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The following are some of the current research projects being undertaken by members of staff and graduate students.

HORTICULTURE
• Survey, characterization and conservation of Jamaican orchids, J. Cohen & K. Vaidya.
• Growth and development of pomegranate, Punica granatum, in Jamaica and effects of chilling of fruits on flowering. J. Cohen & P. McClymont
  See Also: Plant Breeding , Phytopathology

MARINE & COASTAL ECOLOGY
Marine
• Restoration of coral reefs in Jamaica, West Indies; Practicing novel measures for reef management. USAID funded. PIs: B. Rinkevch (Institute of Oceanography Haifa, Israel), D. Webber, J. Mendes
• The effect of zooxanthellal clade on density banding patterns in Montastraea annularis. J. Mendes
• The prevalence of coral diseases in Jamaica. J. Mendes

Coastal
• Coastal inventory of the St. Thomas coastline. D. Webber
• Hydrodynamic and water quality modeling project on the Southeast Hellshire coast of Jamaica. D. Webber
• Caribbean Coastal Scenarios Project. D. Webber
• Assessment of the Phytoplankton and Microbenthos associated with the conch industry of Pedro Banks, Jamaica. D. Webber & M. Webber
• Ecological assessment of the Morant Wetlands towards the declaration of this coastal area as a protected area and a RAMSAR site. EFJ funded. D. Webber, M. Webber, J. Mendes & K Aiken
• Assessment of the biodiversity associated with Mangrove lagoons. EFJ funded. M. Webber
• Evaluation and development of appropriate of water quality indices for mangrove lagoons. M. Webber
  See Also: Freshwater Ecology, Fish Biology

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
• Risk assessment of genetically modified papaya. P. Tennant
• Pathology of citrus diseases. P. Tennant
• Field-testing transgenic papaya developed for controlling Papaya ringspot virus in Jamaica. P. Tennant
• Characterization and evaluation of papaya transgenic for the coat gene of Papaya ringspot virus from Jamaica for resistance under greenhouse conditions. P. Tennant
• Evaluation of the resistance mechanism in papaya transgenic for the Papaya ringspot virus coat protein gene from Hawaii. P. Tennant
  See Also: Plant Breeding , Phytopathology