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

Grants Submitted August and September 2007

There were a total of 39 grant proposals for August and September 2007 and a total amount requested of $11,475,432.

PI/CoPIs Project Title Project Type Agency
Amount Requested
Bruce Burdick Academic Yield Trial with Roundup Ready2Yield Soybeans No. 26 Basic Research Monsanto Corporation
$5,999
David Diamond USDA NRCS : Assessing the Effects of Conservation Practices on Aquatic Biota in the Missouri River Basin Basic Research Department of Agriculture
$110,000
James English
•Frank Schmidt
Evaluation of Defense Peptides to Protect Wheat from Fusarium Head Blight Basic Research Michigan State University
$56,175
Jeffre Firman Reduction of Feed Costs Through Use of the Missouri Ideal Turkey Protein Basic Research Unlisted Sponsor
$30,714
Christopher Fulcher Early Childhood Institute DEU Program Other Mississippi State University
$127,992
Sheila Grant
•non-CAFNR
Co-PIs
Nanostructured Materials for Improved Waveguiding and Signal Amplification Basic Research National Science Foundation
$539,914
Robert Hayward Feed Training of Carnivorous Fishes Year 2 NCRAC Applied Research Michigan State University
$43,560
Joseph Henggeler
•Allen Thompson
Improving Irrigated Crop Production in Southeast Missouri-2006-2007 Basic Research Agricultural Research Service
$57,109
Jack Jones Statewide Lake Assessment Project Other Mo. Department of Natural Resources
$28,218
Chung-Ho Lin Screening Native Plant Species for Enhancing Rhizodegradation of Munitions Explosives and Degradates Basic Research Leonard Wood Institute
$111,673
Marc Linit*
(see below)
The Gateway Proposal: Advancing Animal and Plant Sciences in Missouri Basic Research Missouri Life Science Research Board
$4,705,657
Anne McKendry Mapping Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Truman Wheat Basic Research Ohio State University
$114,637
Joshua Millspaugh Importance of Mountain Pine Beetle Infestations and Fire as Black-backed Woodpecker Habitat in the Black Hills, South Dakota Applied Research Forest Service
$67,550
Joshua Millspaugh Conservation of the Philippine tarsier through collaboration and establishing a monitoring program Applied Research National Geographic Society Education Foundation
$7,950
Joshua Millspaugh Modeling habitat use by migrating shorebirds in the Lower Missouri River: Developing a large scale multi-species conservation approach. Other Society for Conservation Biology
$186,652
Joshua Millspaugh Development of Statistical Population Reconstruction Methods for Mourning Doves. Basic Research Mo. Department of Conservation
$36,060
Kelly Nelson
•Peter Motavalli
Demonstrating Integrated Water Management Systems for Improved Water Quality Basic Research Mo. Department of Natural Resources
$468,727
Henry Nguyen
•Grover Shannon
Improving Flooding Tolerance of Soybean by genetic transformation Basic Research Agricultural Research Service
$123,636
Michael Nolan IEHA - Initative to End Hunger in Africa - Amendment #4 Applied Research Foreign Ag Service
$330,000
Michael Nolan Southern Sudan Agricultural Revitalization Project (SSARP) Applied Research Foreign Ag Service
$1,647,624
Michael Nolan Africa Program Support - Amendment #5 Applied Research Foreign Ag Service
$169,400
Michael Nolan Special Training - Restaurant Training Other Foreign Ag Service
$94,441
Harlan Palm Regeneration of Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) to Sustain Production on the Forested, Deep-Alluvial Soils Along Creeks Applied Research Forest Service
$20,084
John Sadler
•Kenneth Sudduth
ARS - Cropping Systems & Water Quality Research Unit Basic Research Agricultural Research Service
$43,488
Shramik Sengupta
•non-CAFNR Co-PI
Multi-frequency Impedance Measurement for the rapid detection of Johne's Disease Basic Research Missouri Life Science Research Board
$187,500
Reid Smeda Detection and management of cut-leaved teasel along a Missouri Highway System Applied Research Missouri Department of Transportation
$56,913
Gene Stevens Cover Crop Management for Cotton on Sandy Soils, Project #06-795MO Applied Research Cotton Incorporated
$12,810
Gene Stevens Soil Potassium Buildup and Release in Cotton Fields, Project #06-794MO Applied Research Cotton Incorporated
$15,250
Peter Sutovsky
•David Patterson
Commercialization of a Proprietary Bull Fertility Test Basic Research Missouri Life Science Research Board
$854,085
Laura Sweets Uniform Trial to Evaluate Efficacy of Fungicides and Biologicals Against Scab Applied Research Michigan State University
$5,000
Laura Sweets Evaluation of Integrated Management Strategies for Fusarium Head Blight Applied Research Michigan State University
$10,000
Michael Sykuta
•Michelle Mullins
Doctoral Dissertation Research in Economics: Contractual Evolution in Response to Regulatory Change Basic Research National Science Foundation
$9,550
Michael Sykuta The Organization of Production of Differentiated Products: A Contract Economics Perspective Basic Research National Science Foundation
$140,510
Corinne Valdivia Adapting to change in the Andean Highlands - Practices and strategies to address climate and market risks in vulnerable agro-ecosystems Applied Research Virginia Polytech Inst and State University
$156,355
Patrick Westhoff
•Seth Meyer
•Wyatt Thompson
ERS Ethanol Market Applied Research Department of Agriculture
$25,000
J. Allen Wrather Compile Estimates of Soybean Yields Suppressed by Diseases for the USA During 2007 Applied Research Smith Bucklin and Associates
$18,000
Simeon Wright Tree disease diagnostics for MACTEC Engineering Applied Research Mactec Inc
$897
Simeon Wright Plant Diagnostic Laboratory (Soybean Rust) Basic Research Michigan State University
$21,564
Xing Wu
•William Folk
•non-CAFNR Co-PI
Development and application of novel zinc-finger nucleases and transcription factors for enhanced-starch corn. Basic Research Mo. Dept of Economic Development
$834,738

* The Gateway Proposal CoPIs: Rodney Geisert, Jack Jones, Robert Kallenbach, Monty Kerley, Scott Peck, Richard Striegler, Jinglu Tan, Jerry Taylor, Jay Thelen, John Walker

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