Nursery Research

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The nursery advisory committee was established to advise the director in the administration of the nursery inspection program. A surcharge of 20% is assessed on fees collected by nursery retailer licenses for the purpose of creating a nursery research fund. These fees sare used solely to support research projects which are of general benefit to the nursery industry and are recommended by the nursery advisory committee. The committee consists of nine members representing the interests of licensed nursery dealers and the nursery industry.

Each year the nursery advisory committee awards financial funding to support research that benefits the Washington State nursery industry. In 2007, ten projects were granted funding for the 2008 fiscal year for the total amount of $131,639. These projects are listed below. Click on the project number or title to access each project's proposal.

#98-012	Genetic Disease Resistance in Ornamental Tree Fruit Gary A. Moulton $9,715
#07-003	Natural Organic Lawn Fertilizers May Impact Weed Growth in Turfgrass Eric Miltner and Gwen Stahnke - WSU $7,690
#07-010	Development of New Technologies for the Detection of Phytophthora in Ornamental Nurseries in Washington State Dr. Michael D. Coffey $33,000
#08-004	Evaluation of Alternative Fruit Crops of the Puget Sound Region Gary A. Moulton - WSU $15,507
#08-005	Robust Sampling Strategies and High Throughput Methods for the Detection of Grapevine Viruses Naidu A. Payapati - WSU $10,974
#08-006	Improving budbreak on Nursery Apple Trees Budded on M.9 and M.26 Rootstocks Don C. Elfving - WSU $5,050
#08-007	Variation in the Sporulation of Phytophthora ramorum on Rhododendron Gary Chastagner and Norm Dart - WSU $11,000
#08-008	Understanding the Mechanism(s) Behind Repeat Detections of Phytophthora ramorum at Washington Retail Nurseries Gary Chastagner and Norm Dart - WSU $20,000
#08-009	Evaluating Grevillea for Landscape Use in the Pacific Northwest Neil Bell and James Altland - OSU $4,200
#08-013	Science-based strategies for mitigating the impact of viruses in perennial Nursery Crops Naidu A. Rayapati - WSU $14,503

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