Wright (1)
$25,000 Total 2000 research funded to date.
(1) Department of Horticulture, Saunders Hall, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0327
(2) Hampton Roads Agricultural Research & Extension Center, 1444 Diamond Springs Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23455-3363
(3) Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
(4) Department of Plant Pathology, Price Hall, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0327
For additional information, contact
Jim Bruce, Chairman
VNA Horticulture Research Foundation
C/o Hanover Farms
13282 Spring Rd
Rockville, VA 23146-1502
804-749-4304 - Fax: 804-749-4350
email: jgbruce@erols.com