Published by the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Vol. 5, No. 4, July/August 06

• June Submissions
• July Submissions

Grants Submitted June 2006

There were a total of 52 grant proposals for June 2006 and a total amount requested of $13,657,321.

PI/CoPIs Project Title Project Type Agency
Amount Requested
Eric Antoniou
•Donald Spiers
•non-CAFNR CoPI		 Genetic adaptation to long-term chronic heat stress in cattle Basic Research Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$513,808
Wayne Bailey
•Bruce Hibbard		 YieldGard Rootworm IRM Studies for 2006 Basic Research Monsanto Corporation
$25,000
Chris Barnett
•Keith Goyne
•Bryan Mayhan
•Randall Miles		 MDNR Soil Map Digitization Project Phase 12 Other

Missouri
Department of Natural
Resources
$161,455
Chris Barnett Geographic Names Information System Other Geological Survey
$19,991
Verel Benson Conservation Program Analysis Multi-project Summary Report Basic Research Department of Agriculture
$19,643
Georgia Davis
•Bruce Hibbard		 Genomic Evaluation of the Defense Response of Maize (Zea mays L.) against Herbivory by the Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera LeConte) Basic Research University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
$46,000
Dwayne Elias The use of candidate terminal metal-reducing proteins as biomarkers for measuring metal-reduction potential and efficiency Basic Research Department of Energy
$585,485
James English
•Frank Schmidt
•James Schoelz		 Development of Soybean Germplasm with Resistance to Soybean Rust and other Diseases Basic Research Illinois-Missouri Biotech Alliance
$200,457
Zhaofei Fan Effects of prescribed fire on upland oak forests Other Forest Service
$51,300
Zhaofei Fan Regional oak decline-related and regular oak mortality predictions of extent and severity: including factor identification, and probability modeling Applied Research Forest Service
$41,532
Zhaofei Fan Manager's Guide to Effects of Timber Harvest and Prescribed Fires on Fuels, Species Composition, and Diversity in Ozark Forest Ecosystems Applied Research Forest Service
$64,325
Zhaofei Fan
•non-CAFNR CoPI		 Multi-Scale Modeling and Mapping Coarse Woody Debris in the Eastern United States Basic Research Forest Service
$47,500
Sharyn Freyermuth
•Cecilia Leslie
•non-CAFNR CoPI		 MU Multicultural Scholars Program - Passport to Success Other Department of Agriculture
$144,000
Clark Gantzer
•Allen Thompson		 Development of Missouri Guidelines for Use of Polyacrylamide for Erosion Control and Improved Water Quality for Use in Highway Construction Basic Research Missouri Department of Transportation
$56,780
Sheila Grant
•Carol Lorenzen		 Calibration Studies on Novel Optical Based Biosensors for Calpastatin Detection Basic Research Missouri Beef Industry Council
$28,784
Sheila Grant
•Mark Haidekker
•non-CAFNR CoPIs		 Erythrocyte Encapsulated Nanoprobes for Intracellular Sensing Basic Research National Institutes of Health
$410,778
Perry Gustafson Isolation, Characterization, and Manipulation of Aluminum Tolerance In Rye utilizing the rye/rice syntenic relationship Basic Research National Science Foundation
$399,587
Richard Guyette Fire history of the national parks, monuments, and historic sites in the Great Plains Basic Research Geological Survey
$238,436
Robert Hayward
•Jeffre Firman		 Harvesting Invasive Asian Carp and Applying Least-Cost Diet Formulation Technology to Reduce Feed Costs for Fish Farmers Applied Research North Central Sustainable Ag Research and Education
$137,000
Robert Hayward Providing an efficient, low-cost means to produce a vegetative protein diet that includes wet distillers grain with solubles to feed common carp (cyprinus carpio). Applied Research North Central Sustainable Ag Research and Education
$149,900
Fu Hung Hsieh Meat-Containing Meat Analog through High Moisture Extrusion Basic Research Mid-America Research and Development Foundation
$56,653
Fu Hung Hsieh Establishment of Dairy Starter Culture Collection Center at University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi. Basic Research Unlisted Sponsor
$232,492
Thomas Johnson Child Care Bureau Research Scholars Other Department of Health and Human Services
$29,625
Thomas Johnson
•Amy Lake		 Assessing Transportation (and related) Costs Associated with the Springfield Regional Transportation and Land Use Study. Basic Research Missouri Transportation Institute
$71,484
Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes Agrobiotechnology in China: Competitiveness Impacts on U.S. Soybean Export Markets Basic Research Virginia Polytech Inst and State University
$52,554
Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes
•James English		 Commercial Development of Defensive Peptide Technologies Basic Research Illinois-Missouri Biotech Alliance
$69,311
Monty Kerley Identification of soy proteins which are allergenic to young pigs Applied Research Mid-America Research and Development Foundation
$64,400
John Kruse Transportation Research Appropriation Applied Research Department of Transportation
$651,418
Marc Linit Crop Diversification Basic Research Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$346,586
Leonie Marks
•Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes
•non-CAFNR CoPI		 Information for Strategic Positioning of Biofuels in the United States Basic Research Illinois-Missouri Biotech Alliance
$75,448
Seth Meyer
•Patrick Westhoff		 Structural Models US & Rest of World Natural Fiber Mkt. Basic Research Texas Tech University
$44,999
Joshua Millspaugh Survival and Movements of Resident Adult and Released Captive-Raised Ozark and Eastern Hellbenders Basic Research Missouri
Department of Conservation
$263,680
Nadia Navarrete Tindall
•Wayne Bailey
•Jerry Van Sambeek		 Evaluating Virginia Wildrye - A Native Cool Season Grass - As a Pasture Grass and as an Alternative Crop in Small Farms in Missouri Basic Research North Central Sustainable Ag Research and Education
$112,100
Nadia Navarrete Tindall
•Brad Fresenburg
•Timothy Reinbott
•Jerry Van Sambeek		 Evaluating Poverty Grass for Use in Trees, Fairways, or Rough Areas on Golf Courses in the Midwest: Phase 1 Applied Research Agricultural Research Service
$10,000
Henry Nguyen Bioengineering the Natural Product Composition of Soybean for Resistance to Root Phytopathogens Applied Research Illinois-Missouri Biotech Alliance
$179,040
Michael Nolan Senior Regional Environmental Advisor - Amendment #2 Applied Research Foreign Ag Service
$62,964
Michael Nolan Southern Sudan Agricultural Revitalization Project (SSARP) Applied Research Foreign Ag Service
$660,000
Melvin Oliver
•non-CAFNR CoPI		 A phylo-genomic approach to dehydration-tolerance in plants Basic Research National Science Foundation
$1,979,859
Andrea Phillips Monsanto Service Order #21 Basic Research Monsanto Corporation
$13,222
Randall Prather Gene Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease Basic Research University of Iowa
$173,511
Linda Randall
•Jennine Crane		 Export of Proteins in Escherichia coli Basic Research National Institutes of Health
$2,662,816
Mark Ryan Development of Inventory and Monitoring Methods for Priority Species in the Central Hardwoods Joint Venture Applied Research Forest Service
$48,079
Donald Spiers Chronic Effects of Fescue Toxicosis Applied Research Agricultural Research Service
$12,000
Gary Stacey Transcriptional Profiling of Soybean Factors Basic Research Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council (MSMC)
$80,000
Gary Stacey High-through-put screening of soybean for pharmacologically active compounds Basic Research Mid-America Research and Development Foundation
$152,909
Peter Sutovsky
•Gaurishankar Manandhar		 Proteolytic Mechanism of Fertilization Basic Research National Institutes of Health
$1,008,931
Jerry Taylor Support for the 24th Stadler Genetics Symposium Basic Research Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$10,000
Ranjith Udawatta
•Neil Fox
•Robert Kremer
•Anthony Lupo
•Peter Motavalli
•Kelly Nelson		 Changes in Nitrous Oxide and Ammonia Gas Emissions as Influenced by Agroforestry and Grass Buffer Strips and Improved N Fertilizer Management Basic Research Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$497,321
Judy Wall
•Dwayne Elias		 Geochemical, Genetic, and Community Controls on Mercury Basic Research Oak Ridge National Lab
$525,452
Michele Warmund
•Michael Gold		 Establishment of Chinese Chestnut Orchards to Demonstrate Their Feasibility as an Economically Viable New Farm Crop in Missouri and Surrounding States Applied Research North Central Sustainable Ag Research and Education
$68,549
Simeon Wright Plant Diagnostic Center Laboratory Basic Research Michigan State University
$40,000
Zhanyuan Zhang Systematically assigning gene functions in soybean employing RNAi technology IMBA 2007 Basic Research Illinois-Missouri Biotech Alliance
$60,157

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Grants Submitted July 2006

There were a total of 29 grant proposals for July 2006 and a total amount requested of $3,388,551.

PI/CoPIs Project Title Project Type Agency
Amount Requested
Gary Allee North American Swine Energy System Applied Research University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
$230,000
Eric Berg
•Duane Keisler		 The development of an endocrine profiling system to predict beef carcass quality and yield grade upon entrance into a feedlot. Basic Research Missouri Beef Industry Council
$28,575
Daniel Dey Restoration of Bottomland Hardwoods Applied Research Missouri Department of Conservation
$19,104
James English
•Laura Sweets		 Phytophthora sojae: New strategies for an old pathogen Applied Research Ohio State University
$15,000
David Galat Assessing the Effectiveness of the Wetlands Reserve Program in Missouri through Analysis of Existing Easement Data and Linkage to Previous Floodplain Investigations. Basic Research Department of Agriculture
$49,500
Gene Garrett
•Mihaela Cernusca
•Larry Godsey
•Michael Gold
•Christopher Starbuck		 A Knowledge Base to Increase Adoption of Agroforestry Practices on Small Farms Applied Research Agricultural Research Service
$84,535
Patrick Guinan Automated Weather and Environmental Monitoring at Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri Applied Research National Park Service
$2,350
Richard Guyette
•Robert Schnabel		 Collaborative Research: Potential carbon capture of forests: testing CO2 and climate change effects Basic Research National Science Foundation
$108,155
Richard Guyette Developing and Using Fire Scar Histories in the Southern and Eastern United States Basic Research Forest Service
$238,049
Hong He Urban Sprawl and Its Ecological Impacts on Missouri Natural Landscapes - Spatial Dynamics and Temporal Trends Applied Research Missouri Department of Conservation
$127,920
Thomas Johnson Stakeholder's Views about Research Priorities for an Improved Agricultural and Rural Data Information System Basic Research Department of Agriculture
$7,500
Jack Jones Upper and Middle Mississippi Valley Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit Task Agreement Basic Research National Park Service
$7,343
Duane Keisler Analyzing gene regulation of subcutaneous, intramuscular, omental and kidney beef fat deposition using microarray technology. Basic Research Missouri Beef Industry Council
$11,250
David Larsen Evaluation of the Sylvan Stand Structure Model for Southern Bottomland Hardwoods using Johnson's Permanent Plots Applied Research Forest Service
$35,038
Joshua Millspaugh Development of a Monitoring Plan for the Northern Great Plains I&M Program Basic Research National Park Service
$123,185
Azlin Mustapha Monitoring of VBNC status induction and recovery of Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat beef products Basic Research Missouri Beef Industry Council
$31,546
Azlin Mustapha Real-time monitoring of VBNC Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes in meat products via a GFP reporter and RT reverse transcription PCR Basic Research American Meat Institute Foundation
$70,500
Rose-Marie Muzika Regional Variation in Historic Red Oak Borer Populations Applied Research Forest Service
$23,956
Joseph Polacco Arginase and Nitric Oxide-Mediated Processes in Arabidopsis Basic Research National Science Foundation
$502,982
Charles Rabeni Cooperative Agreement, Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Applied Research Missouri Department of Conservation
$54,640
Charles Rabeni Avian Population Trends on National Wildlife Refuges in the northeastern United States. Basic Research Geological Survey
$29,548
Robert Schnabel
•Jerry Taylor		 North American bison as a model for studying hybridization at the genomic level Basic Research National Science Foundation
$615,845
Kenneth Schneeberger
•Michael Cook
•Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes		 Agribusiness Economics Education and Biotechnology Policy Harmonization: A Proposal for Capacity-Building and Engagement Other Department of Agriculture
$111,866
David Sleper Breeding Soybean for North Missouri Basic Research Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council (MSMC)
$70,000
David Sleper
•Henry Nguyen
•Grover Shannon		 Molecular Mapping of Resistance to Soybean Cyst Nematode in Soybean Lines PI437654 and PI438503A Basic Research Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council (MSMC)
$50,134
Peter Sutovsky Effect of Semen Sexing On Preimplantation Development Basic Research Monsanto Corporation
$23,695
Steven Van Doren
•Mark Palmier		 Sites within Human Metalloelastase Conferring High Activity upon Elastin and alpha1-Antitrypsin Other American Heart Association
$50,000
Judy Wall
•David Emerich		 Rapid deduction and comparative genomics of survival mechanisms of metal-reducing microbes Basic Research Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
$651,999
Robert Weaber Validation of Genetic Predictors of End Product Attributes and Value Used by Missouri Beef Producers Basic Research Missouri Beef Industry Council
$14,336

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