$500 Improved Propagation of North American Terrestrial Orchids -
       - Dr. Gregory Welbaum & Jonathan L. Watkinson¹

$1,000 Prostrate Spurge Biology and Management - - Dr. Jeff Derr²

$1,500 Improved Production Techniques for Superior Oak Liners
          - Roger Harris and Alex Niemiera
          Does Mycorrhizal Inoculation Increase Growth of Oaks? (combined for
          one amount) - A.X. Niemiera, J. Roger Harris, and R.D. Wright¹

$1,274 Excavation Of Field-Grown Tree Root Systems (for AIRSPADE™
          - Dr. Bonnie Appleton²

$1,500 Development of a Grower-based Biological Control Program for Two-spotted Spider Mites in Greenhouses and Nurseries
- Dr. E.E. Lewis¹ & Dr. P.B. Schultz. ²

$1,000 Biorational Pest Management Strategies for Pests of Nursery
             and Landscape Plants - Dr. Peter Schultz²

$1,500 Managing the Asian Ambrosia Beetle in Nursery and Landscape Plants
           - Dr. Peter Schultz²

$500 Evaluation of Flowering Annuals and Perennials for Landscape Potential
        in Virginia - Dr. Peter Schultz²

$1,000 Demonstration of Perennials

$1,800 Development and Dispersal of Thielaviopsis Black Root Rot in Nurseries
          - Dr. D.Michael Benson, NCSU³

$500 Plant Introduction Nursery Maintenance - Laurie Smith²

$12,074 Total 1999 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

For additional information, contact
Jim Bruce, Chairman
VNA Horticulture Research Foundation
C/o Hanover Farms
13262 Spring Rd; Rockville, VA 23146-1502
804-749-4304 - Fax: 804-749-4350; email: jgbruce@erols.com