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

May-June 2005 • Vol. 31, No. 3

Grants Received

AgEcon and Agribusiness

M. Cochran and D. Danforth. Cotton Incorporated. COTMAN software development and delivery (2004). $26,600.

H. Goodwin. USDA NRCS. Feasibility assessment of establishing the Ozark Litter Bank. $223,200.

E. Wailes. The Hale Group. Agricultural marketing and policy research and education. $500.

M. Popp. Soybean Promotion Board. Economics of water savings in soybean-rice crop rotations. $13,875.

Animal Sciences

C. Maxwell. Alltech Biotechnology Center. Swine nutrition research. $24,500.

F. Pohlman. Alcide Corporation. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co. Meat science research. $17,500.

C. Maxwell and Z. Johnson. Alltech Biotechnology Center. JEFO USA. Efficacy of bio-mos supplementation to sow diets during gestation and lactation on subsequent performance of pigs supplemented with or without bio-mos in the nursery and growing-finishing phases. Efficacy of acidifiers on nursery diets. $23,455.

Z. Johnson and C. Maxwell. Zinpro Corporation, Inc. Efficacy of lactozin in nursery diets. $16,048.

T. Yazwinski. Fort Dodge Animal Health. A field study comparing cydectin and Ivomec (Ivomec Plus) 15 injectables with regard to fecal egg counts, weight gains and safety. $41,500.

W. Coblentz. The Nature Conservancy. Forage program. $300.

Biological and Agricultural Engineering

M. Matlock. City of Fayetteville. Analysis of land use impact on stream ecological services in Fayetteville. $10,512.

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

College of Agriculture—ASU

T. Teague. Cotton Incorporated. Crop stress indices, system management style and cultivar control for fiber quality and yield stability. Determining the optimum timing for the final furrow irrigation on cotton based on crop monitoring: Arkansas I. Validation of COTMAN rules in high yielding systems: Arkansas. Expansion of validation of the break-even components in COTMAN. $32,500.

M. Cochran and T. Teague. Cotton Incorporated. Interactions of irrigation and insect pests: late season crop susceptibility to plant bugs and stink bugs in high-yielding cotton production systems. $19,823.

J. Muir and J. Widick. Soybean Promotion Board. Soybean adaptation to restrictive soil environments. $30,292.

W. Baker. Rice Research and Promotion Board. Remote sensing as a scouting and assessment tool for the Rice Verification Program. Cost saving management solutions with aerial imagery and variable rate technology. $28,067.

J. Widick. Delta King Seed Co. Chloride screening research. $150.

Cooperative Extension Service

C. Tingle. USDA CSREES—Prime. Evaluation of fungicide application methods to control soybean rust, Phakopsera pachyrhizi, using web blight, Rhizoctonia solani, as a model system. $15,000.

L. Espinoza. Arkansas Corn & Grain Sorghum Board. Soybean Promotion Board. Increasing grain sorghum productivity by maximizing land use. Optimizing soil fertility requirements for corn. Soil and nutrition management for high yielding soybeans. $36,021.

W. Ross and J. Kelley. Arkansas Corn & Grain Sorghum Board. Corn and grain sorghum research verification program. $53,339.

L. Espinoza, W. Ross and J. Kelley. Arkansas Corn & Grain Sorghum Board. Management practices to increase grain sorghum productivity. $15,882.

T. Windham. Arkansas Corn & Grain Sorghum Board. Soybean Promotion Board. Economic analysis of corn and grain sorghum production practices. Economic analysis of soybean production practices. $17,793.

D. TeBeest, R. Cartwright and J. Kelley. Arkansas Corn & Grain Sorghum Board. Developing guidelines for fungicide use in field corn to control southern rust and other leaf diseases. $24,768.

G. Studebaker and J. Greene. Arkansas Corn & Grain Sorghum Board. Evaluating the profitability of corn and grain sorghum insect management with seed treatment and standard at-planting insecticides. $24,009.

T. Windham, C. Wilson and J. Branson. Rice Research and Promotion Board. Rice research verification program. $150,267.

T. Windham, C. Tingle and T. Reaper. Soybean Promotion Board. Soybean research verification program. $121,483.

P. Tacker, G. Lorenz and C. Tingle. Soybean Promotion Board. Improving technology transfer for profitable and sustainable soybean production. $72,085.

C. Tingle, E. Vories and P. Tacker. Soybean Promotion Board. Improving yield and yield stability for irrigated soybean. $38,717.

R. Cartwright. Rice Research and Promotion Board. Integrated rice disease management for Arkansas. $88,691.

P. Tacker. Rice Research and Promotion Board. Rice irrigation water management for water, labor and cost savings. $30,000.

C. Wilson. Rice Research and Promotion Board. Technology transfer of Extension recommendations. $28,186.

CSES

D. Oosterhuis. Various Sources. Publication of Arkansas Cotton Research in Progress and Annual Graduate Research Award. Quantification of the effect of extreme temperatures during boll development on yield and quality to determine strategies to stabilize yield. Field test of a protein translocation enhancer to increase Bt endotoxin levels and insect mortality. Effects of early-season adverse conditions on root development and subsequent stress. Plant growth regulator research. Measurement and prediction of boll internal temperature for comparison with ambient temperatures for calculation of heat units. $79,250.

R. Talbert and M. McClelland. Cotton Incorporated. Managing clyphosate-resistant horseweed in conservation tillage cotton production. $18,661.

L. Purcell. BASF Corporation. Soybean physiology. $22,000.

R. Talbert. Various Sources. Soybean physiology. Southern region program to clear pest control agents for minor uses (2004 IR-4 support for training to Arkansas participants). $9,000.

L. Oliver. Various Sources. Weed science. $5,500.

N. Slaton. Specialty Fertilizer Products. Soil testing and plant analysis. $500.

P. Chen. Soybean Promotion Board. Breeding high-yielding Roundup Ready and conventional cultivars with multiple pest resistance. $92,833.

D. Dombek, M. Anders and L. Purcell. Arkansas Corn & Grain Sorghum Board. Ultra-short-season corn hybrid evaluation. $7,000.

M. Mozaffari, N. Slaton and R. Norman. Arkansas Corn & Grain Sorghum Board. Improving economic efficiency of corn production in Arkansas by evaluating new soil testing methods for predicting nitrogen fertilizer requirements. $34,000.

L. Oliver and K. Smith. Arkansas Corn & Grain Sorghum Board. Weed control programs in Arkansas corn. $30,596.

R. Norman. Rice Tec, Inc. Rice Research and Promotion Board. Soil fertility and plant nutrition. Influence of soils, crop residues and nitrogen fertilizer on rice production in Arkansas. Editing and publishing the B.R. Wells Rice Research Studies. $142,220.

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

R. Talbert. Various Sources. Weed science. Southern region program to clear pest control agents for minor uses (2004 IR-4 support for training to Arkansas participants). $18,400.

L. Purcell and E. Vories. Soybean Promotion Board. Soybean drought tolerance research. $72,778.

P. Chen, L. Purcell, D. Dombek, T. Kirkpatrick, R. Robbins, J. Widick and P. Fenn. Soybean Promotion Board. Identification and utilization of exotic germplasm to improve genetic diversity and productivity of southern soybean. $66,489.

J. Mattice. Rice Research and Promotion Board. Environmental implications of pesticides in rice production. $59,786.

N. Slaton. Soybean Promotion Board. Rice Research and Promotion Board. Developing guidelines for boron fertilization of soybean. Phosphorus and potassium fertilization of rice 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. $108,582.

K. Brye. Rice Research and Promotion Board. Influence of land leveling in a heavy-clay soil on soil quality and rice production and potential amelioration with deep tillage and soil amendments. $49,649.

N. Burgos. Rice Research and Promotion Board. Mitigating the development of herbicide-resistant red rice. Determining the flowering behavior of red rice bitypes and Clearfield rice with respect to planting dates. $100,107.

M. Savin and D. Miller. Rice Research and Promotion Board. A comparison of the distribution, movement and reactions to fertilizer nitrogen applied to clay and silt loam soils. $16,645.

R. Scott and L. Oliver. Soybean Promotion Board. Weed management, resistance, and interference. $31,828.

C. Tingle, M. Mozaffari and N. Slaton. Soybean Promotion Board. Phosphorus and potassium fertilization of soybean. $20,012.

M. Savin. Rice Research and Promotion Board. Assessment and improvement of soil quality with cover crops, poultry litter, and fertilizers to improve rice production in the White River region. $17,437.

Entomology

M. Meisch. Dow AgroSciences, LLC. Management methodologies. $1,000.

R. Luttrell. Bayer CropScience. Soybean Promotion Board. Cotton insect research. Refining the strategic use of group IV soybeans as a trap crop for stink bugs in Arkansas’ diverse cropping systems. $27,215.

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

D. Johnson. Rice Research and Promotion Board. Scouting methods and chemical ecology of the rice stink bug. $27,613.

A. Szalanski. Dow AgroSciences, LLC. Termite research. $2,000.

A. Proctor and T. Siebenmorgen. Rice Research and Promotion Board. Harvest conditions and kernel damage effects on milled rice free fatty acid quality. $44,317.

Food Science

T. Siebenmorgen. Various Sources. Rice processing. Development of selection tools associated with components of milling yield in U.S. long and medium grain cultivars. Rice processing research program. Characterizing the causes of milling quality and property variation at harvest. $164,858.

J.-F. Meullenet. Various Sources. Rheology and sensory research. Chemical and physical determinants of rice quality as affected by pre- and post-harvest factors. $62,228.

J.-F. Meullenet and R. Buescher. Food Science Building expansion and renovation. $41,750.

Y.-J. Wang. Cargill, Inc. Carbohydrate research. $280.

T. Siebenmorgen and D. Gardisser. Rice Research and Promotion Board. Validation of an on-farm drying model. $17,956.

Horticulture

M. Richardson. Various Sources. Grass Research. $14,896.

D. Karcher. Arkalite. Aquatrols Corporation of America. Grass research. Turfgrass. $3,961.

M. Evans. Sun Gro Horticulture. Floriculture Industry Research and Scholarship Trust. Greenhouse crops research. Use of combinations of non-biological and biological amendments to create highly disease suppressive growing media. $9,300.

C. Rom. Novartis. Organic apple thinning research. $10,000.

Human Environmental Sciences

J. Foote. USDA CSREES—Prime. SBIR (Small Business Initiative Research). Soy pectin, nutraceutical and food additive of the future. $20,000.

Interdisciplinary—Division of Agriculture

L. Espinoza, K. Smith and L. Oliver. Arkansas Corn & Grain Sorghum Board. Development of effective weed control with crop safety. $24,544.

R. Cartwright, J. Rupe, C. Tingle and C. Coker. Soybean Promotion Board. Immediate response to soybean rust 2005. $226,359.

C. Tingle, E. Rutledge, K. Brye, J. Widick and W. Baker. Soybean Promotion Board. Improving soybean profitability by identifying yield limitations in low yielding portions of fields. $32,888.

R. Scott, K. Smith and L. Oliver. Soybean Promotion Board. Rice Research and Promotion Board. Developing cost effective weed management systems. A team approach to improved weed management in rice. $345,740.

E. Wailes, T. Windham and B. Watkins. Rice Research and Promotion Board. Economic analysis of Arkansas rice farms. $62,151.         

Northeast Research & Extension Center

E. Vories. Cotton Incorporated. Determining the optimum timing for the final furrow irrigation on cotton based on crop monitoring: Arkansas I (2004). $6,500.

F. Bourland. Cotton incorporated. Improving profitability of cotton by enhancing yield components and host plant resistance. $26,130.

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

D. Oosterhuis and F. Bourland. Cotton Incorporated. Development of cotton breeding techniques and germplasm to enhance cotton yield and quality. $45,000.

Other USDA—Non Division of Agriculture

W. Limp (Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies). USDA CSREES—Prime. RGIS Mid-South. $130,000.

Plant Pathology

E. Milus. Syngenta. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. Wheat pathology research. $2,500.

C. Rothrock. Various Sources. Cotton research. Managing seedling disease problems on rice through the development of cold-tolerant cultivars with seedling disease resistance. $39,756.

R. Riggs. Monsanto Company. Soybean nematode research. $4,500.

J. Correll. California Spinach Growers. Syngenta Seeds. Spinach research. $9,000.

R. Cartwright and D. TeBeest. Arkansas Corn & Grain Sorghum Board. Impact of selected management practices and disease resistance on the incidence and severity of diseases of corn and sorghum. $41,631.

R. Robbins and T. Kirkpatrick. Soybean Promotion Board. Effectively utilizing the available sources of soybean cyst nematode resistance to control SCN Race 5 and Race 6. $28,253.

F. Lee and J. Correll. Rice Research and Promotion Board. Race identification, genetic characterization, and screening for resistance. $27,606.

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

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

J. Rupe. Soybean Promotion Board. Control of seedling disease by fungicide seed treatment, cultural practices and cultivar selection, and their effect on soybean establishment, yield and weed control. Effect of fungicide, cultivar and cropping sequences on aerial blight of soybean. $93,437.

P. Fenn. Soybean Promotion Board. Identifying and utilizing resistance to seed pathogens to improve soybean seed quality. $35,027.

D. TeBeest. Rice Research and Promotion Board. Fungal and bacterial diseases of rice seeds and seedlings. $37,762.

R. Cartwright and Y. Yang. Rice Research and Promotion Board. Control of bacterial panicle blight using seed detection and seed treatments. $35,405.

Poultry Science

W. Bottje, N. Pumford and M. Iqbal. Cobb-Vantress, Inc. Identification of mitochondrial and nuclear transcription factors in broilers with low and high feed efficiency. $90,497.

Rice Research & Extension Center

K. Moldenhauer and J. Gibbons. Bayer CropScience. Rice Research and Promotion Board. RREC genetics research and rice evaluation enhancement. Breeding and evaluation for improved rice varieties. $355,586.

P. Counce. Rice Tec, Inc. Rice Research and Promotion Board. Rice physiology. Water savings for rice producers using a model to predict safe draining dates for rice fields (Grand Prairie region). $19,752.

M. Anders. Various Sources. Helping Arkansas farmers exploit market opportunities by improved use of soybean, wheat, and corn in rice rotations. Crop systems research. $100,818.

J. Gibbons and K. Moldenhauer. Rice Tec, Inc. Rice Research and Promotion Board. Rice genetics research and rice evaluation enhancement. Breeding and evaluation for improved rice varieties. $374,627.

J. Gibbons, Y. Jia and K. Moldenhauer. Rice Research and Promotion Board. Rice breeding and genetics—technical support. $147,865.

F. Lee. Rice Research and Promotion Board. Discovery, definition and utilization of resistance genes for Arkansas rice disease control. $155,345.

G. Eizenga. Rice Research and Promotion Board. Continued evaluation of blast resistant genes in rice wild relatives (Oryza spp.) and unique O. Sativa accessions utilizing DNA markers. $38,905.

D. Gealy. Rice Research and Promotion Board. Identifying and classifying potential red rice hybrids from farm fields through DNA fingerprinting. $43,026.

J. Bernhardt. Rice Research and Promotion Board. Screening for rice stink bug resistance. Tools and strategies for management of rice insect pests. $114,599.

C. Wilson. Rice Research and Promotion Board. Agronomic production issues in rice. $114,566.

J. Gibbons. Horizon Ag. Rice genetics research. $450.

K. Moldenhauer. Horizon Ag. Rice evaluation enhancement. $450.

R. Norman and C. Wilson. Rice Research and Promotion Board. Continuation of the DD50 program to include seeding date affect on grain yield and development of new cultivars. $62,174.

School of Forest Resources

R. Weih. Entergy. Geographic information systems (GIS)/ remote sensing research. $3,500.

D. Patterson. Arkansas Wood Manufacturers Assn. Wood processing research. $775.

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

Southeast Research & Extension Center

J. Greene. Cotton Incorporated. Soybean Promotion Board. Insecticide termination for late-season bugs (stink bugs) in second-generation (Bollgard II) Bt cotton. Management strategies for stink bugs in Arkansas soybean. Evaluation of insecticides for control of stink bugs. Determining the optimum timing for the final furrow irrigation on cotton based on crop monitoring: Arkansas II. Development of management strategies for the stink bug/plant bug complex in cotton: Arkansas. $58,000.

K. Bryant. Cotton Incorporated. USDA ARS—Prime. Current economic status of conservation and no-till cotton production in the Southeastern United States Working Group, Arkansas. Cost of a refuge in Bt cotton under various options. $12,900.

L. Earnest. Dow AgroSciences, LLC. Southeast Branch Station support. $4,000.

Southwest Research & Extension Center

T. Kirkpatrick. Various Sources. Plant disease research. $7,750.

T. Kirkpatrick and R. Cartwright. Soybean Promotion Board. Comprehensive disease screening of soybean varieties in Arkansas. $116,280.