OSU researcher awarded OCAST funds

Thursday, July 7, 2011

OSU researcher awarded OCAST funds

The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology has awarded OSU researcher Jeanmarie Verchot $85,978 for a two year study designed to help canna lily growers avoid the spread of disease in the tropical plant. The goal is for OSU to help provide virus-free cannas to a primary national producer, Horn Farm in Carnegie, which sells $3.5 million in bulbs each year. The OCAST grants target projects that have significant potential for producing a commercially successful product, process or service with high potential to benefit the state’s economy.