Public Horticulture and Engagement Unit
Floral and Nursery Plants Research
- Functional Genomics of Powdery Mildew Resistance in Bigleaf Hydrangea
- Improving Boxwood Blight Mitigation Through Innovation, Economic Analysis and Education
- Support Development of the Plant Collections Network
- Collecting Diverse California Incense-cedar Provenances to Evaluate Adaptability to Southeastern United States
- Developing a Collection Management System for ARS Collections
- Manage, Expand, and Evaluate the U.S. National Collection of Temperate-adapted Woody Landscape Plant Germplasm and Associated Descriptive Data
- Curation, Modernization, and Information Management of the U.S. National Arboretum Herbarium Collections
- Crapemyrtle Germplasm Enhancement
- Partnership to support development of BGCI’s Global Conservation Consortia
- Partnership to support conservation of southeastern US native plants
- Biotechnology Innovations for Nursery and Floriculture Crops
- Genetic Improvement of Woody Ornamental Plants for Resilient and Sustainable Landscapes
- Evaluation of native and underutilized woody ornamental nursery crops for breeding and production potential
- Improvement of Imported Fire Ant Quarantine Treatments to Enhance Certification of Field-Grown Nursery Plants
- Functional Genomics, Genetic Improvement, and Sustainable Production of Nursery Crops
- Partnership to characterize and conserve Persea