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WHO, WHAT,
WHEN, WHERE

• Notable
• Grants
• Articles Published
• New Projects

HEADLINES

• Arkansas food scientists in top 10 for 'scholarly productivity'

• Energy savings guaranteed to pay for Tyson Building upgrade

• Field day features research in organic fruit production

• Teaching Academy honors Oliver, inducts Jack and Popp

• Apparel studies students win design contest

• 'Razorback Roundup' sales total $46,722

• Foundation gift designated for poultry science recruiting

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Notable

Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness

Terry Griffin, Craig Dobbins and Jess Lowenberg-DeBoer presented a case study of on-farm experiments and farm management decision making at the American Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting July-29-Aug. 1 in Portland.

Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Yanbin Li hosted visitors this summer who are collaborating on several research projects. Maohua Wang is a professor in the China Agricultural University and a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He has hosted visits to China by Li and other UA faculty members. Ning Wang is an assistant professor of biosystems and agricultural engineering at Oklahoma State University. Yinggang Ou is a professor of engineering at South China Agricultural University. Liancheng Chen (Dr. Ou's wife) is a professor in information engineering at the same university.

Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences

A poster by CSES students won first place in the undergraduate poster contest at the American Society of Agronomy national meetings in New Orleans Nov. 10-13. The poster was titled"Reducing Sediment Loads through Erosion Control in Northwest Arkansas."

Food Science

Justin Morris served as an invited judge for the 2007 Arkansas State Wine Competition in October in Little Rock.

Luke Howard gave a seminar, "Processing Effects on Berry Polyphenolics," at the Second International Symposium on Health Effects of Fruits and Vegetables October 9-13 in Houston.

Plant Pathology

Scott Monfort and John Rupe attended the National Soybean Rust Planning Forum in Nashville Oct. 16.

At the annual Southern Pest Detection Network meeting in Blacksburg, Va., Rick Cartwright served as the SPDN/ National Plant Detection Network Representative for Arkansas. 

Poultry Science

Keith Bramwell recently served as judge at numerous poultry exhibits at county fairs throughout Arkansas and Missouri and gave the following invited presentations:

• “Farm Effect on Hatchability” at the USPE Hatchery Breeder Clinic, July 11 in Atlanta, Ga.

• “Development and Use of the Sperm Penetration Assay” in the Semen and Fertility Evaluation in Poultry Scientific Symposia held at the PSA annual meeting July 12 in San Antonio, Texas.

• “Alternative Feeding Programs for Pullets and Breeders” at the Arkansas Nutrition Conference Sept. 13 in Rogers.

• “Egg Handling and the Effects on Hatchability” at the Georgia Poultry Conference Sept. 25 in Athens, Ga.

Dan Donoghue gave a presentation, "Litter Treatment with Aluminum Sulfate (Alum) Produced a Modest Reduction in Cecal Campylobacter Colonization in Chickens," at the 14th International Workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Related Organism (CHRO2007) meeting in September in Rotterdam, Holland.

Gisela Erf gave a presentation and served as a poster presentation judge at the annual meeting of the Pan-American Society for Pigment Cell Research Sept. 13-16 in Chicago. Erf also gave an invited presentation at an informational meeting for vitiligo patients Sept. 16 in Chicago on the Smyth line chicken model for spontaneous autoimmune vitiligo. The event was sponsored by the National Vitiligo Foundation.

Steven Ricke gave the following invited presentations:

• "Rapid Non-invasive Methods for Evaluation of Amino Acid Availability in Poultry Diets" and "Alternative Molt Diets for Control of Salmonella enteritidis Infection in Laying Hens" at the 2007 Pennsylvania Poultry Sales and Service Conference Sept. 18-19 in Lancaster, Pa.

• "Development of Whole Cell Biosensors for Assessing Lysine Availability in Foods and Feeds" Sept. 21 at the Pennsylvania State University poultry science department in University Park, Pa.

Susan Watkins gave a presentation Oct. 4 at the Poultry Service Industry Workshop in Banff, Alberta. She also spoke at the North Carolina Hatchery and Breeder clinic in October and the Manitoba Turkey Producers meeting in November.

August and September 2007

(Grants information is obtained from monthly reports published by the AAES Grants Office.)

Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness

J. Popp. USDA RME. Risk management assessment and training for Hispanic producers in Arkansas. $42,765.

Animal Science

J. Apple. Arkansas Beef Council. Vacuum-pack beef study FY 2007. Dark-cutting beef study FY 2007. $56,887.

C. Maxwell. CAN Technologies, Inc. Evaluation of a corn by-product on growth performance of grower-finisher pigs. $15,000.

F. Pohlman. Arkansas Beef Council. Low-value beef study FY 2007. $52,075.

Biological & Agricultural Engineering

S. Bajwa. Cotton Incorporated. Application of cotton gin waste and recycled cotton bale wrap in Ligno-Cellulosic Composites (LCC). $5,299.

C. Griffis. Bar-S Foods, Inc. Bar-S hot dogs, formulated without Purasal. $18,557.

B. Haggard. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and Beaver Water District. Hydroporus sulphurius occurrence in the Sulphur Springs headwater system and in Buffalo National River tributaries. Watershed investigative support to the Beaver Water District. $29,958.

Cooperative Extension Service

J. Kelley and T. Reaper. Arkansas Wheat Promotion Board. Wheat research verification program. $105,195

Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences

R. Bacon and J. Kelly. Arkansas Wheat Promotion Board. Breeding for improved wheat varieties. $79,024.

N. Burgos. USDA CSREES – Prime. 2007 IR-4 support for performance trials. $9,750.

P. Chen. Blue Horizon, Inc. and USDA ARS. Developing high yielding specialty soybeans with improved quality for tofu and natto. Breeding high yielding MG4-6 soybean lines with mid-oleic acid (50-60%) for the mid-south. $339,625.

P. Moore. USDA ARS. FY 07 research support. $12,340.

C. West, S. Gunter and C. Rosenkrans. USDA ARS. Reduction of fescue toxicosis through plant and animal management. $213,433.

Entomology

F. Stephen. USDA FS. Applied silvicultural assessment of upland oak-hickory forests and the red oak borer in the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas. $115,000.

R. Wiedenmann. Monsanto Company. Plant-insect interaction sample identification and processing. $12,000.

Food Science

P. Crandall. USDA CSREES. NRICGP. Novel, all natural citrus based antimicrobials for cost effective Salmonella reduction during organic poultry processing.  $196,091.

S. Ricke. USDA ARS. The evaluation of the physiologic and microbial parameters in laying hens during an induced molt using alternative molting diets. Molecular application towards understanding bacterial functionality in the gastrointestinal tract of poultry. $35,000.

S. Ricke and M. Johnson. US Department of Transportation. SUN grant. Nanoparticle systems for delivery of biological antimicrobial compounds to limit microbial contamination in industrial yeast fermentation. $17,500.

T. Siebenmorgen and J.-F. Meullenet. USDA CSREES – Prime. IREECGP (406). Integrated post-harvest rice management and information delivery: optimizing insect control and grain quality. $91,071.

Horticulture

D. Karcher. Boys and Girls Club of Fayetteville. Turf and landscape management graduate assistantship. $10,000.

J.B. Murphy. USDA FS. Propagation and growth of Carolina Hemlock for genetic preservation project. $15,000.

A. Patton. National Turfgrass Federation, Inc. Evaluation of bermudagrass cultivars in Arkansas. Evaluating traffic tolerance of bermudagrass cultivars in Arkansas. Evaluating winter hardiness of seashore paspalum cultivars in Arkansas. $22,500.

Human Environmental Sciences

S. Martin. Arkansas Dept. of Human Services. Beginnings. $9,184.

Interdisciplinary – Experiment Station

J. Correll, K. Moldenhauer, Y. Jia, Y. Yang and J. Rutger. USDA CSREES. NRICGP. A coordinated research, education and extension project for the application of genomic discoveries to improve rice in the United States. $1,000,000.

J.-W. Kim and R. Deaton. National Science Foundation. Exploration of DNA-based nanoscale building blocks (DNAnBLOCKs) for accurate, scalable and high-rate nanofabrication. $115,000.

Plant Pathology

K. Korth. National Science Foundation. Arkansas ASSET initiative. $249,001.

E. Milus. Arkansas Wheat Promotion Board. Arkansas rust initiative. Wheat disease management. $66,320.

C. Rothrock. USDA SARE Prime. Importance of Brassica soil amendments for managing soilborne disease in ornamentals and vegetables. $9,994.

Poultry Science

K. Bramwell. USDA CSREES. National Food Safety Initiative. Management practices for Salmonella reduction on broiler breeder farms. $27,375.

J.-F. Meullenet and C. Owens. US Poultry and Egg Association. The use of air puff technology to sort broiler carcasses based on rigor development to improve breast meat tenderness. $28,990.

School of Forest Resources

H. Liechty. USDA FS. Prescribed burning to restore oak forests impacted by oak decline/red oak borer in the Ozark Mountains. $20,000.

D. White. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Causes of mortality and survival of bull elk in Arkansas. $15,000.

Southeast Research & Extension Center

C. Coker. Monsanto Company. RKN field tests. $2,064.

Southwest Research & Extension Center

P. Beck. Arkansas Beef Council. Making the Grade: Effect of age entering the feedlot, implants and genotype on carcass quality. $49,573.

S. Gunter. Intervet, Inc. Determination of the consumption rate of a free choice fenbendazole medicated type C liquid feed by pasture cattle. $10,000.

Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness

Pollard S.P., J.S. Popp, E.E. Gbur and M.K. Cleaveland. 2007. Resident-Generated Compost-Target, Household Hazardous Waste, and Cat Litter at a Multi-Family Dwelling. Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management. 33(3):115-126.

Pollard S.P., J.S. Popp, E.E. Gbur and M.K. Cleaveland. 2007. Multi-Family Dwelling Recyclables Generation and Composition. Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management. 33(3):158-170.

Biological & Agricultural Engineering

Zharov, V.P., E.I. Galanzha, E.V. Shashkov, J.-W. Kim, N.G. Khlebstov and V.V. Tuchin. 2007. Photoscoustic flow cytometry: principle and application for real-time detection of circulating single nanoparticles, pathogens, and contrast dyes in vivo. Journal of Biomedical Optics 12(5), 051503 (September/October 2007).

Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences

Wang, F., J. M. Stewart, and J. Zhang. 2007. Molecular markers linked to the Rf2 fertility restorer gene in cotton. Genome 50:818-824.

Entomology

Szalanski, A.L., and J.A. McKern. 2007. Multiplex PCR-RFLP diagnostics of the Africanized honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Sociobiology 50:939-945.

Food Science

Giannoccaro, E., Y.-J. Wang and P. Chen. 2007. Comparison of two HPLC systems and an enzymatic method for quantification of soybean sugars. Food Chemistry 106 (2008) 324-330.

Kuakpetoon, D. and Y.-J. Wang. 2007. Internal structure and physicochemical properties of corn starches as revealed by chemical surface gelatinization. Carbohydrate Research 342:2253-2263.

Morris, J. 2007. Development and Commercialization of a Complete Vineyard Mechanization System. HortTechnology. 17(4):411-420.

Threlfall, R.T., J.R. Morris, J.F. Meullenet and R.K. Striegler. 2007. Sensory characteristics, composition, and nutraceutical content of juice from eight Vitis rotundifolia (Muscadine grapes) cultivars. Am. J. Enol. Vitic. 58(2):268-273.

Wang, Y.-J., M.-I. Kuo, L. Wang and James Patindol. 2007. Chemical Composition and Structure of Granule Periphery and Envelope Remnant of Rice Starches as Revealed by Chemical Surface Gelatinization. Starch/Stärke 59:445-453.

Poultry Science

Cerrate, S., Z. Wang, C. Coto, F. Yan and P.W. Waldroup. 2007. Choice Feeding as a Means of Identifying Differences in Nutritional Needs of Broiler Strains Differing in Performance Characteristics. International Journal of Poultry Science. 6(10):713-724.

Cerrate, S., Z. Wang, C. Coto, F. Yan and P.W. Waldroup. 2007. Choice Feeding as a Means of Identifying Nutritional Needs with Two Methods of Amino Acid Formulation. International Journal of Poultry Science. 6(12):846-854.

Wang, Z., S. Cerrate, C. Coto, F. Yan and P.W. Waldroup. 2007. Effects of Rapid and Multiple Changes in Level of Distillers Dried Grain with Solubles (DDGS) in Broiler Diets on Performance and Carcass Characteristics. International Journal of Poultry Science. 6(10):725-731.

D.C. Steinkraus. Sustainable Solutions to Problems Affecting Honey Bee Health.

C.R. Rom and M.E. Garcia. Improving Economic and Environmental Sustainability in Tree-Fruit Production Through Changes in Rootstock Use.

N. Young. Impacts of Land Use Change and Channel Alteration on Freshwater Mussel Habitat in Arkansas Streams.

M.F. Slavik. Detection of Biofilm Bacteria and Survival and Virulence of Pathogens in Biofilms and Under Stress.

L. Yanbin and B.M. Hargis. Biosensor for Rapid, Sensitive and Specific Detection of Avian Influenza Virus H5N1.

K. Loftin. Control of Alphitobius Diaperinus (Darkling Beetle) Infestations in Poultry Litter.

J. Bouldin. Evaluation of Agricultural Effects on Water Quality and Quantity in the Delta Ecoregion of Arkansas.

S. Green. Evaluation of Soil and Water Quality Impacts of Energy and Other Alternative Crop Production Systems in E. Arkansas.

S. Ahn. Molecular-Based Diagnostics of Foodborne Pathogens.

M.G. Johnson. Control of Food-Borne Pathogens in Pre- and Post-Harvest Environments.

P.A. Beck, S.A. Gunter and K.S. Lusby. Sustainable Systems for Backgrounding and Growing Cattle in Arkansas.

C.D. Steelman. Biology and Control of Arthropod Vectors of Domesticated and Wild Animal Diseases.

J.R. Morris. Increase Efficacy, Economic Viability and Sustainability of a Total Vineyard Mechanization System.

C. Shumway. Evaluation of Cropping Systems and Polyacrylamide Applications on the Distribution and Leaching Potential of Nitrate-Nitrogen.

Y. Liang. Nutritional and Management Abatement Strategies for Improvement of Poultry Air and Water Quality.

R.W. Buescher. Pickled Cucumber and Pepper Quality Improvement.

D. White. The Ecology, Conservation and Management of Large Mammals in Arkansas.

J.C. Rupe. Etiology, Epidemiology, and Control of Soybean Diseases.

C.R. Andersen. Cultivar Testing, Breeding and Culture of Vegetables.

T.J. Kring, D.T. Johnson, D.C. Steinkraus and R.N. Wiedenmann. Biological Control of Arthropod Rests and Weeds.

D.L. Kreider. Reproductive Performance in Domestic Ruminants.

K.L. Korth, D.J. Carrier, F.L. Goggin and V. Srivastava. Arkansas ASSET Initiative (Advancing and Supporting Science, Engineering and Technology)

R.G. Luttrell. Improved Systems for Management of Economically Important Arthropod Pests Attacking Pecan.

J.K. Apple. Effect of Dietary Modification on Beef and Pork Quality.

R.G. Luttrell. Strategic Management of Polyphagous Insect Pests Attacking Arkansas Field Crops.