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Christiansburg, VA 
24073-6721
540-382-0943  or
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Fax: 540-382-2716
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2002 VNLA RESEARCH GRANTS
Virginia Nurserymen’s
Horticultural Research Foundation, Inc.
383 Coal Hollow Road, Christiansburg, VA 24073-6721
Phone: 540-382-0943 – 800-476-0055 – Fax: 540-382-2716
Email: info@vnla.org

The Virginia Nurserymen's Association Horticulture Research Foundation is pleased to announce the current recipients of research grants for 2002. These grants are funded from the Virginia Nursery & Landscape Association's budget, grower contributions and interest on the VNA Research Trust Fund, which currently has assets of over $460,000.

 $2,000    Use of Aquatic Plants for Phytoremediation
  - Dr. Laurie Fox, HRAREC(2)

   $500      Evaluation of Flowering Annuals and Perennials for Virginia Landscapes
- Dr. Peter Schultz, HRAREC(2)

$2,000      Biorational Pest Management Strategies for Mite Pests of Nursery and Landscape Plants & Predicting and Suppressing Attacks of the Asian Ambrosia Beetle in Nursery and Landscape Plants,
- Dr. Peter Schultz, HRAREC(2)

$7,000      Settling of Infective Phytophthora Propagules in Runoff Retention Ponds & Identification of Pythium Isolates Recovered from Nursery Irrigation Water
- Drs. C. Hong & P. Kong, HRAREC(2)

$2,000      Propagation and Evaluation of Astible biternata
- Dr. Holly Scoggins, Virginia Tech(1)

$4,100      Amending Container Substrate with Clay
- Drs Ted Bilderback/Stuart Warren, NCSU(3)

$4,500      Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Plant Introduction Program
- John Wise, LGBG, Richmond, VA(4)

$22,100       Total 2002 research funded to date

(1) Department of Horticulture, Saunders Hall, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0327, 540-231-5451

(2) Hampton Roads Agricultural Research & Extension Center, 1444 Diamond Springs Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23455‑3363,
757-363-3900

(3) Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, PO Box 7609, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609,  919-515-1201, ted.Bilderback@ncsu.edu

(4) Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, 1800 Lakeside Ave, Richmond, VA 23228‑4700<

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