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VNA Horticulture Research Foundation Grant Awards 2006

Contact Research Proposal  Request   Granted 
Robert Wright Ground Trees As Nursery And Greenhouse Substrate        25,000            9,000
Bonnie Appleton Identifying Causes of Plant Decline By Fluorescence         6,250                 -  
Jeff Dirr Yellow Nutsedge And Purple Nutsedge Management In Nursery         6,000            4,000
Eric Wiseman Alternatives To Traditional Staking Techniques For Shade Tree Field Production         3,892                 -  
Jeff Dirr Quantification of Herbicide Movement And Phototoxicity In Container Media         6,000            2,000
Pete Schultz Integrating Pheromone And Bait Monitoring Techniques For Ambrosia Beetle And Dogwood Borers In Production Nurseries         2,000            2,000
Pete Schultz Evaluation of Flowering Annuals And Perennials For Virginia           750               750
Pete Schultz Demonstration and Evaluation of Perennials in Landscape            750               750
Yinghui Dan Development of High Micropropagation of Helleborus         9,931            3,000
Alex Niemiera and Roger Harris Improving Transplant Success of Container-Grown Shrubs         4,100                 -  
Ted Bilderback and Stuart Warren Plant Architecture Affects Overhead Irrigation Management         3,000                 -  
Rumen Conev Constantly Blooming Triploid Germplasm of Daylily            4,500            3,000
Rumen Conev Developing of In-Vitro Protocols For Propagation of Native Azalea Genotypes With Superior Ornamental Characteristics         5,350            4,000
John Wise Lewis Ginter Plant Introduction Program            3,500            3,500
      81,023          32,000