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

July-August 2004 • Vol. 30, No. 4

Grants Awarded

Provided by AAES Business office
March and April 2004

Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness

M. Popp. Soybean Promotion Board (SPB). Economics of soybean production. Economics of water savings in soybean-rice crop rotations. $42,576.

Agricultural Statistics Lab

R. McNew. Cotton Incorporated. Evaluation of methods of prediction of yield and fiber quality stability in upland cotton. $10,000

Animal Sciences

J. Powell, E. Kegley and C. Maxwell. Zinpro Corporation, Inc. Effective liver biopsy techniques for adult pigs. $8,519.

J. Apple. Zinpro Corporation, Inc. Red meat research. $5,000.

T. Yazwinski. Elanco Animal Health. The effectiveness of avilamycin for the prevention of histomonosis (blanckhead) in turkeys. $17,940.

C. Maxwell. Zinpro Corporation, Inc. Swine nutrition research. $15,000.

College of Agriculture -- ASU

J. Widick and J. Muir. SPB. Soybean adaptation to restrictive soil environments. $27,115.
W. Baker. SPB. Mapping plant toxic chloride levels from groundwater irrigation sources. $7,400.

T. Teague. Cotton Incorporated. Expansion of validation of the break-even component in COTMAN. Validation of COTMAN RULES in high yielding systems: Arkansas. $12,100.

J. Widick. Monsanto Company. Chloride screening. $1,250.

Cooperative Extension Service

T. Windham. SPB. Economic analysis of soybean production practices. $13,111.

T. Reaper, C. Tingle and T. Windham. SPB. Soybean research verification program. $117,945.

Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences

K. Brye. US USGS. Water Resources Research Institute. Vadose-zone losses of soluble heavy metals from pasture soil amended with varying rates of poultry litter. $15,480.

E. Vories and L. Purcell. SPB. Soybean drought tolerance research. $70,658.

P. Chen, L. Purcell, T. Kirkpatrick, J. Widick, R. Robbins, P. Fenn and D. Dombek. SPB. Identification and utilization of exotic germplasm to improve genetic diversity and productivity of southern soybean. $64,552.

P. Chen. SPB and USDA ARS. Breeding Roundup-Ready and conventional soybean cultivars with high yield potential and multiple pest resistance. Identification and utilization of exotic germplasm to improve soybean productivity. Develop high yielding mid-oleic soybean lines with high protein and high sugar content. $178,879.

D. Dombek. SPB. Soybean variety testing. $26,283.

N. Slaton. SPB. Developing guidelines for boron fertilization of soybean. $19,268.

G. Sheng. U.S. Geological Survey. Water Resources Research Institute. Oxide-catalyzed oxidation of 17b-estradiol to estrone. $17,703.

M. Mozaffari. Arkansas Corn & Grain Sorghum Board. Improving economic efficiency of corn production in Arkansas by evaluating new soil testing methods for predicting nitrogen fertilizer requirements. $21,352

L. Oliver. Monsanto Company. Weed science. $4,000.

R. Norman. Rice Tec, Inc. Soil fertility and plant nutrition. $10,000.

L. Purcell. USDA ARS. Drought stress tolerance in Arkansas. $99,553.

D. Oosterhuis. LTA Resource Management and Cotton Foundation. Cotton- general. Cotton physiology. $12,500.

Entomology

D. Steinkraus. Agdia, Inc., and Cotton Incorporated. MTA for shipping of cotton aphids. Surveillance, diagnosis, and prediction of cotton aphid fungus. $29,000.

R. Luttrell. Various sources. Refining the strategic use of Group IV soybeans as a trap crop for stink bugs in Arkansas’ diverse cropping systems. Paulownia project. Large farm variability in COTMAN and cotton insect management records: A foundation for community-wide management systems. $45,215.

P. McLeod. 2004 2nd generation YieldGard insect efficacy. $10,000.

Food Science

A. Proctor. Agrilectric Research Company. Commercial rice hull ash surface modification by controlled combustion. $18,518.

N. Hettiarachchy. Roche Vitamins, Inc., and Tyson Foods, Inc. Preparation and value-added functionalities of rice protein. Protein technology research. $120,700.

J.-F. Meullenet. Busch Agricultural Resources, Inc., and Rice Tec, Inc. Rheology and sensory research. $15,500.

T. Siebenmorgen. Busch agricultural resources, Inc., and Rice Tec, Inc. Rice processing research. $15,500.

J. Morris. Various sources. Institute of Food Science and Engineering—Evaluation of canned vegetable products. IFSE -- Thermal processing research. IFSE -- General. $6,150.

Horticulture

C. Rom. Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission. Alternative apple cropping thinning strategies. $10,000.

M. Evans. Tyson Foods, Inc. Evaluation of the efficacy of feather fiber-based weed mats over a two-year period. $2,000.

M. Richardson and D. Karcher. International Turf Producers Foundation. Establishing sod with seeded bermudagrass. $6,000.

D. Hensley. Perennial Plant Association. Phlox breeding. $2,500.

Human Environmental Sciences

J. Foote. Arkansas Occupational and Wellness Associates. Evaluation of a unique health risk appraisal. $2,000.

Interdisciplinary -- Division of Agriculture

J. Greene, C. Coker, T. Windham and R. Gergerich. SPB. Identifying causal pathogens and insect vectors of green bean syndrome in Arkansas. $26,772.

J. Widick, E. Rutledge, W. Baker, K. Brye and C. Tingle. SPB. Improving soybean profitability by identifying yield limitations in low yielding portions of fields. $27,086.

M. Anders. SPB. Helping Arkansas rice farmers exploit market opportunities by improved use of soybean, wheat, and corn in rice rotations. $39,972.

L. Oliver, K. Smith and R. Scott. SPB. Developing cost effective weed management systems. $92,952.

J. Rupe. SPB. Control of seedling disease by fungicide seed treatment, cultural practices, and cultivar selection, and their effect of soybean establishment, yield, and weed control. Effect of fungicide, cultivar, and cropping sequences on aerial blight of soybeans. $90,716.

Northeast Research and Extension Center

E. Vories and P. Tacker. SPB. Improving yield and yield sustainability for irrigated soybean. $55,447.

Plant Pathology

R. Robbins and T. Kirkpatrick. SPB. Effectively utilizing the available sources of soybean cyst nematode resistance to control SCN Race 5 and Race 6. $25,753.

C. Rothrock and J. Rupe. SPB. Effects of genotype on severity of charcoal rot and yield in soybean. $25,723.

P. Fenn. SPB. Identifying and utilizing resistance to seed pathogens to improve soybean seed quality. $34,015.

R. Riggs. Monsanto Company and Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. Soybean nematode research. $21,650.

E. Milus. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., and Cheminova, Inc. Wheat pathology research. $2,000.

J. Correll. California Spinach Growers. Spinach research. $5,000.

C. Rothrock. Cotton Foundation. Cotton disease research. $3,400.

Poultry Science

L. Newberry and B. Hargis. Powell & Powell Milling. Lease agreement. $4,938.

J. Emmert. Adisseo Inc. Use of growth studies and stable isotope technique to assess HMB efficacy. $13,000.

P. Waldroup. Soda Feed Ingredients, LTD. Broiler nutrition. $10,000.

Cobb-Vantress, Inc. Broiler breeder research facility. $162,466.

Y. Li, W. Bottje, M. Iqbal and N. Pumford. Cobb-Vantress, Inc. Identification of differentially expressed proteins in plasma and blood cells in broilers with low and high feed efficiency. $40,394.

R. Okimoto. Cobb-Vantress, Inc. Develop a test for the sex-linked dwarf gene. $1,500.

N. Anthony. Cobb-Vantress, Inc. Behavioral aspects of the breeder chicken. $24,074.

Rice Research & Extension Center

K. Moldenhauer and J. Gibbons. Busch Agriculture Resources, Inc. Rice evaluation enhancement and RREC genetics. $2,000.

C. Deren. Bayer CropScience. RREC -- General. $1,000.

School of Forest Resources

H. Liechty. U.S. Geological survey. Water Resources Research Institute. Nutrient losses in runoff and leaching from poultry litter applications to loblolly pine stands and pastures. $18,241.

H. Liechty and E. Heitzman. Plum Creek. Loblolly pine stands. $30,774.

D. Patterson. Arkansas Wood Manufacturers Assn. Wood processing. $675.

Southeast Research and Extension Center

J. Greene and R. Luttrell. SPB. Radar tracking of the stink bug complex in soybean/cotton production systems and associated agricultural landscapes. $11,200.

J. Greene. SPB and Cotton Incorporated. Thresholds and insecticide termination (incl. timing of application to a trap crop) for stink bugs in Arkansas soybean. Development of management strategies for the stink bug/plant bug complex in cotton: Arkansas. Evaluation of insecticides for control of stink bugs. Determining the optimum timing for the final furrow irrigation of cotton based on crop monitoring: Arkansas II. $57,500.

K. Smith. Monsanto Company. Weed management in Roundup Ready flex cotton. $5,000.

Southwest Research and Extension Center

T. Kirkpatrick and R. Cartwright. SPB. Comprehensive disease screening of soybean varieties in Arkansas. $98,782.

T. Kirkpatrick. Dow AgroSciences, LLC, and Cotton Foundation. Nematology research. $10,600.