The Fred C. Gloeckner Foundation , Officers and the Board of Directors met most on June 11th , 2021 , and grant 12 grant totaling $ 142,521 dollars . Since the Foundation was established in 1960 , the Gloeckner Foundation ’s backup of floriculture research has totaled over $ 7.3 million dollars . After review proposal from many college , university , and research institutions in the United States , 12 grant in the amount of $ 142,521.00 were awarded as follows :
$ 9,205 Iowa State University ( Christopher J. Currey ) – Tabletop Poinsettia Tree Production
$ 13,000 Kansas State University ( Raymond A. Cloyd ) – event of Entomopathogenic Fungal - Based Insecticides in Suppressing Populations of the Citrus Mealybug , Planococcus citri , under Greenhouse Conditions
$ 13,000 Michigan State University ( Roberto G. Lopez ) – develop Production Protocols for Quick Cropping of Containerized Succulents
$ 5,000 Seed Your Future in conjunction with North Carolina State University ( John M. Dole ) – Salary Study of the Horticulture and Floriculture Industry
$ 12,000 The Ohio State University ( Michelle L. Jones ) – Using Beneficial Bacteria to Improve Post - Production Stress Tolerance and Shelf Life
$ 14,046 The Ohio State University ( Francesca P. Hand ) – Exploring the Use of Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation ( ASD ) for the Control of Soil - borne Pathogens Affecting Cut Flowers
$ 6,095 University of Kentucky ( W. Garrett Owen ( PI ) , Lopez ( Co - PI ) , Mattson ( Co - PI ) , and Krug ( Co - PI ) – Photosynthetic Light Calculator ( LightCalc ) Expansion and Upgrade
$ 9,940 University of Massachusetts , Amherst ( Amanda L. Bayer ) – Irrigation Water Temperature Effect on Root Development During Propagation
$ 9,280 University of New Hampshire ( Anissa Poleatewich ) – A Survey of Floriculture Species Susceptibility to Soil - hold Root Disease in Wood substratum
$ 22,950 Washington State University ( Lindsey J. du Toit ) – Xanthomonas and Ornamental Brassica Production : Insights from the Vegetable Brassica Seed Industry
New York florist ’s club grants$16,000 University of California , Berkeley ( Mary C. Wildermuth ) – Targeting Powdery Mildew Genes That Act in Plant Colonization to Limit Powdery Mildew Disease
$ 12,005 University of New Hampshire ( Muhammad Shahid ) – Improving Ornamental Plant Postproduction Life with Microbial and Non - microbic Biostimulants
2021 Total $ 142,521.00
For more entropy : The Fred C. Gloeckner Foundationwww.gloecknerfoundation.org
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