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and magnesium nutrition" ($2,000); 



Dr. George Elliott, University of 

 Connecticut, Storrs, and Dr. Wade 

 Elmer, Connecticut Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, New Haven, 

 "Evaluation of biological fungi- 

 cides for control of soilborne 

 pathogens in greenhouse crop 

 producHon" ($2,000); 



Ms. Donna Ellis, University of 

 Connecticut, Storrs, "Evaluation 

 of Serangiiim parcesetosum 

 (Colcoptera: Coccinellidae) as a 

 potential predator of silverleaf 

 whitefly, Bemisia argentifolii 

 (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae), in 

 greenhouse poinsettia" ($2,000); 

 Dr. Richard McAvoy, University 

 of Connecticut, Storrs; "A molecu- 

 lar genetic approach to improving 

 Easter lily" ($2,000); 



Dr. Len Perry, UVM, Burlington: 

 "Comparative resistance of New 

 England aster cultivars to rust 

 fungi" ($1,900); 



Dr. Lois Berg Stack, University of 

 Maine Cooperative Extension, 

 Orono: "Use of red plastic mulch 

 to increase stem length of field- 

 grown specialt}' cut flowers" 

 ($1,096); 



Dr. Roy Van Driesche, UMass, 

 Amherst: "Fact sheet on biological 

 control and IPM tactics for sup- 

 pression of western flower thrips 

 in greeiihouse floral crops" ($2,000); 



Dr. Robert Wick, UMass, 

 Amherst: "Evaluation of disease- 

 suppressive growing media and 

 biological agents for floriculture 

 production" ($2,000). 



1998 New England Grows 

 Awards 



On January 22, 1998, Owen J. 

 Regan, president of New England 

 Grows, made grant presentations 

 of $4,000 each to representatives 

 of the six Nevs- England state Co- 

 operative Extension systems. These 

 grants will be used as follows: 



Connecticut: to expand their nurs- 

 ery and landscape Web site; 



Maine: to support Maine's pot re- 

 cycling program, an evaluation of 

 shrub roses, and a new garden 



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