Grants Awarded
Provided by AAES Business office

January-February 2004

Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness

M. Cochran. Cobb-Vantress, Inc. International economics and policy. $20,800.

E. Wailes. Rice Research and Promotion Board (RRPB). Representative Arkansas rice farms economic performance. $21,477.

Animal Sciences

T. Yazwinski. Merial Limited. Parasitology research with cattle. $2,840.

C. Maxwell. Agtech Products. Swine nutrition research. $14,267.

E. Kegley. Alltech Biotechnology Center. Nutrition research. $5,000.

Biological & Agricultural Engineering

B. Haggard. USDA ARS. Research support. $42,280.

S. Bajwa and E. Vories. Cotton Inc. Improving cotton irrigation recommendations in the mid-South. $10,000.

M. Matlock. US EPA/IPEC. Effective stormwater and sediment control during pipeline construction using a new filter fence concept. $11,000.

C. Griffis and J. Bernhardt. RRPB. Automated non-destructive machine-vision system for inspection of rough rice. $24,610.

College of Agriculture – ASU

T. Teague. Cotton Inc. Crop stress indices, system management style and cultivar control for fiber quality and yield stability. Interactions of irrigation and insect pests: late season crop susceptibility to plant bugs and stink bugs in high-yielding cotton production systems. $34,223.

J. Widick. C. Simpson & Son Farm. Chloride screening research. $220.

W. Baker. RRPB. Remote sensing as a scouting and assessment tool for the rice verification program. Cost saving management solutions with aerial imagery and variable rate technology. $27,249.

Cooperative Extension Service

L. Espinoza. Arkansas Corn and Grain Sorghum Board (ACGSB). Increasing grain sorghum productivity by maximizing land use. Optimizing soil fertility requirements for corn. $34,203.

T. Windham. ACGSB and RRPB. Economic analysis of corn and grain sorghum production practices. Economic analysis of rice production practices. $43,234.

W. Ross and J. Kelley. ACGSB. Corn and grain sorghum research verification program. $50,171.

J. Kelley, L. Espinoza and W. Ross. ACGSB. Management practices to increase grain sorghum productivity. $20,238.

T. Windham, J. Branson and C. Wilson. RRPB. Rice research verification program. $145,890.

R. Cartwright. RRPB. Integrated rice disease management for Arkansas. $86,108.

P. Tacker. RRPB. Rice irrigation water management for water, labor and cost savings. $31,960.

Crop, Soil, & Environmental Sciences

P. Moore. USDA ARS and Lidochem Inc. Research support. Poultry manure research. $13,450.

J. Stewart. Cotton Inc. Introgression of gossypium germplasm to increase genetic diversity for cotton improvement. $70,000.

M. Mozzafari. Helena Chemical Company. Soil Testing. $1,080.

J. Barrentine. Monsanto Company. Weed science. $2,500.

L. Oliver. BASF Corporation and ARI. Weed science. $5,800.

D. Oosterhuis. Various Sources. Publication of Arkansas Cotton Research in Progress and Annual Graduate Research award. Cotton physiology. Cotton research. Field test of a protein translocation enhancer to increase Bt endotoxin levels and insect mortality. $21,950.

E. Vories, L. Purcell and D. Dombek. ACGSB. Ultra-short season corn hybrid evaluation. $17,500.

J. Barrentine, K. Smith, M. McClelland and R. Talbert. Cotton Inc. Monitoring and management of glyphosate-resistant horseweed (Conyza Canadensis) in Arkansas. $18,661.

J. Mattice. RRPB. Environmental implications of pesticides in rice production. $58,466.

R. Talbert. USDA CSREES-Prime. IR-4 Southern region performance trials. $10,000.

K. Brye. RRPB. Influence of land leveling a heavy-clay soil on soil quality and rice production and potential amelioration with deep tillage and soil amendments. $50,473.

N. Burgos. RRPB. Mitigating the development of herbicide-resistant red rice. $63,541.

D. Miller. RRPB. A comparison of the distribution, movement and reactions of fertilizer nitrogen applied to clay and silt loam soils. $16,160.

R. Norman. RRPB and Agrotain International. Influence of soils, crop residues and nitrogen fertilizer on rice production in Arkansas. Soil fertility and plant nutrition. $120,299.

N. Slaton. RRPB. Rice response to boron fertilization. Phosphorous and potassium fertilization of rice on silt loam soils. Development of nitrogen fertilizer adjustments for silt loam soils on the Grand Prairie amended with poultry litter. Development of zinc fertilization recommendations for clay soils. $114,527.

Entomology

T. Kring. Cotton Inc. New aphid threshold for Arkansas cotton growers. $11,787.
D. Steinkraus. Cotton Inc. Brochure and PDF Internet publication on the biology and IPM of cotton aphid on cotton. $6,100.

R. Luttrell. Bayer CropScience. Cotton insect research. $2,500.

M. Meisch. Univar. Management methodologies. $2,000.

P. McLeod, W. Ross and T. Kirkpatrick. ACGSB. Use of integrated pest management to improve Arkansas corn and grain sorghum production. $47,725.

D. Johnson. RRPB. Scouting methods and chemical ecology of the rice stink bug. $26,809.

Food Science

Y.-J. Wang. Corn Products International and General Mills. Carbohydrate research. Rice and carbohydrate research. $5,600.

T. Siebenmorgen. Farmers Rice Cooperative and RRPB. Rice processing research. Infrared treatment of rough rice to control stored product insects. Characterizing the causes of milling quality and property variation at harvest. $74,616.

J. Morris. Lallemand, Inc. Enology and viticulture research. $2,500.

R. Murphy. Jones Dairy Farm. Value-added poultry processing research. $17,442.

N. Hettiarachchy. Ventria Bioscience. Value-added soy and rice protein research. $1,000.

A. Proctor and T. Siebenmorgen. RRPB. Harvest conditions and kernel damage effects on milled rice free fatty acid quality. $43,026.

J.-F. Meullenet. RRPB. Chemical and physical determinants of rice quality as affected by pre- and post-harvest factors. $51,678.

Horticulture

D. Karcher. Aquatrols Corporation of America. Turfgrass. $3,750.

M. Evans. Sun Gro Horticulture. Greenhouse crops research. $4,500.

M. Richardson. Various Sources. Grass research. $9,750.

D. Motes and T. Morelock. Hugh L. Hembree III. Vegetable and spinach research programs. $1,000.

Interdisciplinary–Division of Agriculture

L. Espinoza, K. Smith and L. Oliver. ACGSB. Development of effective weed control with crop safety. $24,544.

L. Oliver, R. Scott and K. Smith. RRPB. A team approach to improved weed management in rice. $307,848.

C. Wilson. RRPB. Agronomic production issues in rice. Continuation of the DD50 program to include seeding date affect on grain yield and development of new cultivars. $164,568.

Interdisciplinary

K. Smith and L. Oliver. ACGSB. Weed control programs in Arkansas Corn. $29,705.

Northeast Research & Extension Center

F. Bourland. Monsanto Company and Cotton Inc. Experimental protocol for Monsanto cotton yield trials. Improving profitability of cotton by enhancing yield components and host plant resistance. $26,580.

F. Bourland and D. Oosterhuis. Cotton Inc. Development of cotton breeding techniques and germplasm to enhance cotton yield and quality. $43,000.

M. Anders. ACGSB. Helping Arkansas rice farmers exploit market opportunities by improved use of soybean, wheat and corn in rice rotations. $15,210.

E. Vories. ACGSB. Improving corn irrigation practices and recommendations in Arkansas. $20,861.

Plant Pathology

C. Rothrock. Helena Chemical Company and RRPB. Cotton research. Managing seedling disease problems on rice through the development of cold-tolerant cultivars with seedling disease resistance. $35,744.

E. Milus. Cleary Chemical Corporation. Turfgrass pathology research. $2,000.

D. TeBeest and R. Cartwright. ACGSB. Impact of selected management practices and disease resistance on the incidence and severity of diseases of corn and sorghum. $29,910.

J. Correll and F. Lee. RRPB. Race identification, genetic characterization, and screening for resistance. $27,606.

Y. Jia, J. Correll and F. Lee. RRPB. Examination of resistance stability to rice blast disease. $49,529.

K. Korth. RRPB. Studies of natural rice responses to insect pests. $43,342.

Y. Yang. RRPB. Functional analysis and utilization of rice genes related to disease resistance and abiotic stress tolerance. $62,746.

D. TeBeest. RRPB. Fungal and bacterial diseases of rice seeds and seedlings. $36,662.

Y. Yang and R. Cartwright. RRPB. Control of bacterial panicle blight using seed detection and seed treatments. $34,374.

Poultry Science

A. Donoghue. USDA ARS. Research support. $6,758.

G. Erf and R. Wideman. Hubbard ISA. Responses of two genetic lines to a cyclic heat challenge. $27,279.

R. Okimoto. Cobb-Vantress, Inc. Typing for color genes. $4,158.

Cobb-Vantress, Inc. Broiler Breeder Research Facility. $44,931.

H. Chapman. Elanco Animal Health. Coccidiosis research. $7,800.

J. Marcy. Newly Weds Foods. The use of natural allyl isothiocyanate as an antimicrobial in meat and poultry products. $17,000.

Rice Research & Extension Center

J. Bernhardt. McCormick Company and RRPB. Rice insect research. Molecular analysis of genes resistant to the rice water weevil. Screening for rice stink bug resistance. Tools and strategies for management of rice insect pests. $146,151.

M. Anders. RRPB. Helping Arkansas rice farmers exploit market opportunities by improved use of soybean, wheat and corn in rice rotations. $40,008.

J. Gibbons and K. Moldenhauer. RRPB. Rice breeding and genetics. $313,630.

Y. Jia, J. Gibbons and K. Moldenhauer. RRPB. Rice breeding and genetics—technical support. $143,558.

K. Moldenhauer and J. Gibbons. RRPB. Breeding and evaluation for improved rice varieties. $344,210.

F. Lee. RRPB. Discovery, definition and utilization of resistance genes for Arkansas rice disease control. $150,820.

G. Eizenga. RRPB. Continued evaluation of blast resistant genes in rice wild relatives (oryza spp.) and unique O. sativa accessions utilizing DNA markers. $37,772.

Y. Jia. RRPB. Development of DNA markers to tag minor resistance genes to the rice sheath blight pathogens. $59,162.

G. Gealy. RRPB. Identifying and classifying potential red rice hybrids from farm fields through DA fingerprinting. $41,818.

School of Forest Resources

R. Weih. Various Sources. Developing the Arkansas Land Information Coordination System (ALIICS). Spatial analysis lab. Geographic information systems and remote sensing research. $15,640.

B. Walls. UAP Timberland LLC. Forestry technical support. $7,500.

Southwest Research & Extension Center

J. Greene. Cotton Inc. Validation of boll injury thresholds for stink bugs in cotton. Insecticide termination for late-season bugs (stink bugs) in second-generation (Bollgard II) Bt Cotton. $28,500.

Southeast Research & Extension Center

L. Earnest Dow AgroSciences, LLC. SEREC-Rohwer Division support. $3,200.