Published by the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Vol. 5, No. 3, May/June 06

• April Awards
• May Awards

Grants Awarded April 2006

There were a total of 22 grants awarded for April 2006. Note: Some of the dollar amounts listed below represent awards that span more than one reporting period.

PI Project Title Agency Amount
Chris Barnett Creation of a Web-based framework for an interactive mapping and reporting system for the hazardous substance emergency events surveillance (HSEES) program Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
$9,810
John Faaborg Nest predation and predators in rural and urban Golden-cheeked warbler habitat Forest Service
$44,153
Keith Goyne Adsorption of the Isoxaflutole Degradate Diketonitrile to Aluminum and Iron Hydrous Oxides Geological Survey
$22,000
Patrick Guinan Paper birch decline in the Niobrara Valley: Interactions of weather, microclimate and genetics Geological Survey
$27,134
Lewis Jett Managing Late Season Cucumber Beetles on Watermelons with Trap Cropping and Reduced-Risk Insecticides Environmental Protection Agency
$22,030
Michael Kaylen TERI Tourism Project, 2006 Missouri Division of Tourism
$105,000
Michael McMullen Molecular and Functional Diversity in Maize University of Wisconsin - Madison
$224,067
Joshua Millspaugh Wildlife habitat suitability and population viability models for application in southern Indiana Forest Service
$4,818
Nadia Navarrete-Tindall Restoring Native Grasses and Forbs as Living Mulches in Woodland Plantings Forest Service
$10,000
Kelly Nelson Hybrid/Inbred Testing Program Ricetec, Inc
$2,520
Henry Nguyen Genetic Modification of sterol composition in soybean seeds Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council (MSMC)
$61,682
Henry Nguyen Metabolic Profiling of Soybean: Identificaton of Novel Compounds for Human Health Mid-America Research and Development Foundation
$81,321
Henry Nguyen Development of Flooding Tolerant Soybeans by Genetic Engineering and Germplasm Screening Techniques Foreign Agricultural Service
$25,000
Henry Nguyen Development and Deployment of Biotechnology Tools for Soybean Improvement Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council (MSMC)
$300,000
Michael Nolan Africa Bureau - Technical Support Foreign Agricultural Service
$1,509,031
Andrea Phillips Measurement and Prediction of Boll Internal temperatures for Comparison with Ambient Temperatures for Calculation of Heat Units to Determine Defoliation Timing Cotton Incorporated
$1,250
Linda Randall Export of Proteins in Escherichia coli National Institutes of Health
$421,531
Grover Shannon Identification and utilization of exotic germplasm to improve soybean productivity Agricultural Research Service
$39,000
Peter Tipton Isotope effects on the urate oxidase reaction National Science Foundation
$144,087
Steven Van Doren 800 MHz Spectrometer for Biomolecular NMR in Missouri National Institutes of Health
$500,000
Charles Vessell 2005-2007 State Park Agenda Professional Development Unlisted Sponsor
$25,119
Zhanyuan Zhang Functional analysis of soybean genes through transposon mutagenesis University of Nebraska, Lincoln
$54,000

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Grants Awarded May 2006

There were a total of 31 grants awarded for May 2006. Note: Some of the dollar amounts listed below represent awards that span more than one reporting period.

PI Project Title Agency
Amount
Wayne Bailey YieldGard Rootworm IRM Studies for 2006 Monsanto Corporation
$25,000
Johann Bruhn USDA Forest Service /Forest Health Monitoring Program: SOD Survey for the Ozarks 2006-2007 Forest Service
$23,000
Marcia Carlson Reduced Nocturnal Temperature for Early-Weaned Pigs South Dakota State University
$2,000
Andrew Clarke Southeast Iowa's Food Safety and Animal Handling Procedures for Meat Processors and Livestock Producers Iowa State University
$40,000
Georgia Davis Genomic Evaluation of the Defense Response of Maize (Zea mays L.) against Herbivory by the Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera LeConte) University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
$45,000
Jeffre Firman Nitrogen Reduction Through Use of Low Protein Diets Balanced for Digestible Amino Acids Iowa State University
$40,087
Jose Garcia Inclusion Leads to Success: Assisting Minority Farmers and Ranchers to Use Federal Agricultural Services in Missouri and beyond Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$108,697
Matthew Gompper Home range and habitat use of the eastern spotted skunk in the Ouachita Mountains Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
$36,590
Mark Haidekker Noninvasive Imaging for Quality Control in Tussue Engineering Jurgen Manchot Stiftung
$50,265
Hong He Developing a Computer Support System to Assist Forest Management in Decision-Making Forest Service
$109,862
Mary Hendrickson Empowering New and Diversifying Farmers with the Tactics to Become Successful Market Growers University of Nebraska, Lincoln
$39,999
Fu-hung Hsieh Commercial Technologies for Highly Functional of Polyols Derived from Soybean Oil Smith Bucklin and Associates
$73,935
Thomas Johnson Bio-processing Input Procurement Strategies:
A Non-Technical Barrier to Industry Development
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
$44,000
Thomas Johnson The Kansas Child Care Industry 2006 Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
$14,994
Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes EMAC Unitized Agreement- North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture
$1,000
Marc Linit Resource Conservation with Herbaceous Cropland Field Borders Missouri Department of Conservation
$10,000
Patrick Market CAREER: Research on Convective Snow in the Central U.S. National Science Foundation
$103,319
Patrick Market Field Investigation of U.S. Midwestern Thundersnow Events National Geographic Society Education Foundation
$10,000
Anne McKendry Fusarium Head Blight Research in Winter Wheat Agricultural Research Service
$126,218
Kelly Nelson Influence of an intergrated water management system on soybean grain yield Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council (MSMC)
$3,200
Henry Nguyen Translational Genomics for Drought Tolerance in Soybean Mid-America Research and Development Foundation
$55,297
Michael Nolan Africa Program Support Foreign Agricultural Service
$376,750
Michael Nolan Southern Sudan Agricultural Revitalization Proj (SSARP) Foreign Agricultural Service
$7,409,400
Michael Nolan Senior Regional Environmental Advisor Foreign Agricultural Service
$268,103
David O'Brien Ethnicity and Entrepreneurship in Rural Russia Southern Methodist University
$4,500
Stephen Pallardy National Atmospheric Deposition Program Geological Survey
$7,946
Randall Prather Production of Transgenic Pigs by Nuclear Transplantation National Center for Research Resources
$176,991
Charles Rabeni Effects of low thiamine on swim-up fry behavior and the interaction with dioxin-like chemicals Geological Survey
$20,500
Robert Sites Tsunami effects on the distribution of aquatic insects adjacent to the Andaman Sea coastline in Thailand National Science Foundation
$32,824
Laura Sweets Uniform Trial To Evaluate Efficatcy of Fungicides and Biologicals Against Fusarium Head Blight Agricultural Research Service
$15,300

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