Projects

1. VSHS – VARP, 2022 – 2024.

2. VAC – VDACS, 2022 – 2024.

3. Creating Next-Gen controls for fire blight cankers, blossom and shoot blight with copper, PGR-s, plant activators and anti-biofilm enzymes, USDA – NIFA Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Program, 2022-2024.

4. Evaluate Plant Activators and Enzymes in Control of Fire Blight Inoculum Using Droplet Digital PCR, SCBG – VDACS, 2022-2024.

5. WTFRC Fresh and Processed Pear Committee – Pear Research Subcommittee 2023-2025.

6. VAC – VDACS, 2023 – 2025.

7. An all-stage fire blight control: remote sensing, DNA, enzyme and plant activator technologies for cankers, blossom blight and shoot blight, USDA – NIFA Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) Program 2023-2027.

8. VSHS – VARP, 2024 – 2026.

9. Anti-biofilm enzyme (ABE) as a novel, non-toxic solution that overcomes antimicrobial resistance to protect human health from farm to fork, Virginia Biosciences Health Research CorporationVirginia Health Catalyst, 2025 – 2027.