Published by the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Vol. 6, No. 5, Sept./Oct. 07

Grants Awarded August and September 2007

There were a total of 41 grants awarded for the two months of August and September. Note: Some dollar amounts listed below represent awards that span more than one reporting period.

PI Project Title Agency
Amount
Kevin Bradley Trait-bearing corn Agrigenetics, Inc.
$5,000
Bruce Burdick Academic Yield Trial with Roundup Ready2Yield Soybeans No. 26 Monsanto Corporation
$6,000
Daniel Dey Restoration of Bottomland Hardwoods Missouri Department of Conservation
$15,882
David Diamond U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Archeological project Corp of Engineers
$40,000
James English Selection of Defense Peptides to Protect Wheat from Fusarium Head Blight Agricultural Research Service
$39,024
James English Defense Peptides to Protect Soybean from Rust Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council (MSMC)
$78,300
Bryan Garton Inservice-professional development program Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
$76,016
Bryan Garton Farm business management analysis program Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
$68,418
Richard Guyette Prescribed fire effects on the wood quality of oak (Quercus species) and shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata) Missouri Department of Conservation
$10,441
Hong He Identifying reference targets and restoration priorities for fire-dependent ecosystems Forest Service
$60,202
Jack Jones Statewide Lake Assessment Project Missouri Department of Natural Resources
$338,956
Jack Jones Task Agreement: Upper and Mississippi Valley Cooperative Ecosystem Studies, May 30-December 2007. National Park Service
$7,343
Robert Kallenbach Managed reductions of problems associated with fescue toxicosis at both plant and animal levels Agricultural Research Service
$6,707
Monty Kerley Improving the Nutritutive Value of Soybeans for Animal Feed Applications Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council (MSMC)
$100,000
David Larsen Comparing Methods for Establishing and Recruiting Pines and Oaks in Declining Oak Stands Missouri Department of Conservation
$28,224
Robert Lerch Development of Alternative Practices for Improved Watershed Management Agricultural Research Service
$26,279
Joshua Millspaugh Importance of Mountain Pine Beetle Infestations and Fire as Black-backed Woodpecker Habitat in the Black Hills, South Dakota Forest Service
$45,184
Joshua Millspaugh Application of Wildlife Habitat Suitability and Viability Models to Evaluate Effects of Fire and Ecosystem Restoration Forest Service
$114,788
Joshua Millspaugh Development of a Monitoring Plan for the Nothern Great Plains I&M Program National Park Service
$311,331
Joshua Millspaugh Evaluation of Silvicultural Management in Missouri Oak-Hickory Forests: The Effects of Even-aged, Uneven-aged, and No-Harvest Management on Amphibian, Reptile, and Small Mammal Communities Missouri Department of Conservation
$137,538
Kelly Nelson Demonstration of alternative energy source (solar) pumps for adding water to a subsurface water table management system for irrigation. Department of Agriculture
$1,500
Kelly Nelson Research Plot Combine Department of Agriculture
$92,000
Henry Nguyen Improving Flooding Tolerance of Soybean by genetic transformation Agricultural Research Service
$40,000
Michael Nolan Special Training-Restaurant Training Foreign Ag Service
$27,431
Michael Nolan Initative to End Hunger in Africa Foreign Ag Service
$330,000
Michael Nolan Southern Sudan Agricultural Revitalization Proj (SSARP) Foreign Ag Service
$1,647,624
Randall Prather Production of pigs/fetuses for Hematech Hematech
$40,000
Charles Rabeni Amphibian conservation in agricultural landscapes Geological Survey
$52,018
Charles Rabeni Comparison of three approaches for spatially modeling avian-habitat relationships in the Central Hardwoods Bird Conservation Region Geological Survey
$18,867
Charles Rabeni Movement and habitat use by flathead and blue catfish in Missouri River and selected tributaries Missouri Department of Conservation
$65,773
Charles Rabeni Effects of sediment on benthic invertebrates and fishes Missouri Department of Conservation
$29,500
Mark Ryan Development of Inventory and Monitoring Methods for Priority Species in the Central Hardwoods Joint Venture Forest Service
$32,603
Mark Ryan Undergraduate Fellowship, Year 2 Department of Agriculture
$15,286
Mark Ryan Professional and Technical Assistance in Wildlife and Forestry Research Forest Service
$127,716
Mark Ryan Effect of incidental takings on the population viability of Great Plains piping plovers Geological Survey
$5,671
Scott Sowa Developing Stream Reach-Scale Predicted Distribution Models for Fish Species in Arkansas Geological Survey
$50,000
Scott Sowa USDI USGS National GAP Program: Completing and INtegrating Core Aquatic GAP Geospatial Datalayers for the Missouri River Basin Geological Survey
$101,000
Donald Spiers Managed reductions of problems associated with fescue toxicosis at both plant and animal levels Agricultural Research Service
$332,290
Steven Van Doren Matrix metalloproteinase inhibition and specificity National Institutes of Health
$294,290
Judy Wall Identification of Molecular and Cellular Responses of Desulfovibrio vulgaris Biofilms under Culture Conditions Relevant to Field Conditions for Bioreduction of Heavy Metals Department of Energy
$42,091
Judy Wall Rapid Deduction of Stress Response Pathways in Metal/Radionuclide Reducing Bacteria Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
$2,758,461