Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

A newsletter for faculty, staff and students

January-February 2005 • Vol. 31, No. 1

Grants Awarded
September-October, 2004

Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness

E. Wailes. USDA CSREES – Prime. USDA ERS. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (FAPRI). Implement plan of work for the SARE education program. The impact of major demographic trends on agricultural and food trade. $336,240.

J. Popp. USDA FCIC. Risk Management Agency. Risk management education assessment and training among non-reservation first nation producers—Reaching out to the Southeast.  $100,000.

M. Thomsen. USDA ERS. Assessing the readiness of food industry firms for product recalls. $15,000.

Animal Science

Z. Johnson and C. Maxwell. Zinpro Corporation, Inc. Influence of Zinpro complexed minerals on sow reproductive performance, longevity, associated lameness challenges and liver mineral status. $58,515.

F. Pohlman. Arkansas Beef Council. Value enhancement of lower-value beef cuts. Enhancing conjugated linoleic acid in beef to improve healthfulness. $86,175.

J. Apple. Arkansas Beef Council. Zinpro Corporation, Inc. Preharvest intervention to reduce Escherichia coli O157:H7 on fat cattle destined for harvest. Red meat research. $35,933.

Z. Johnson and C. Maxwell. Lonza Inc. Effect of HMB on performance of nursery pigs. $10,706.

J.-F. Meullenet, S. Bajwa and J. Apple. Arkansas Beef Council. Use of near-infrared spectroscopy to predict beef tenderness of several muscles. $42,485.

C. Maxwell. Zinpro Corporation, Inc. Swine nutrition research. $11,000.

T. Yazwinski. Fort Dodge Animal Health. The effect of body weight gain and fecal nematode egg counts of cydectin long acting in grazing cattle. $54,763.

Biological and Agricultural Engineering

B. Haggard and M. Matlock. Pawnee Nation. Development of a lotic ecosystem trophic status index using periphytometers. $4,000.

Y. Li. USDA FAS. Rapid detection of foodborne pathogens using biosensor technologies. $25,000.

B. Haggard. USDA ARS. Research support. $47,425.

Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences

R. Talbert. USDA CSREES – Prime. IR-4 southern region performance trials. $14,000.

T. Daniel. US Poultry & Egg Association. Converting poultry litter and municipal biosolids into a value-added granulated fertilizer to sustain agricultural production while protecting the environment. $25,500.

P. Moore. USDA ARS. FY05 Research Support. $75,439.

R. Bacon. USDA CSREES – Prime. Dow AgroSciences, LLC. 2005 Southern regional canola research program. Evaluation of Dow AgroSciences canola lines in USA. $37,000.

R. Talbert. Valent U.S.A. Corporation. Gowan. Weed science.$4,000.

L. Oliver. DuPont, Agricultural Products. Weed science. $9,600.

N. Burgos. BASF Corporation. Weed physiology. $5,000.        

Entomology

R. Luttrell. US EPA. Relating variability in heliothine Cry1Ac susceptibility to within field assays and spatial and temporal patterns of selection.

A. Szalanski and C. Steelman. USDA CSREES – Prime. SARE. Using parasitoids in an integrated pest management approach to control flies on dairy farms. $66,680.

F. Goggin. USDA CSREES. NRICGP. Comparative analysis of responses to aphid feeding in tomato. $99,967.

M. Meisch. Univar. Bayer CropScience. Vector control research. Management methodologies. $4,500.

R. Luttrell. Monsanto Company. Mr. G.H. McKibben. Cotton insect research. Phermone trap research. $15,000.

P. McLeod. Syngenta. Entomology advancement. $8,500.

D. Johnson. Gerber Products Company. Fruit research. $15,000.

Food Science

J. Morris. USDA CSREES – Prime. Total vineyard mechanization to optimize yield and quality of grapes. $17,000.

N. Hettiarachchy. International Dehydrated Foods. Protein technology research. $400.

R. Buescher. Graham Packaging Co. Value-added pickled vegetable research. $10,500.

Y.-J. Wang. Kellogg’s Corporate Citizenship Fund. Carbohydrate research. $20,000.

Horticulture

C. Rom. USDA CSREES – Prime. SARE. The Southern Region Organic Fruit Production Initiative: identifying barriers, needed research, markets and opportunities. $15,555.

M. Richardson. Seed Research of Oregon. Pennington Seed. Grass research. $4,000.

D. Karcher. Aquatrols Corporation of America. Garst Seed Company. Fruit research. Grass research. $7,000.

M. Evans. Sun Gro Horticulture. Greenhouse crops research. $1,500.

D. Hensley. Dr. Curt Rom. Fruit research. $500.

T. Morelock. Winter Garden Spinach Producers Board. Cucumbers, spinach and peas research. $8,000.

J. Clark. Mr. Thomas Post. Small fruit breeding. $100.

Interdisciplinary

C. Owens and J.-F. Meullenet. U.S. Poultry and Egg Association. Evaluation of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR) technology on raw meat to predict cooked broiler breast meat tenderness. $24,063.

J.-W. Kim and S. Tung. National Science Foundation. Design and fabrication of a micro flagellar motor based dynamo. $209,834.

J.-W. Kim and R. Deaton. National Science Foundation. NUE: Integrating nanoscale science and technology into introductory computer science courses. $99,062.

Pine Tree Branch Experiment Station

R. Eason. Syngenta. Pine Tree Station research support. $4,000.

J. Rupe. United Soybean Board. North Central Soybean Research Program. Development and characterization of soybean sudden death syndrome resistance in northern… $5,000.

C. Rothrock. Various Sources. Cultural management of pod decay and insect pests of snap bean. Cotton research. Cotton diseases research. $32,830.

R. Robbins. Monsanto Company. Nematode research. $1,800.

J. Correll. Emergent Genetics. Spinach research. $1,000.

Poultry Science

C. Coon. Danisco Animal Nutrition. Influence of dietary phytase P concentration on response to Danisco phytase in broiler chickens. Predicting the nutritive value of soybean meal for broilers and the response to exogenour enzymes. $224,691.

W. Kuenzel. Intracranial Hypertension Research Foundation. Validation of an avian model for (non obstructive) intracranial hypertension. $17,850.

J.-F. Meullenet, J. Emmert and C. Owens. U.S. Poultry and Egg Association. Impact of outdoor production on growth, meat quality, and sensory attributes of fast-and-slow-growing broilers. $21,188.

J. Emmert and C. Owens. USDA CSREES. IREECGP (406). Slow-growing broilers in organic poultry production: An alternative to supplemental methionine and a marketing opportunity. $305,015.

A. Donoghue. USDA ARS. Research support. $20,556.

P. Waldroup. Pfizer, Inc. Poultry nutrition research. $12,500.

Rice Research & Extension Center

M. Anders. BASF Corporation. Rice Tec, Inc. Crop systems. Rice cropping systems. $3,800.

K. Moldenhauer. BASF Corporation. RIRE genetics research. $5,000.

J. Gibbons and K. Moldenhauer. Rice Tec, Inc. Genetics research and rice evaluation enhancement. $2,625.

School of Forest Resources

D. White. Arkansas Game and Fish. The ecology of bull elk in Arkansas. $60,000.

R. Weih. US DOI NPS. A.C.T. Geospatial Inc. Interpretation of land use change and development of monitoring protocol for the Heartland Network Hot Springs National Park. Developing a historic vegetative base map for Pea Ridge National Military Park. GIS/Remote sensing research. $74,590.

Southwest Research & Extension Center

T. Kirkpatrick. Various Sources. Comparison of the ecology and survival of reniform nematodes in northern, central and southern Arkansas. Plant disease. Nematology research. $52,208.

S. Gunter. Cooperative Research Farms. Beef research. $6,500.