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Research/Extension Awards 

 Announced 



New England Floriculture, Inc., 

 sponsors of the New England 

 Greenhouse Conference, recently 

 announced the recipients in the 

 1999 Research/Awards Program. 

 This program is designed to fund 

 projects of benefit to the green- 

 house industry planned and orga- 

 nized by researchers and Extension 

 personnel throughout New En- 

 gland. The total amount of money 

 given was $14,000. The following 

 projects received this year's awards. 



"Comparison of Controls for Pow- 

 dery Mildew on Garden Phlox," 

 Leonard Perry, University of Vermont 



"Effect of Harvesting Technique 

 and Genotype on Cut Flower Pro- 



duction of Alstroemeria," Mark 

 Bridgen, University of Connecticut 



"Improved Irrigation Management 

 for Ornamental Lily Growth," Paul 

 Fisher and Rosanna Freyre, Uni- 

 versity of New Hampshire 



"IPM Fact Sheet Series: Specialty 

 Crops, Herbaceous Perennials, 

 Herbs, and Vegetable Bedding 

 Plants," Tina Smith, University of 

 Massachusetts, and Leanne Pundt, 

 University of Connecticut 



"Studies on Leaf Yellowing in 

 Cut Stems of Oriental and Asiatic 

 Lilies," Susan Han, University of 

 Massachusetts 



"Use of Red Plastic Mulch to 

 Increase Stem Length of Field- 

 Grown Specialty Cut Flowers," 

 Lois Berg Stack, University of 



Maine, and Mary Wiedenhoeft, 

 Iowa State University 



"Video-Conferencing Series for 

 Greenhouse Growers," Paul Lopes 

 and Tina Smith, University of 

 Massachusetts 



Congratulations to all recipients. 



A Landmark Study 



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New England Nursery Associa- 

 tion (NENA) is encouraging 

 across-the-board participation in 

 a landmark study of the eco- 

 nomic impact of the New En- 

 gland Green Industry. This 

 project is in response to a need 

 expressed by the state association 

 leadership for a broad-based re- 

 gional survey that accurately de- 



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