Published by the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Vol. 6, No. 6, Nov./Dec. 07

Grants Submitted October and November 2007

There were a total of 44 grant proposals for October/November 2007 and a total amount requested of $6,048,391.

PI/CoPIs Project Title Project Type Agency
Amount Requested
Wayne Bailey Lygus Rearing Applied Research Monsanto Corporation
$44,990
Chris Barnett DFIRM Production for Henry County. Other AMEC Earth and Environmental, Inc
$46,922
Chris Barnett DFIRM Production for Laclede County. Other AMEC Earth and Environmental, Inc
$49,120
Chris Barnett DFIRM Production for Pulaski County. Other AMEC Earth and Environmental, Inc
$39,304
Bruce Barrett
•Chung-Ho Lin
•Terrell Stamps
Role of Plant Volatiles as Monitoring Attractants of the Lesser Chestnut Weevil Basic Research Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$94,526
Kevin Bradley
•Robert Kallenbach
•Raymond Massey
•Craig Roberts
Development of Thresholds to Justify Removal of Weeds in Pastures and Hay Fields: Incorporating the Effects of Weeds on Forage Yield and Quality Basic Research Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$97,534
Seonghee Cho Designing and Conducting a Tourism Development Survey for the City of Columbia Basic Research City of Columbia, Mo.
$25,754
David Diamond MDNR Hyperspectral Imagery Project Phase II Work Plan, Missouri Mine Waste Inventory. Basic Research Missouri Department of Natural Resources
$25,000
Felix Fritschi Fifth International Crop Science Congress Travel Grant Other American Society of Agronomy
$2,000
Christopher Fulcher A Community-Based Integrated Health and Human Services Information System (IHHSIS) for Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania - Phase II: Old Allentown Neighborhood Data Integration and Visualization Project Other Lehigh Valley Hospital/ Health Network
$35,000
Michael Gold
•Mihaela Cernusca
•Mark Coggeshall
•Larry Godsey
•Kenneth Hunt
•Michele Warmund
Specialty Crops Block Grant Basic Research Missouri Department of Agriculture
$67,155
Matthew Gompper
•Ryan Monello
The influence of parasite load on glucocorticoid hormone levels: An experimental assessment in a natural setting Basic Research National Science Foundation
$11,490
Sheila Grant
•non-CAFNR CoPI
Resorbable Bio-Nanocomposite Materials for Scaffold Development Basic Research National Science Foundation
$116,305
Patrick Guinan
•Raymond Massey
Incorporating Drought Assessment Tools with Mitigation Strategies into an Active Agricultural Weather Information and Alert System Applied Research National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA)
$498,433
Mary Hendrickson Mapping the Structure of Agrofood and Biofuel Firms Applied Research OXFAM America
$30,000
Thomas Johnson Toward a Policy of Multifunctional Agriculture Basic Research University of Highlands and Islands
$17,296
Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes Manuscript FastTrack Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (Western Ag Econ Association) Basic Research Western Agricultural Economics Association
$1,000
Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes Manuscript FastTrack American Journal of Potato Research (Potato Association of America) Basic Research Potato Association of America
$1,000
Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes Manuscript FastTrack Utah State University Extension Fact Sheets Basic Research Utah State University
$1,500
Monty Kerley Nutritional Evaluation of Crude Glycerol Generated from Biodiesel Basic Research Missouri Soybean Association
$52,180
Peter Klein
•Michael Cook
•David O'Brien
•Michael Sykuta
Entrepreneurial and Organizational Responses to Biotechnology Innovation Basic Research Illinois-Missouri Biotech Alliance
$65,000
Seth Meyer
•Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes
•James Kaufman
Growth in the Biofuels Market: Long-Term Environmental and Socioeconomic Impacts Basic Research Department of Energy
$411,710
Azlin Mustapha Development of novel probiotic-fortified soy energy bars with decreased alpha-galactosides Applied Research Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council (MSMC)
$40,250
Azlin Mustapha Rapid identification of pathogenic and antibiotic resistant Salmonella in ground beef and beef processing equipment by multiplex real-time PCR Basic Research National Cattlemen's Beef Assn
$62,295
Azlin Mustapha Red wine marinade as an antimicrobial of beef products Basic Research National Cattlemen's Beef Association
$64,645
Henry Nguyen
•Grover Shannon
•Rajesh Kumar
Molecular-genetic regulation of seed oil accumulation in soybean Basic Research Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council (MSMC)
$194,821
Henry Nguyen
•Gary Stacey
•Son P. Tran
•Babu Valliyodan
High throughput cloning and functional characterization of molecular switches for stress tolerance and enhanced seed composition in soybean Basic Research Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council (MSMC)
$212,721
Charles Nilon Corps of Discovery: The School of Natural Resources, Frederick Douglass High School, and the Big Muddy National Wildlife Refuge. Other National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
$14,250
Michael Nolan Borlaug Fellows from India Other Foreign Ag Service
$81,917
Michael Nolan China Training Program for teams 5 and 6 Applied Research Foreign Ag Service
$13,780
Michael Nolan Training Borlaug Fellows from Egypt Other Foreign Ag Service
$36,172
Randall Prather
•Jonathan Green
•Peter Sutovsky
Markers for predicting developmental competence Basic Research National Institutes of Health
$2,548,088
Randall Prather
•Stephen Isom
Molecular maturation of porcine oocytes in vitro and in vivo Basic Research Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$121,220
Randall Prather Transgenic pigs for Porcinogen Basic Research Porcinogen
$129,685
Grover Shannon
•Jeong Dong Lee
Evaluation of Soybean Germplasm and Elite Lines for Lutein Content Basic Research Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council (MSMC)
$20,960
Grover Shannon
•Jeong Dong Lee
•Henry Nguyen
Genetic Mapping and Evaluation of Germplasm for Flooding Tolerance in Soybean Basic Research Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council (MSMC)
$227,613
Grover Shannon
•Jeong Dong Lee
•Henry Nguyen
•David Sleper
Genetic Mapping and Evaluation of Germplasm for Oleic Acid in Soybean Seed Oil Basic Research Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council (MSMC)
$107,645
Rob Terry
•Norman Rohrbach
Missouri Department of Agriculture - Adult Education Grant Other Missouri Department of Agriculture
$19,834
Andrew Thomas Development of Maclura pomifera as a new feedstock for biofuels production, value added product, environmental enhancement, and carbon sequestration Basic Research Hedgeapple Biotech
$50,229
Kelly Tindall Monitoring and managing the development of insecticide resistance of rice stink bug Basic Research Rice Foundation
$16,800
Ranjith Udawatta
•Keith W. Goyne
•Chung-Ho Lin
•Peter Motavalli
•Kelly Nelson
Quantifying the Fate, Transport, and Persistence of Nutrients, Heavy Metals, and Antibiotics in Soil and Water from Surface-Applied and Subsurface-Injected Swine Manure Basic Research National Pork Board
$40,000
Michele Warmund
•Mark Coggeshall
Rest Completion and Bud Break of Eastern Black Walnut (Juglans nigra L.) Cultivars Basic Research Agricultural Research Service
$10,030
Zhanyuan Zhang
•David Sleper
Engineering of soybean (Glycine max) for resistance to soybean cyst and root-knot nematodes Applied Research North Central Soybean Research Program
$141,592
Zhanyuan Zhang Engineering of Corn and Soybean for Improved Ethanol Production Basic Research Consortium of Plant Biotechnology Research
$160,625

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