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Improving Soil Health and Vegetable Production through Cover Cropping, Composting, and Mycorrhizae Inoculation Practices.<\/strong>, PI<\/u>.
Funding Source: USDA  Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
Total budget: $250,000. 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conservation of Sabal miamiensis<\/em><\/strong>, PI<\/u>.
Funding Source: Montgomery Botanic Center
Total budget: $135,000. 2023. 2024. 2025. 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conservation of Borassus<\/strong>, PI<\/u>.
Funding Source: Montgomery Botanic Center
Total budget: $60,000. 2025. 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trimble Technology Lab Equipment Fund<\/strong>, PI<\/u>.
Funding Source: Trimble Inc. (Trimble Agriculture)
Total budget: $55,000. 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Incubating Farms for the Under-Served through Education and Engagement (InFUSEE)<\/strong>, Co-PI. <\/u>
Funding Source: USDA OPPE – Land Access and Training for the Under-Served (LATUS) Farmers
Total budget: $750,000. 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regenerative Agriculture: Effects of Cover Crop and Mycorrhizal Inoculation on Salt Stress Mitigation in Floridian Tomato Cultivars<\/strong>, PI. 2024.
Funding Source: Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE)
Total budget: $30,000. 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comprehensive Agriculture Research Experiential (CARE) Learning Through Precision Agriculture and Conservation Science (PACS)<\/strong>,<\/strong> Co-PI.
Funding Source: USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture – HSI
Total budget: $400,000. 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Integrated Capacity Building Project To Promote Student Success And Leadership In Sustainable And Precision Agriculture,<\/strong> Co-PI
Funding Source: USDA NIFA NLGCA
Total budget: $150,000. 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plant Tissue Culture in Selected Ornamentals,<\/strong> PI
Funding Source: Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Total budget: $50,000. 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education and Training Workshop to Promote Urban Agriculture for Food Security and Community Building<\/strong>, Co-PI<\/u>.<\/strong>
Funding Source: USDA Cochran Fellowship<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total budget: $110,000. 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smart Sustainable Fertilizer Manager,<\/strong> PI
Funding Source: The National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps™)
Total budget: $50,000. 2022 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building Research, Education, And Leadership for Agriculture and Related Career (bREAL – ARC),<\/strong> Co-PI.
Funding Source: USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture-HSI
Total budget: $1,000,000. 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Water Quality Assessment in Florida’s Ag. Sector,<\/strong> PI
Funding Source: WEO Foundation
Total budget: $40,000. 2022 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plant Tissue Culture in Selected Ornamentals and Fruit Trees ,<\/strong> PI
Funding Source: Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Total budget: $10,000. 2022 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nitrogen Management and Plant Quality Monitoring Using Optical Sensor Technology in Native and Non-Native Specialty Crops,<\/strong> PI
Funding Source: USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
Total budget: $85,000. 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conservation of South Florida Mycorrhizal Fungi<\/strong>,<\/strong> PI
Funding Source: Fred Case Grant. 2021 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Herb Spiral Garden and Irrigation Project, PI and Compost Pile Project,<\/strong> Co-PI.
Funding Source: FIU Office of Sustainability – PI: Connie Caldwell
Total budget: $5,000. 2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cochran Fellowship Program,<\/strong> Co-PI.
Funding Source: USDA – Marketing of Agricultural Produce (Fruit and Vegetables) – Moldova.
Total budget: $63,000. 2017 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Innovative Curriculum for Agriculture Training and Career for Hispanics, <\/strong>Co-PI.
Funding Source: USDA NIFA HSI
Total budget: $2,049,601. 2016-2021 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cochran Fellowship Program,<\/strong> Co-PI.
Funding Source: USDA
Total budget: $85,356.46. 2016 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cultivar Evaluation and Precision Water Assessment in Grapevine with the emphasis on Super-Absorbent Polymers,<\/strong> PI
Funding Source: Oklahoma Viticulture and Enology
Total budget: $24,976. 2015 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Effects of super-absorbent polymers on grapevine transplant cultivars,<\/strong> PI
Funding Source: Oklahoma Viticulture and Enology
Total budget: $20,616. 2014 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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C&S Horticulture Lab is grateful for the stakeholders’ support:<\/p>\n\n\n\n