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ANNUAL REPORT OF COOPERATIVE REGIONAL PROJECTS
Supported by Allotments of the Regional Research Fund,
Hatch Act, as Amended August 11, 1955
January 1 to December 31, 2000Project S-290 (formerly S-103): Technical and Economical Efficiencies of Producing and Marketing Landscape Plants
PUBLICATIONS
Hardy, Jill, Bridget Behe, et al. 2000. Consumer Perceptions of Landscape Plant Size, Design Style, and Material. J. Env. Hort.18:224-230.
Behe, Bridget and Susan Barton. 2000. Consumer Perceptions of Product and Service Quality Attributes in Six U.S. States. J. Env. Hort.18:17-78.
Kelley, K.M., B.K. Behe, J.A. Biernbaum, K.L. Poff. 2000. Consumer Preferences of Edible Flower Color, Container Size, and Price. HortScience 35:480. Abstract 496.
Jill Hardy, Bridget Behe, et al. Cost Analysis and Perceived Value of Selected Landscape Features. HortSci 35:484. Abstract 522.
Moore, Elizabeth H., Bridget K. Behe, Arthur C. Cameron. 2000. Consumer Perceptions of Selected Flowering Plants Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Horticultural Economics. Acta Hort 536:521-528.
Behe, Bridget K. 2000. Gardening Trends for Perennial Sales. Perennial Plant Association 1999 Proceedings.
Behe, Bridget, Susan Barton, et al. 2000. Relationship of Dollars Spent in the Garden Center and Perceptions of Product and Service Quality. Southern Nursery Association Research Conference Proceedings. 44:533-537.
Hardy, Jill, Bridget Behe, and Thomas Page. 2000. Consumer Segmentation Based on Perceived Plant Knowledge and Gardening Involvement. Southern Nursery Association Research Conference Proceedings. 44:529-532.
Heilig, James, Jill Hardy, Bridget Behe, and Thomas Page. 2000. Characteristics of Consumers Using Professional Lawn Care and Landscape Services. Southern Nursery Association Research Conference Proceedings. 44:525-528.
Behe, Bridget K. 2000. Stop, look, listen to glean market answers. GMPro Marketing Column 20:77-79.
Behe, Bridget K. 2000. Get to the Point (of Purchase) and Sell! Ohio Florists’ Association Bulletin 847:5-7.
Behe, Bridget K. 2000. Tropical Plants. Care & Handling Column. Floral Retailing 13:44..
Behe, Bridget K. 2000. Fine-tune Your Approach to Consumer Advertising. GMPro Marketing column 20:56-58.
McNiel, R.E. 2000. Changes in the cost of production of field-grown nursery plants in USDA plant hardiness zones 5 and 6 since 1985. Proc. XXV International Horticulture Congress, Brussels, Belgium, Part 14. Eds. N.S.P de Groot, E.H.J.M. de Kleijn, A.A. Csizinsky and J. Weerts. Acta Horticulturae 524:17-25.
Hardy, J., B.K. Behe, S.S. Barton, T.J. Page, R.E. Schutzki, K Muzii, R.T. Fernandez, M.T. Haque, J. Brooker, C.R. Hall, R. Hinson, P. Knight, R. McNiel, D.B. Rowe, and C. Safley. 2000. Consumers preferences for plant size, type of plant material and design sophistication in residential landscaping. J. Environ. Hort. 18(4): 224-230.
McNiel, R.E. 2000. Focus: Are you keeping up with the Jones? Nursery Views 30(30): 18-19.
Hidalgo, P.R. and R.L. Harkess. 2000. Fertilizer rate effect on Poinsettia production in vermicompost substrates. Proc. Southern Nursery Assoc. Res. Conf. 45:30-33.
Hidalgo, P.R., R.L. Harkess, and F.B. Matta. 2000. Reduction of Fertilizer Inputs Using Earthworm Castings as a Substrate Amendment for Poinsettia Production. HortScience 35(3):492. (Abstract).
File, S.L., P.A. Knight, C.G. Gilliam, D.B. Reynolds, and R.L Harkess. 2000. Alternative weed control methods for production of large container ornamentals. HortScience 35(3):428 (abstract).
File, S.L., P.R. Knight, C.H. Gilliam, D.B. Reynolds, and J.E. Atland. 2000. Effects of various alternative mulches on weed control in container ornamentals. Proc SNA Res. Conf. ( in press )
File, S.L., P.R. Knight, C.H. Gilliam, D.B. Reynolds, and R.L. Harkess. 2000. Alternative weed control methods for production of large container ornamentals. HortScience 35:428-429.
Cisar, J.L., G.L. Snyder and J.J. Haydu. 2000. The Occurrence and Alleviation by Surfactant of Soil-water Repellency on Sand-based Turfgrass Systems. Journal of Hydrology (2000) 352-358.
Hall, Charles R. “Marketing the Bounty,” The Bountiful Flower Garden: Growing and Sharing Cut Flowers in the South, by Neil G. Odenwald and William C. Welch, Taylor Publishing Company, 2000.
Anderson, David and Charles Hall, Adding Value to Agricultural Products, Texas Agricultural Extension Service Bulletin L-5361, August 2000.
Hall, Charles R. and Lance D. Pate. “Trade Flows and Marketing Practices in the Texas Nursery Industry,” Faculty Paper Series, Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty Paper 00-7, April 2000.
Salin, Victoria, Curtis F. Lard and Charles Hall, “The Economic Impact of the Red Imported Fire Ant on the Metroplexes of Texas,” Faculty Paper Series, Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty Paper 00-6, February 2000.
Salin, Victoria, Curtis F. Lard and Charles Hall, The Economic Impact of the Red Imported Fire Ant on the Metroplexes of Texas, Selected paper presented at the meetings of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Lexington, KY, January 31-February 3, 2000.
Hall, Charles R., “An Image Assessment of Teas Nursery, Houston, Texas,” Texas Agricultural Extension Service, December, 2000.
Hall, Charles R., “TNLA 1998 Scope Report: Economic Scope of the Texas Green Industry in 1998,” TNLA Green Magazine, Volume 2, Number 3, March 2000.
Hodges, Alan W. And John J. Haydu. 2000. Economic Impact of Florida Environmental Horticulture Industry. Journal of Environmental Horticulture. 18(3):123-127.
Haydu, John J., Alan W. Hodges, P.J. van Blokland. 2000. Developing Markets for Turf Producers in the Eastern United States. Acta Horticultura 536, ISHS (2000):499-505.
Hodges, Alan W., John J. Haydu, and P.J. van Blokland. 2000. Contribution of Environmental Horticulture to Florida’s Economy. Acta Horticultura 536, ISHS (2000):251-259.
van Blokland, P.J., Mei Wang, J.J. Haydu, and A.W. Hodges. 2000. How Big Must a Nursery Firm Be To Produce A Reasonable Family Income. Acta Horticultura 536, ISHS (2000):223-230.
Hodges, Alan W. and John J. Haydu. 2000. A Decade of Change in Florida’s Ornamental Plant Industry, 1989 to 1999. Economic Information Rpt. EI 00-3, Food & Res. Econ., IFAS, University of Florida, 15 pp.
Haydu, John J. and Alan W. Hodges. 2000. Market Expansion Strategies for Turfgrass Producers in the Eastern United States. Economic Info. Report EI 00-2. Food & Res. Econ., IFAS, University of Florida, 26 pp.
Beeson, R.C. and J.J Haydu. 2000. Cycling Micro-irrigation for Production of Container-grown Landscape Ornamentals: plant Growth and Water Conservation. International Water & Irrigation. Volume 20, No. 2, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Hodges, Alan W., Satterthwaite, L.N., and J.J. Haydu. 2000. Analysis of Cut Foliage Businesses in Florida, 1997. Econ. Information Report EI 00-1. Food & Resource Economics, IFAS, University of Florida, 15 pp.
Hodges, A.W. "Ornamental Plants" in Outlook 2000, Florida Food & Resource Economics, ed. J. Reynolds, Univ. Florida, Gainesville, Dec.1999.
Hodges, A.W., L.N. Satterthwaite and J.J. Haydu. Analysis of Cut Foliage Businesses in Florida, 1997. UF-FRED Economic Information Report 00-1, March 2000.
Hodges, A.W. and J.J. Haydu. Economic Impact of Florida's Environmental Horticulture Industry. Journal of Environmental Horticulture, 18(3):123-127, Sept, 2000.
Hodges, A.W. and J.J. Haydu. A Decade of Change in Florida's Ornamental Plant Nursery Industry, 1989-99. UF-FRED Economic Information Report 00-3, April, 2000.
Hodges, A.W. and J.J. Haydu. Economic Impact of Florida's Horticulture Industry. Acta Horticulturae, 536: 251-259, Sept. 2000.
Hodges, A.W., L.N. Satterthwaite and J.J. Haydu. Business Analysis of Ornamental Plant Nurseries in Florida, 1998. UF-FRED Economic Information Report 00-5, November, 2000.
Hodges, A.W., W.D. Mulkey, and E. Philippakos. Economic impacts of the Florida Botanical Gardens and related cultural attractions in Pinellas County, Florida. July 2000. UF-IFAS Extension Fact Sheet. (http://www.fred.ifas.ufl.edu/publications.htm)
Haydu, J.J. and A.W. Hodges. Market Expansion Strategies for Turfgrass Producers in the Eastern United States. UF-FRED Economic Information Report 00-2, April 2000.
Haydu, J.J. and A.W. Hodges. Developing Markets for Turf Producers in the Eastern United States. Acta Horticulturae, 536: 499-505, Sept. 2000.
Mulkey, W.D. and A.W. Hodges. Using IMPLAN to assess local economic impacts. UF-IFAS Extension Fact Sheet. (http://www.fred.ifas.ufl.edu/publications.htm)
Adrian, John, Jeremy Kickler, Patricia Duffy, and Ken Tilt. 2000. “Nursery Crop Production: What are the Numbers?”, Highlights of Agric. Res., Ala. Agr. Exp. Sta., 47(4):3-4.