Apr 13, 2016
Projects receive NABG Foundation funding

The North American Bramble Growers Foundation has selected seven projects for 2016 funding.

Eric Hanson, Michigan State University, was funded for work with high tunnel raspberry production in 2015. Photo: NABG Foundation
Eric Hanson, Michigan State University, was funded for work with high tunnel raspberry production in 2015. Photo: NABG Foundation

The funded projects are:

  • Alternative method of primocane management for primocane-fruiting blackberry – Fumi Takeda, USDA-ARS, Kearneysville, WV,  $3,430
  • Manipulating horticultural practices to manage SWD – Tracy Leskey and Kevin Rice, USDA-ARS, Kearneysville, WV, $1,000
  • Developing the Genomic Infrastructure for Breeding Improved Black Raspberries – Chad Finn et al. USDA-ARS Corvallis, OR, $1,500
  • Electronic Labeling USDA Rubus Genebank, Part 3 – Joseph Postman and Kim Hummer, USDA-ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository, Corvallis, OR, $1,000
  • Fire Blight: An Emerging Problem for Blackberry Growers in the Mid-South – Burt Bluhm, University of Arkansas, $4,000
  • Using bacteria and fungi to develop sustainable control methods for SWD – Johanna Elsonsohn and Hannah Burrack, NC State University, $2,500
  • Effects of the mating and reproductive status of SWD females on their attraction to fermentation-based baits and ripe fruits – Hannah Burrack and Katie Swoboda Bhattarai, NC State University, $3,432

The foundation will give $16,862 to these projects. A number of the projects were given partial funding of their request, the foundation said. Requested funding increased by about 40 percent of the previous year’s total, according to the foundation.


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