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Dogs With the Dean on Friday, Oct. 8
Classroom and auditorium dedications
Farm Bureau adds scholarship fund to UA campaign
Academic Enhancement Workshops
National science writers to meet at U of A
Scottish professor visits HESC
Sixty-year-old UA faculty member will run in the New York Marathon
Lincoln headlines ‘Year of the Family’ luncheon
Forestry and Wildlife Field Day
Bentonville Garden Club to endow scholarship
RECENT NEWS RELEASES
October
Plants equipped for self defense at genetic level
September
Color related to antioxidant content in fruit
European hornet takes up residence in Arkansas
Changes at Soil Testing Lab will serve producers better, faster
August
Cave life sheds light on groundwater quality
U of A professor co-authors agricultural technology textbook
Field day highlights fertility, other research for rice, soybeans
Statewide farm conference for women only
Cool weather and drift hot topics at SEREC field day
An egg roll for the 21st century
Environmental factors contribute to deer-vehicle collisions
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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
September-October 2004 • Vol. 30, No. 5
Grants Awarded
May and June 2004
Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness
B. Dixon and B. Ahrendsen. USDA CSREES. Direct farm service agency loan program effectiveness study. $320,000.
Animal Science
C. Maxwell and Z. Johnson. Agtech Products. Relationship between the gastrointestinal microbiota and the gut immune system. $79,626.
E. Kegley. Zinpro Corporation, Inc. Alltech, Inc. Support of research and development in the general field of swine nutrition. Effect of level and source of supplemental selenium for weaned beef calves. $25,000.
C. Maxwell. Land O’Lakes, Inc. Swine nutrition research. $1,000.
Biological & Agricultural Engineering
I. Chaubey and M. Matlock. (US EPA) Arkansas Soil & Water Conservation Commission. Arkansas Soil & Water Conservation update of Arkansas nonpoint source pollution management program. GIS database development and watershed modeling in Arkansas priority watersheds. SWAT modeling for the Illinois River watershed. $190,547.
T. Costello, B. Haggard and I. Chaubey. US Geological Survey. Water Resources Research Institute. Development of techniques for identifying and linking physical characteristics to surface runoff source areas. $14,838.
M. Matlock, I. Chaubey and T. Costello. Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission. GIS database development and watershed modeling in Arkansas priority watersheds. $85,184.
S. Bajwa, I. Chaubey and D. Gardisser. US EPA. Pesticide pollution risk assessment and mitigation training in Arkansas. $41,995.
T. Costello. Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission. Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality. Demonstration of on-farm litter combustion. $98,812.
B. Haggard, I. Chaubey and M. Matlock. Parsons Engineering. Stream sampling for nutrient impairment. $56,532.
College of Agriculture—ASU
J. Widick. SoyGenetics. Chloride screening. $900.
Crop, Soil, & Environmental Sciences
P. Chen. USDA ARS. American Soybean Association. Develop productive MG-4 soybean lines with high protein and low phytic acid for the Mid-South. Soybean genetic research. $55,928.
J. Barrentine. Monsanto Company. Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. Weed competition in Roundup Ready flex cotton. Cotton response to trifloxysulfuron (Envoke). Weed Science. $36,600.
R. Talbert. Allen Canning Company. BASF Corporation. Weed science. $6,400.
N. Slaton. Various Sources. Soil testing and plant analysis. $9,000.
C. West. USDA ARS. Support of the 5th International Neotyphodium Symposium PA-04-17. $5,000.
N. Burgos. Allen Canning Company. Weed physiology. $4,000.
D. Oosterhuis. Asashi Chemical Manufacturing Company. Bayer CropScience. Cotton physiology. Cotton—general. $32,000.
L. Oliver. Syngenta. Weed science. $8,000.
Entomology
F. Stephen and W. Limp. USDA FS. Development of geospatial techniques for the prediction and assessment of red oak decline due to red oak borer. $35,000.
A. Szalanski. FMC Corporation. BASF Corporation. Insecticide resistance. Termite research. $46,000.
D. Johnson. St. Gabriel Labs. Spore effectiveness and autodissemination against Japanese beetle (JB) in Arkansas. $3,822.
R. Luttrell. Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc. Monsanto Company. Bollgard II: Protocol for generating baseline data on Cry2Ab2 protein…growing season in the United States. VIP efficacy evaluations—2004. $28,000.
Food Science
J. Morris. Missouri Department of Agriculture. Evaluation of rootstock for improvement of fruit and wine composition. $9,500.
Y.-J. Wang. Various Sources. Carbohydrate research. $43,030.
McCormick Company. Food Science Building expansion and renovation. $13,500.
Horticulture
M. Richardson. Various Sources. Grass research. $28,230.
J. Clark. Mr. Dennis Gillam. Small fruit breeding. $1,800.
C. Rom. Novartis. USDA CSREES-Prime. SARE. Orchard research. Potential fruit crop load regulators on photosynthesis and growth of apple. $20,000.
M. Richardson and D. Karcher. International Turf Producers Foundation. Establishing sod with seeded bermudagrass. $3,500.
D. Karcher and M. Richardson. United States Golf Association Foundation, Inc. Cultivation techniques to minimize organic matter accumulation near the surface of sand-based greens. $17,250.
T. Morelock. Allen Canning Company. Cucumber, spinach and peas research. $6,000.
Plant Pathology
J. Rupe. United Soybean Board (Prime). Coordination of management practices enhancing total efficiency. $22,800.
E. Milus. USDA ARS. BASF Corporation. Management of fusarium head blight in Arkansas. Wheat pathology. $69,178.
R. Riggs. Hornbeck Seed Company, Inc. Monsanto Company. Soybean nematode research. $4,250.
Poultry Science
W. Kuenzel. National Science Foundation. Location and neuroendocrine function of putative encephalic photoreceptors. $63,437.
C. Coon. Cobb-Vantress, Inc. The development of optimum rearing programs for Cobb 700 pullets for economical and optimum production of hatching eggs and hatched chicks. $113,728.
R. Okimoto. Rainbow Breeder Company, LLC. Cobb-Vantress, Inc. DNA sampling. Sequencing of the recessive white tyrosinase gene. $2,170.
P. Waldroup. China Vitamins. Poultry nutrition research. $4,000.
Rice Research & Extension Center
J. Rutger. USDA ARS. Research support. $81,653.
F. Bourland. Monsanto Company. Experimental protocol for cotton yield trials. $14,280.
School of Forest Resources
E. Heitzman. USDA FS. Assessing the extent and severity of oak decline in an Ozark Mountain watershed. $28,000.
D. White. USDA FS. Support of student employees on an intermittent basis for forest service research projects in the Ouachita Mountains. Modeling bird habitat relationships in the Ouachita Mountains. $9,600.
Southwest Research & Extension Center
S. Gunter. Alltech Biotechnology Center. Evaluation of Feb-200 fed via QLF on the performance of stocker cattle grazing endophyte-infected tall fescue. $29,821.