AFE recently released their 2012-2013 annual report.
During the 2012-2013 year AFE issued a number of scholarships, including the Vic & Margaret Ball Scholarship (to six students) , the Mosmiller Scholarship (issued to eight students), and the James and Helen Phillips Scholarship Grant (issued to six universities). The full report details all of the grants and scholarships that were issued.
To see the full report, and reports from previous years, click here.
The report breaks down the various scholarship and research project allocations. In 2012-2013 AFE funded seven production and post-harvest projects:
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Providing Practical Solutions to Increase Fresh Cut Flower Quality and Vase Life While Identifying ConsumerPreferences, Dr. David Clark, the University of Florida---$34,000
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Effect of Pesticide Mixtures in Controlling Arthropod Pests of Greenhouses, Dr. Raymond Cloyd, Kansas State University---$25,000
- Preventing Powdery and Downy Mildews from Ruining Flower Crops, Ms. Margery Daughtrey, Cornell University, and Dr. Mary Hausbeck, Michigan State University---$50,000
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Introducing Broad-Spectrum Disease Resistance into Floricultural Crops by Transferring NPR1 Gene, the Key Regular of Plant Systemic Acquired Resistance, Dr. Zhanao Deng, University of Florida---$32,000
- Optimizing Banker Plant Systems for Aphid Biological Control in Floricultural Greenhouses, Dr. Steven Frank, North Carolina State University---$18,000
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Development of a Grower Friendly Detection Method for Virus Infecting Ornamentals, Dr. Francisco Ochoa-Corona, Oklahoma State University---$35,000
- Granular Formulations of Insect-Killing Fungi with Plant-Mediated IPM Systems for Thrips, Dr. Margaret Skinner, University of Vermont---$24,000
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