Project Number: 6404-21220-004-01
Project Type: Specific Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: Sep 12, 2007
End Date: Jul 31, 2012

Objective:
The objective of this cooperative research project is to develop strategies for breeding new and improved woody ornamental germplasm adapted to the southeastern United State that exhibit host-plant resistance to diseases, insects, and other pests.

Approach:
1)Elucidate the genetic/genomic bases of host-plant resistance to microbes, insects and/or nematodes in woody ornamentals, especially those characteristic of the southeastern United States; and 2) Apply the knowledge gained through the preceding research to developing effective genetic enhancement and/or improvement strategies for host-plant resistant woody ornamentals adapted to the southeastern United States utilizing molecular and conventional breding techniques.