University of FloridaFlorida Agricultural Experiment Station

Caribbean Administrative Group

University of Florida - University of Puerto Rico - University of the Virgin Islands

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1998 Projects

TSTAR-CARIBBEAN, 1998, NEW PROJECTS

TITLE
Project Director (PD)
TENURE
Developing new sources of resistance to golden mosaic virus in common bean Mark J. Bassett 3 years
Start: 7/98
Characteristics of the florigenic promoter of mango Thomas L. Davenport 3 years
Start: 7/98
Using climate forecasts to improve tomato production in FL and PR James W. Jones 3 years
Start: 7/98
Development of a high value melon suitable for export H. J. Klee 3 years
Start: 7/98
Mechanisms and genetics of resistance to squash silverleaf disorder in Cucurbita sp. Heather G. McAuslane 3 years
Start: 7/98
Ecology and epidemiology of bacterial wilt on ornamental propagative stock D. J. Norman 3 years
Start: 7/98
Inheritance of heat tolerance in cattle:; Confirmation of a major gene Tim A. Olsen 3 years
Start: 7/98
Development of tomatoes resistant to whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses Jane E. Polston 3 years
Start: 7/98
Economic analysis of pasture-based and confined housing dairy production systems Lynn E. Sollenberger 3 years
Start: 7/98
Modified atmosphere packaging for a tropical fruit mixture Carol L. Harper 3 years
Start: 7/98
Effect of controlled water regimes on pumpkin growth and yield Elvin Roman Paoli 3 years
Start: 7/98
Volatile semiochemicals for biological control of Cosmopolites sordidus Hector M. Reyes 3 years
Start: 7/98
Magnesium availability to bananas and plantains in highly weathered soils Victor A. Snyder 3 years
Start: 7/98
Effect of supplemental nutrition at breeding or lambing on hair sheep production R. W. Godfrey 3 years
Start: 7/98
Evaluation of passion fruit for production and RAPD markers T. W. Zimmerman 3 years
Start: 7/98