SAES-422 Multistate Research Activity Accomplishments Report
Sections
Status: Approved
Basic Information
- Project No. and Title: OLD SERA27 : Nursery Crop and Landscape Systems (IEG-63)
- Period Covered: 10/01/2015 to 09/30/2016
- Date of Report: 10/02/2016
- Annual Meeting Dates: 06/26/2016 to 06/30/2016
Participants
Zhanao Deng, University of Florida Gary Knox, University of Florida Allen Owings, Louisiana State University Dewayne Ingram, University of Kentucky Zenaida Viloria, University of Kentucky Win Dunwell, University of Kentucky Ed Bush, Louisiana State University Lisa Alexander, USDA-ARS Thomas Ranney, North Carolina State University Anthony Witcher, Tennessee State University Alex Niemiera, Virginia Tech Matthew Chappell, University of Georgia Patricia R. Knight-Advisor, Mississippi State University
Accomplishments
Short-term Outcomes: Results from symposium evaluation
98% of symposium evaluation respondents said that they would purchase plants mentioned during the symposium.
Native plants were the most mentioned plant of interest followed by Osmanthus.
100% of symposium respondents said that the symposium increased their knowledge of horticulture.
Symposium respondents felt that the seminar was worth between $30 and $35.
Outputs:
State reports from University of Florida, University of Kentucky, Louisiana State University, Tennessee State University, North Carolina State University, Virginia Tech, Mississippi State University as well as USDA.
SERA-IEG 27 website is up-to-date and continues to be maintained by LSU.
An annual plant materials symposium has been initiated in conjunction with the annual meeting of the SERA-27 group and continues to rotate to the host of the annual meeting. The title of this year's symposium was
"Southern Garden All-Stars: Developing the new plants for southern gardens."
Video recordings of symposium presentations were recorded and will be available for YouTube viewing after editing.
Activities:
13 official state representatives and 3 guests from 8 states and the USDA gathered to report the current status in undergraduate and graduate education with a special emphasis on nursery crops and landscaping and to select plants for multistate evaluations.
Multiyear trials of nursery and landscape plants were continued in multiple states.
A grant proposal planning meeting was agreed upon and coordination of the meeting was assigned. Meeting was held September 14, 2016.
McMinnville, TN was selected as the 2017 meeting location.
Potential plants for 2017 were discussed with interest determined for distribution at next year's meeting.
Impacts
- The SERA-27 group has played a pivotal role in the multisite multiyear evaluations of nursery and landscape plants and the introduction of top performing plant varieties into the southeast, mid-Atlantic, and southern United States.
- The SERA-27 group continues to serve as an important platform for reporting the current status on undergraduate and graduate education in nursery crop and landscaping systems and exchanging data and ideas on plant evaluations.
- The SERA-27 group serves as an important platform for outreach and dissemination of ideas to stakeholders through the development of an annual symposium open to the public dealing with nursery crop and landscaping systems, and plant evaluations.
- The SERA IEG-27 group hosted a symposium, Southern Garden All-Stars: Developing the new plants for southern gardens, as part of its annual meeting. 98% of symposium evaluation respondents said that they would purchase plants mentioned during the symposium. Native plants were the most mentioned plant of interest followed by Osmanthus. 100% of symposium respondents said that the symposium increased their knowledge of horticulture. Symposium respondents felt that the seminar was worth between $30 and $35.
Publications
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