Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
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Table of Contents • Notable • Cochran named Associate Vice President for Agriculture-Research Vision Credits
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Who, What, When, Where Submit Notable items to Amalie Holland, AGCS, Agri 110, ahollan@uark.edu. Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Undergraduate Kerri Boling recently completed a 9 week internship with U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln in her Washington, DC, Senate office June 5-Aug. 5. Boling served as the agricultural and international trade legislative intern through the Spitze Public Policy Internship program. Graduate students Darci Hewett and Julie Robinson lived in Edinburgh, Scotland this summer as interns with Scottish Food Quality Certification. Their major duties were to identify and contact potential producers and companies. Mike Popp was a discussant at the American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) conference in Long Beach, Ca., for the organized symposium topic, “Energy Crop Policies In The EU – Economic Impacts In The Rest Of The World.” Eric Wailes, Ranjit Mane, Bruce Ahrendsen, Bruce Dixon, Eddie Chavez, O. John Nwoha, Sandra Hamm and Diana Danforth presented papers at the AAEA conference. Dr. Wailes also chaired a meeting of the NC-1016 Multi-State Research Project on changes affecting the grain and oilseed sectors. Eric Wailes gave an invited presentation June 26 titled, "China's Food and Agriculture: Key Issues" at Tyson's Corporate offices to a delegation from the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Economics and Security Committee, who were hosted by U.S. Congressman Boozman. Dr. Wailes was also an invited delegate to the 2nd International Rice Congress held in New Delhi Oct. 9-13; at this congress, he was an invited lead speaker for the 26th International Rice Research Conference session on Market Intelligence and International Trade. His paper was titled, "Challenges for market intelligence in an increasingly differentiated global rice economy." Bruce Ahrendsen, Bruce Dixon and Latisha Settlage participated in the annual meeting of research project "NC-1014 Agricultural and Rural Finance Markets in Transition" Oct. 2-3. The meeting was held in Washington, D.C., where they presented their research, coauthored by Chris Bacchus. They also gave a presentation coauthored by Steve Koenig. Ken Young and Eric Wailes attended a meeting in Little Rock Oct. 31 to discuss re-evaluation of the costs and benefits of the Grand Prairie Area Demonstration Project. They met with personnel from the Memphis Army Corps of Engineers, the Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission and the Arkansas Legislative Council. Drs. Young and Wailes have been invited to re-evaluate the economic and environmental costs of this project. Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences Students from CSES attended the Arkansas Environmental Federation Convention in Hot Springs Oct. 30 – Nov. 1; the theme of this year's conference was "Don't Gamble with the Environment." In addition to attending the conference sessions, Bodie Drake of Hensley, Lisa Farley of Hillsborough, NH, Brittany Kaufman of Hattieville, Heather Markway of Cherokee Village, and Josh Meyer of Fayetteville participated in the Fourche Creek Wetlands Field Trip and attended the Students/Mentors Breakfast.
Entomology On Oct. 12, the Department Of Entomology welcomed over 3,000 students and attendees to its 9th Insect Festival of Arkansas. Organization of the event was led by Don Steinkraus. The exhibits featured aquatic insects, vertebrate museum, beetles, honeybees, forest insects, rare arthropods of Arkansas, insect clothing and much more. Attendees were able to race cockroaches, hold live insects, make insect crafts, pick cotton and view live honeybees at work. James Austin (Ph.D. 2005) received the Snodgrass Memorial Research Award from the Entomological Society of America based on his graduate research conducted at the U of A. Austin will receive a plaque and cash award at the national Entomological Society meeting in December. Jackie McKern (M.S. 2005) received the Lloyd and Ruby Warren Scholarship from the Department of Entomology. Kelly Loftin gave the invited presentation, “Managing Ectoparasites in Stocker Cattle” at the North Arkansas Stocker Conference in Harrison. Glenn Studebaker gave the invited presentation, “Cotton and Corn Insect Research Results,” at the University of Missouri Delta Center Field Day in Portageville. Randall Luttrell gave the invited seminar, “Transgenic Insecticidal Crops: History, Challenges, and Opportunities,” at Arkansas State University. Paul McLeod gave the invited presentations, “Planning and implementation of insect IPM programs on vegetables in Beni, Bolivia,” at SENASAG in Trinidad, Bolivia; and “Development of IPM programs for insect pests of vegetables,” at the Center for Tropical Agricultural Research in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Max Meisch, along with B. Quinn, D. Kline, D. Dame, S. Allan, J. Urban and U. Bernier, presented a poster at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Vector Ecology in Anchorage. Food Science Rusty Bautista and Terry Siebenmorgen made an oral presentation at the American Association of Cereal Chemists International Grain and Beverage Summit Meeting in San Francisco Sept. 17-22. They also presented a seminar on rice harvesting and milling quality at the Western Regional Research Center in Albany, Ca., Sept. 19. Human Environmental Sciences Jerald Foote gave the invited presentation, “Using Adverse Event Reports to Make Clinical Decisions about Herbal Supplements,” at the Network 8 Renal Conference in Nashville Nov. 9. Plant Pathology Yulin Jia, research plant pathologist at the USDA/ARS National Rice Research Center and UA adjunct associate professor, was awarded a USDA/ARS Area Early Career Research Scientists award for significant contributions in molecular plant pathology, which have resulted in improved methods of breeding for disease resistance in rice worldwide. Dr. Jia presented an invited seminar on the importance of rice science for mankind at a meeting of USDA interns from the eastern U.S on Nov. 23 at the Epcot Center in Orlando. Ken Korth presented an invited seminar entitled, "Pre-formed and induced insect defenses in the legume Medicago truncatula" to the Department of Entomology at Penn State University Sept. 15. Poultry Science Frank Jones was invited by the editor to serve on the editorial advisory board for Meat & Poultry Magazine. John Marcywas appointed as the Arkansas representative on the Board of Directors for the National Alliance for Food Safety and Security replacing James Denton who became the Secretariat for that organization. Dr. Marcy traveled to India Sept. 18-24 with Dr. Denton on behalf of the U.S. Grains Council to discuss packaging and marketing with poultry processors. Casey Owens coordinated and organized the Poultry 101 class, which was held at Texas Tech University, Oct. 16-20. The Arkansas Poultry Processors Workshop was held Oct. 11 at the Clarion in Fayetteville and Oct. 12 at the U of A Poultry Center. Dustan Clark, Billy Hargis and John Marcy all served as speakers from the U of A. Park Waldroup gave the following invited presentations: “Nutritional Considerations for Achieving the Genetic Potential of Advanced Weight Broilers,” Sept. 11-22 at the Novus International seminars in Thailand, Indonesia, Phillipines and Taiwan; and “Amino acid interactions and interrelationships in broiler diets low in crude protein,” and “Improving corn-soybean meal diets with enzyme supplementation,” both Oct. 17-20 at the 10th International Seminar on Poultry Production and Pathology, in Santiago, Chile. Susan Watkins was an invited speaker for the Pilgrim's Pride El Dorado grower meeting held in September. Dr. Watkins also assisted with the Poultry Symposium sponsored by the Poultry Federation Oct. 3-4 with approximately 250 attendees. The Poultry Federation Turkey Committee meeting was held in Eureka Springs Sept. 22-23. Approximately 100 people attended, and Dr. Watkins assisted with coordinating the event and was voted to another year as secretary. She also served as an invited speaker at the 2006 US poultry and Egg Production and Health meeting and at the Delmarva Poultry Production meeting, both held in August. David Chapman and Memo Tellez were invited speakers at the 4th International Symposium of Avian Pathology, held in Cordoba, Mexico, Oct. 26. Annie Donoghue facilitated the Science and Health Working Group at the International Workshop on ex situ Eagle Management and Conservation hosted by her former post doc Juan Manuel Blanco in Oropesa, Toledo, Spain, Oct. 24-28. Dan Donoghue was invited by the Department of Animal Sciences, University of Connecticut, to give a seminar titled, "Preharvest intervention strategies to reduce Campylobacter in poultry." Steven Ricke gave the following invited presentations: “Ecology and Pathogenesis of Foodborne Salmonella in Egg Laying Hens,” at the Food Safety Consortium Symposium, Fayetteville, Oct. 2; and "Salmonella Fermentation and Colonization Ecology in the Avian Gastrointestinal Tract," at the American Society for Microbiology - Texas Branch in Galveston Nov. 17. Jada Thompson, a junior, was the second high individual in the National Poultry Judging Contest held on the U of A campus Nov. 6-7. The University of Arkansas Poultry Judging Team, made up of Thompson, Sawyer Hale, Megan Norton and Ashley Reeves, took fourth place overall, as well as third place in Egg Production and Quality and fourth place in Breed Selection and Carcass Quality. Also, Thompson took third place and Reeves took fourth place individually in the Egg Production and Quality category; Thompson tied for fourth place individually in the Breed Selection and Carcass Quality category. Casey Owens gave invited talks at the XII European Poultry Conference in Verona, Italy, Sept. 10-14, and at the International Symposium on the Quality of Meat in Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Nov. 9. Gisela Erf, Bryan Plumlee and Nicholas Tinsley presented their research at the Annual Meeting of the Pan-American Society for Pigment Cell Research in Cincinnati Sept. 7-10. Plumlee and Dr. Erf also participated a paper at the International Avian Immunology Research Group meeting in Paris, France, Oct. 20-24. Gisela Erf was presented the Arkansas Alumni Association’s Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award for Research and Teaching at the annual AAA awards banquet Oct. 14. Dr. Erf was an invited speaker at the national Vitiligo Foundation meeting where she presented her research on "The Smyth line chicken model for autoimmune vitiligo" to patients, their families and physicians Sept. 10. She was invited by the Honors College to attend the Reinvention Center Conference on "Transforming the Culture: Undergraduate Education and Multiple Functions", Washington, DC, Nov. 9-10. She is also an invited speaker at the Autoimmune Chicken Project Meeting in Kragga Herrgard, Sweden, Dec. 15-16, where she will present her work on the Smyth line chicken autoimmune vitiligo model. August-September 2006 Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness E. Wailes. USDA CSREES—Prime. Special Grant. FAPRI (FY 2007). $40,000. Biological & Agricultural Engineering M. Matlock. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Demonstration of best management practices for stream bank protection. $72,403. B. Haggard. USDA CSREES. NRICGP. Fecal bacteria transport in Ozark streams. $91,915. Y. Li. National Institutes of Health (Prime). STTR. Bacteriophage-based biosensor for rapid detection of viable pathogens in foods. $53,662. J. Marcy and Y. Li. USDA ARS. National Alliance for Food Safety. Nanoparticle-based fluorescent biosensor for rapid detection of Listeria monocytogenes in foods. $208,991. B. Haggard and A. Donoghue. USDA ARS. FY07 research support. $63,373. College of Agriculture—ASU G. Phillips. Various Sources. Chloride screening. $3,650. Cooperative Extension Service J. Kelley, T. Windham, W. Ross, T. Reaper and D. Beatty. Arkansas Wheat Promotion Board. Wheat research verification program. $57,960. Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences R. Bacon and J. Kelly. Various Sources. Breeding for improved wheat varieties. Small grain variety testing—winter grains. $62,850. P. Chen. USDA ARS. Iowa State University of Science and Technology. Develop high yielding soybean lines with high protein, higher sugar and low phytate content. Soybean genetic research. $54,110. L. Purcell and P. Chen. USDA ARS. Drought stress tolerance in Arkansas. $120,000. R. Bacon. USDA CSREES—Prime. 2007 Southern Regional Canola Research program. $36,500. D. Oosterhuis. Various Sources. Cotton, general. $18,200. N. Burgos. Various Sources. Weed physiology. Weed science. $20,780. M. Savin. USDA CSREES. NRICGP. Native and exotic earthworms under tall fescue and their effects on nitrogen cycling. $99,629. V. Srivastava. USDA CSREES. Biotechnology Risk Assessment program. Recombinase-mediated targeted gene integration and excision for marker-free. $324,137. P. Moore. USDA ARS. FY07 research support. $141,515. M. Mozaffari. Foundation for Agronomic Research. Soil testing. $1,000. R. Norman. Potash and Phosphate Institute. Horizon Ag. Soil fertility and plant nutrition. $10,200. J. Kelly. Various Sources. Small grain variety trials. $27,500. Entomology R. Wiedenmann. Monsanto Company. Plant-insect interaction sample identification and processing. $12,096. R. Luttrell. Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc. USDA ARS. Establish baseline susceptibility of Heliothis virescens and Helicoverpa zea to Vip3A protein. Monitoring Helicoverpa zea populations for susceptibility to Cry1AC. $99,750. M. Meisch. USDA ARS (Prime). Clarke Mosquito Control. Barrier treatment for protection from mosquitoes. Management methodologies. $19,780. D. Steinkraus. Agricultural Research Initiatives. Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. Insect fungus. $4,700. D. Johnson. Bayer CropScience. Fruit research. $3,000. Food Science J. Morris. USDA CSREES. Special Grant. Institute of Food Science and Engineering (2006). $1,034,203. J.-F. Meullenet. Rheology and sensory research. $5,000. A. Proctor. US Department of Education. USDA CSREES. NRICGP. Renewable resources in clean technology. High CLA soy oil production by photo-isomerization. $370,416. Y.-J. Wang. USDA CSREES. NRICGP Equipment Grant. Acquisition of a hot-stage thermosystem coupled with image analysis for starch. $14,247. N. Hettiarachchy. NatuRi Corporation. Protein technology research. $100. Horticulture C. Rom. USDA CSREES—Prime. Integrated Organic Program. Out-of-season small fruit production for improved profitability of organic farming. $135,163. D. Karcher. Various Sources. Turfgrass research. $18,100. M. Richardson. Various Sources. Grass research. $30,000. J. Clark. Mr. Warren S. Barham. Small fruit breeding. $1,000. T. Morelock. Winter Garden Spinach Producers Board. Cucumbers, spinach and peas research. $8,000. Human Environmental Sciences J. Foote. US Department of Education (Prime). Nutrition component for the Coordinated School Health and Physical Education program at Pocola Public Schools. $1,000. F. Farmer. USDA CSREES. NRICGP. Human and social capital drivers of migration destination decision-making: Mexican migrants choosing rural America. $85,973. Interdisciplinary—Experiment Station M. Evans and C. Rothrock. Fred C. Gloeckner Foundation. Use of silica to inhibit soil-borne fungal pathogens of greenhouse crops. $7,000. P. Beck, B. Watkins and S. Gunter. USDA CSREES. NRICGP. Impact of tillage on soil characteristics and sustainability of winter-annual pasture systems. $331,080. K. Coffey, M. Popp, C. Rosenkrans and M. Savin. USDA CSREES. NRICGP. Beef cattle supply chain impacts of novel endophyte fescue: tradeoffs between animal and forage performance in the tall fescue. $453,853. Interdisciplinary—Other G. Weidemann. USDA CSREES. Special Grant. Animal Science Food Safety Consortium 2006. $711,294. J. King and L. Howard. USDA CSREES. NRICGP. Molecular-based design and optimization of sub-critical water processing of flavonoid-rich grapes/by-products. $350,000. Northeast Research & Extension Center D. Stephenson. Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. Soybean research. $4,000. Other USDA—Non Division of Agriculture B. Springer. USDA ARS. Effectiveness of solar electric boats for deterring fish-eating birds at commercial-scale aquaculture production ponds. $39,039. E. Clausen. USDA CSREES. NRICGP. Characterization and minimization of degradation products during subcritical water extraction of flavonolignans. $99,862. Plant Pathology E. Milus. Arkansas Wheat and Promotion Board. Wheat pathology research. $36,790. R. Riggs. Monsanto Company. Phenotyping soybean lines. $6,000. R. Robbins. Worldwide Soy Technologies. Delta and Pine Land Co. Nematode research. $11,508. P. Fenn. Delta and Pine Land Co. Soybean research. $3,100. C. Rothrock. The Cotton Foundation. Micro Flo Company. Cotton research. $13,800. J. Correll. California Spinach Growers. Spinach research. $6,000. Poultry Science C. Coon. USDA CSREES. 2006 Poultry Science Association Ancillary Scientists Symposium entitled “Functional Genomics: building the bridge between the genoome and phenome.” $3,000. G. Huff. USDA ARS. FY07 research support. $16,253. Rice Research & Extension Center G. Eizenga. National Science Foundation (Prime). GEPR: exploring the genetic basis of transgressive variation in rice. $161,286. A. McClung. USDA ARS. Research support. $50,000.K. Moldenhauer. BASF Corporation. Rice genetic research. $5,000. J. Gibbons and K. Moldenhauer. Horizon Ag. Rice genetic research and rice evaluation enhancement. $900. School of Forestry Resources S. Mehmood. USDA NRCS (Prime). Bioenergy, optimum incentives, and sustainability of non-industrial private forests. $136,358. R. Kluender. USDA CSREES. Special Grant. Arkansas Forest Resources Center: a continuing program, Phase XIII. $426,065.D. White. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Causes of mortality and survival of bull elk in Arkansas. Seasonal forage availability and diet of elk in Arkansas. $32,587. Southwest Research & Extension Center T. Kirkpatrick. The Cotton Foundation. Delta and Pine Land Co. Nematology research. $4,400.Faculty are requested to send one reprint, photocopy or electronic file of published articles to Amalie Holland, AGCS, AGRI 110 (ahollan@uark.edu) Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness Goodwin, H.L., F.D. Clark, D. Thilmany and S.J. Hamm. 2006. Policies to Protect Food Safety and Animal Health. Choices 21(3):189-193. Hill, J., E. Wailes, M. Popp, J. Smartt, K. Young and B. Watkins 2006. Surface Water Diversion Impacts on Farm Income and Sources of Irrigation Water: The Case of the Grand Prairie in Arkansas. J. Soil and Water Cons. 61(4):185-191. Thomsen, M.R., R. Shiptsova and S.J. Hamm. 2006. Sales Responses to Recalls for Listeria monocytogenes: Evidence from Branded Ready-to-Eat Meats. Rev. Agri. Econ. 28(4):482-493. Biological & Agricultural Engineering Chaubey, I., and G.M. Ward. 2006. Hydrologic Budget Analysis of a Small Natural Wetland in Southeast USA. J. Environ. Informatics 8(1):10-21. Liu, Z., B.L. Swem, Y. Cheng and Y. Li. 2006. Disinfection of Recirculated Bacon Chilling Brine Using Flow-Through Electrolyzing Treatment Chambers. Appl. Eng. in Agri. 22(5):737-745. Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences Carter Jr., T.E., J.H. Orf, L.C. Purcell, J.E. Specht, H.R. Boerma, P. Chen, T.R. Sinclair and T.W. Rufty. 2006. Tough Times, Tough Plants—New Soybean Genes Defend Against Drought and Other Stresses. Proc. of the 33rd Soybean Seed Res. Conf., CD-ROM Am. Seed Trade Assoc., Alexandria, Va. King, C.A., and L.C. Purcell. 2006. Genotype Variation for Shoot N Concentration and Response to Water Deficits in Soybean. Crop Sci. 46:2396-2402. Purcell, L.C. 2006. Redefining the Requirements for Light and Water in Soybean for Irrigated and High Yield Environments. Proc. of the 14th Congress of AAPRESID, Argentinean No-Till Farmer’s Assoc. 8-11 Aug., Rosario, Argentina. Pp. 83-89. Entomology Austin, J.W., A.L. Szalanski, M.T. Messenger, J.A. McKern and R.E. Gold. 2006. Genetic Variation and Phylogenetics of Reticulitermes (Isoptera Rhinotermitidae) from the American Great Plains. Sociobiology 48:427-445. McKern, J.A., A.L. Szalanski and J.W. Austin. 2006. First Record of Reticulitermes flavipes and Reticulitermes hageni in Oregon (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Florida Entomologist 89:541-542. Raghu, S., R.C. Anderson, C. Daehler, A.S. Davis, R.N. Wiedenmann, D. Simberloff and R.N. Mack. 2006. Adding Biofuels to the Invasive Species Fire? Sci. 313:1742. Taylor, D.B., R. Moon, G. Gibson and A. Szalanski. 2006. Genetic and Morphological Comparisons of New and Old World Populations of Spalangia Species (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Ann. of the Entomol. Soc. of Amer. 99:799-808. Human Environmental Sciences Warnock, M.M. 2006. Apparel Graduate Course Focuses on Global Economy. J. Family Consumer Sci. 98(3):44-45. Warnock, M.M., L.M. Apple, N.D. Sachinvala, D.V. Parikh and S. Ramkumar. 2006. Flammability of Innovative Fabrics for Firefighter Protective Clothing. Proc. of the International Nonwovens Technical Conference. 25-28 September, Houston. Poultry Science Yan, F., and P.W. Waldroup. 2006. Evaluation of Mintrex® Manganese as a Source of Manganese for Young Broilers. International J. Poult. Sci. 5(8):708-713. D.W. Kellogg. Enhancing Production and Reproductive Performance of Heat-Stressed Dairy Cattle. S.G. Bajwa and T.A. Costello. Systems for Controlling Air Pollutant Emissions and Indoor Environments of Poultry, Swine, and Dairy Facilities. Y. Li. Nanotechnology and Biosensors. V. Srivastava. Recombinase-Mediated Targeted Gene Integration and Excision for Marker-Free Transgenic Crops. S.C. Ricke and J.M. Lingbeck. Foodborne Bacterial Pathogen Survival and Virulence Expression in Food Production Environments. P.A. Tappe. Ecology and Management of Wildlife in Arkansas. R. Morawicki. Development and Optimization of Processing and Packaging Systems to Create a More Sustainable Food Industry. P.W. Waldroup. Balancing Nutrient Needs of Broilers with Environmental Concerns. C.S. Rothrock. Management of Early-Season Soilborne Disease with Cultural Practices, Host Resistance and Decision Aids. C.M. Owens. The Poultry Food System: A Farm to Table Model (Poultry Meat Quality). W.H. Baker. Remote Sensing as Support for Sustainable Rice (Oryza sative L.) and Cotton (Gossypium) Production. C.P. West, C.F. Rosenkrans, S.A. Gunter, T.A. Costello and M.P. Popp. Physiology and Management of Forage and Bioenergy Crop Genetic Resources in Relation to Environmental Constraints. M.E. Fitch-Higenberg. Correlation of BMI, Body Fat and Body Image with Obesity and Ethnicity in Adolescent Girls in Rural Communities. A. Mauromoustakos. Development of Application Tools to Enhance Data Display and Analysis Techniques. D.J. Donoghue. Non Antibiotic Treatments to Reduce Food-Borne Pathogens in Poultry. Summaries of Cotton Research, 2005, edited by D.M. Oosterhuis—Research Series 543 Arkansas Corn and Grain Sorghum Performance Tests 2006, by D.G. Dombek, R.D. Bond, L. Coffee and I.L. Eldridge—Research Series 544 |
