Sponsored Research and Projects
Research Sponsored by the Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium in 2007
Title
Principal
Investigator(s)
Lead state(s)
Amount
Crop
SRSFC Project#

Inactivation of Pathogens by Dense Phase Carbon Dioxide to Enhance the Safety of Small Fruits

Progress Report 1-3-08

Zhong, Golden, Sandeep
TN, NC
$5,000
All (strawberries)
2007-01

Raspberry Breeding for the southern region

Progress Report 1-3-08

Fernandez, Ballington, Pesic-VanEsbroeck, Sosinski
NC
$5,000
Raspberry
2007-02

Identifying critical temperature ranges of strawberry flower buds and blossoms for different types of cold conditions and seasonal growth stages

Progress Report 1-3-08
Progress Report
12-23-08

Poling
NC
$5,000
Strawberry
2007-03

Enhancement of bramble production in the southeastern US through micropropagation, virus-indexing, and field evaluation for trueness-to-type

Progress Report 1-3-08

Pesic-VanEsbroeck, Ballington, Fernandez
NC
$5,000
Blackberry, Raspberry
2007-04

Detection and management of anthracnose in strawberry production in the southeast

Progress Report 1-3-08

Louws
NC
$5,000
Strawberry
2007-05

Evaluation of frozen fruit of rabbiteye blueberries and interspecific rabbiteye hybrids for consumer acceptance

Progress Report 1-3-08
Final Report 12-23-08

Ballington, Boyd
NC
$5,000
Blueberry
2007-06

Enhancing the Productivity and Fruit Quality of Forced Strawberries Through Manipulation of Light Quality in High Tunnels

Progress Report 1-3-08

Dufault
SC
$4,795
Strawberry
2007-07

Biodegradable films as an alternative to plastic mulch in strawberry production

Progress Report 1-3-08

Smith, Deyton, Sams
TN
$5,000
Strawberry
2007-08

Evaluating protected culture of season extension of strawberries

Progress Report 1-3-08

Pattison, Wolf
VA
$5,000
Strawberry
2007-09

Evaluation of Southern Highbush Blueberry Advanced Selections for Mechanical Harvesting for Fresh Market Sales

Progress Report 1-3-08

NeSmith
GA
$5,000
Blueberry
2007-10

Evaluation of cultivars, plug establishment, and plant spacing for greenhouse strawberry production

Progress Report 1-3-08

Deyton, Sams, Takeda
TN
$5,000
Strawberry
2007-11

Antifeedants, repellants, and organic controls for plant-feeding bugs, Japanese beetle and green June beetle on caneberries

Progress Report 1-3-08

Pfeiffer
VA
$5,000
Blackberry, Raspberry
2007-12

Use of soil fumigants and foliar-applied phosphites to overcome replant disorders of blueberry

Progress Report 1-3-08

Brannen, NeSmith
GA
$5,000
Blueberry
2007-13

Evaluation of V-10142 herbicide in strawberry

Progress Report 1-3-08

Jennings, Monks
NC
$2,500
Strawberry
2007-14

Evaluation of herbicides for yellow and purple nutsedge control in blackberry fields

Progress Report 1-3-08

Czarnota
GA
$1,000
Blackberry
2007-15

Extension Projects Sponsored by the Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium in 2007
Title
Principal Investigator(s)
Lead state(s)
Amount
Crop
SRSFC
Project#
Multi-disciplinary expansion of an on-line insecticide/acaricide label reference site for southeastern cropsProgress Report 1-3-08 Horton
GA
$4,000
All
2007-16

Assistance for small fruit extension programs in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia

 

Hassell, Smith
SC
$2,500
All
2007-17

Methods of Soil Acidification in Blueberries

Progress Report 1-3-08
Progress Report 12-15-09

Lockwood, Wills, Honea
TN
$5,000
Blueberry
2007-18

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Sponsored by:
Clemson University - NC State University - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
University of Arkansas - The University of Georgia - The University of Tennessee

The Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium - Box 7601 - North Carolina State University - Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7601- Phone: 919-515-6963
Please direct comments or suggestions to: Brenda J Willis - Phone: 706-542-2471

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