RESEARCH PROJECTS
FNGLA and NHF's goal is to provide sustainable funding to benefit the nursery and landscape industry. Florida's nursery and landscape industry support this primarily through endowments within two Foundations:
University of Florida's Foundation and the National Horticulture Foundation.
Explore a curated directory of research projects. Use the filters to narrow your results by
category, project ID, or date, making it easy to find relevant studies quickly.
Breeding Low-Maintenance Foliage Bedding Plants for Florida Landscapes
Project ID:
1254
Year:
2010
Funding Amount:
9500
Funding Source:
NHF
Category:
Breeding/Genetics
Place of Research:
University of Georgia
Researcher 01:
Rosanna Freyre
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Resistance of Soft Scale and Mealybug Pests to Insecticides Commonly used in Interior Plantscapes (Year 2 of a 3-year project)
Project ID:
1256
Year:
2010
Funding Amount:
56000
Funding Source:
NHF
Category:
Pest Management
Place of Research:
Kansas State University
Researcher 01:
Raymond Cloyd
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Evaluation of nutrient leaching from mixed landscapes
Project ID:
1258
Year:
2011
Funding Amount:
5000
Funding Source:
UF | FNGLA FUNDED
Category:
Plant Quality
Place of Research:
University of Florida
Researcher 01:
James Barrett
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Amy Shober
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Isolation and Characterization of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Metabolizing Microorganisms from Rhizosphere of Indoor Foliage Plants
Project ID:
1255
Year:
2010
Funding Amount:
1
Funding Source:
NHF
Category:
Consumer Benefit
Place of Research:
University of Georgia
Researcher 01:
Bodie Pennisi
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Demonstration and Evaluation of Wick Irrigation Flat for Small Foliage Plants
Project ID:
1257
Year:
2010
Funding Amount:
3500
Funding Source:
NHF
Category:
Production Systems (General)
Place of Research:
University of Florida
Researcher 01:
Thomas Yeager
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Continued development of an economic decision support tool for container nursery management
Project ID:
1259
Year:
2011
Funding Amount:
5000
Funding Source:
UF | FNGLA FUNDED
Category:
Production Systems (General)
Place of Research:
Univerisity of Florida
Researcher 01:
Alan Hodges
Researcher 02:
Thomas Yeager
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