Year Awarded 2018
FFAR award amount $67,892
Total award amount $135,806
Location Gainesville, FL
Program Rapid Outcomes from Agricultural Research
Matching Funders University of Florida
Grantee Institution University of Florida
Fusarium Wilt is a fungus that threatens the $70 million Floridian lettuce industry. University of Florida researchers are developing disease management practices and training lettuce growers to better manage cross contamination to reduce the spread of this disease.