Plant and Soil Sciences

Grants and Contracts

Grants and Contracts per year 2000 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2027

• 114 Active
• 1118 Finished

Grants and Contracts per year

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  Breeding and release of improved wheat varieties with high yields and test weights, enhanced scab resistance and overall disease resistance, increased lodging resistance and increased profitability

  Van Sanford, D.

  KY Small Grain Growers Association

  9/1/10 → 12/31/11

  Project: Research project

• Wheat Yield in 15-inch Rows, Year 3

  Lee, C. & Herbek, J.

  KY Small Grain Growers Association

  9/1/10 → 12/31/11

  Project: Research project

• Precision Agriculture: Precision Resource Management - Phase VI

  Mueller, T. & Kadambanattu Illom N, S.

  9/1/10 → 8/31/13

  Project: Research project

  • Project 100%
  • Natural Resource Management 66%
  • Map 66%
  • Marshland 66%
  • Management 50%

• Development of Chia as a Sustainable Crop

  Hildebrand, D.

  KY Small Grain Growers Association

  9/1/10 → 12/31/11

  Project: Research project

• Evaluate the effect of seeding rate of wheat and preharvvest applications on managing giant ragweed and marestail in wheat

  Martin, J., Call, D. & Tutt, C.

  9/1/10 → 12/31/11

  Project: Research project

• Improving Nitrogen Application Technology Under Kentucky Conditions

  Murdock, L., Call, D., James, J. & Schwab, G.

  9/1/10 → 12/31/11

  Project: Research project

• Survey of the Tissue Nutrient Status of Winter Wheat in Kentucky

  Ritchey, E. & Schwab, G.

  KY Small Grain Growers Association

  9/1/10 → 12/31/11

  Project: Research project

• IPM in Kentucky: Integrated Development and Delivery

  Bessin, R., Coolong, T., Durham, R., Johnson, D., Lee, C., Lucas, P., Murdock, L. & Fulcher, A.

  National Institute of Food and Agriculture

  9/1/10 → 8/31/14

  Project: Research project

  • Pesticide 100%
  • Vegetable 100%
  • Experts 100%
  • Agricultural Science 100%
  • Soybean 50%

• Comparing Corn Systems in Wide and Narrow Rows

  Lee, C. & Green, J.

  KY Corn Promotion Council

  9/1/10 → 12/31/11

  Project: Research project

• IPM in Kentucky: Integrated Development and Delivery

  Lee, C.

  National Institute of Food and Agriculture

  9/1/10 → 8/31/14

  Project: Research project

  • Pesticide 100%
  • Vegetable 100%
  • Experts 100%
  • Agricultural Science 100%
  • Soybean 50%

• Precision Agriculture: Precision Resource Management - Phase VI

  Grove, J.

  National Institute of Food and Agriculture

  9/1/10 → 8/31/13

  Project: Research project

  • Project 100%
  • Natural Resource Management 66%
  • Map 66%
  • Marshland 66%
  • Management 50%

• Performance of Small Grain Varieties in Kentucky

  Bruening, W.

  KY Small Grain Growers Association

  9/1/10 → 12/31/11

  Project: Research project

• Farm Test of Crop Sensing for Site-Specific Nitrogen Fertilizer Application in Winter Wheat

  Wendroth, O., Egli, D., Murdock, L. & Schwab, G.

  KY Small Grain Growers Association

  9/1/10 → 12/31/11

  Project: Research project

• Collaborative Research: Do Expected Evolutionary Trade-Offs in Ezyme Activities Manifest at the Level of Microbial Community Function?

  McCulley, R.

  National Science Foundation

  9/1/10 → 6/30/16

  Project: Research project

  • Ecosystems 100%
  • Response 71%
  • Enzyme 42%
  • Rate 42%
  • Microbial Community 42%

• Methodology for Designing Vegetative Buffers Using GIS and Terrain Analysis

  Mueller, T.

  8/17/10 → 7/31/14

  Project: Research project

  • Geographic Information Systems 100%
  • Methodology 100%
  • Terrain Analysis 50%
  • Field Margin 50%
  • Computer 50%

• EAGER: RNAi Gene Discovery Tool to Randonly Generate Dominant Mutant Pools in Plants

  Tang, G.

  8/1/10 → 2/28/11

  Project: Research project

  • Plant 100%
  • Small Interfering RNA 100%
  • RNA Interference 100%
  • Mutant 100%
  • Gene Discovery 100%

• Obtaining a transcriptome for developing Acacia victoriae seed pods

  Chappell, J.

  7/1/10 → 7/15/11

  Project: Research project

• Transatlantic Initiative for Nanotechnology and the Environment (TINE)

  Unrine, J., McNear, D., Tsyusko-Unrine, O., Bertsch, P. & Kabengi, N.

  Environmental Protection Agency

  7/1/10 → 6/30/16

  Project: Research project

  • Synchrotron 100%
  • Beamline 50%
  • Universities 25%
  • Light Sources 25%
  • Environment 25%

• KSEF RDE: Polyadenylation of Stored mRNA During Seed Germination

  Hunt, A. & Downie, A.

  KY Science and Technology Co Inc

  7/1/10 → 6/30/11

  Project: Research project

  • Seed 100%

• KSEF RDE: Development and deployment of a non-toxic endophyte in tall fescue for forage

  Schardl, C. & Phillips, T.

  KY Science and Technology Co Inc

  7/1/10 → 6/30/11

  Project: Research project

  • Festuca arundinacea 100%
  • Cultivar 100%
  • Endophyte 100%
  • Ergot 100%
  • Genes 100%

• Soil Morphology Training for On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems

  Karathanasis, A.

  7/1/10 → 9/30/11

  Project: Research project

  • Sewage Disposal 100%
  • Soil Morphology 100%
  • Sewage Treatment 50%
  • Health 50%
  • State 50%

• KSEF RDE: Development of Hyperactive DNA Transposases by Directed Evolution

  Yuan, L.

  KY Science and Technology Co Inc

  7/1/10 → 6/30/11

  Project: Research project

  • Development 100%
  • Transposase 100%
  • DNA 100%
  • Evolution 100%

• ARRA: Development of Rhodobacter as a Versatile Microbial Platform for Fuels Production

  Chappell, J.

  7/1/10 → 6/30/13

  Project: Research project

  • Rhodobacter 100%
  • Growth Performance 100%
  • Microalgae 100%
  • Microalga 100%
  • Development 100%

• KSEF RDE: Development of Hyperactive DNA Transposases by Directed Evolution

  Yuan, L.

  KY Science and Technology Co Inc

  7/1/10 → 12/31/12

  Project: Research project

  • Evolution 100%
  • Transposable Element 40%
  • Transposase 40%
  • DNA 20%
  • Gene Therapy 10%

• KSEF RDE: Polyadenylation of Stored mRNA During Seed Germination

  Hunt, A. & Downie, A.

  KY Science and Technology Co Inc

  7/1/10 → 6/30/12

  Project: Research project

  • Seed 100%

• The Transition to Biofuel Feedstock Production in Kentucky

  Smith, S.

  Eastern KY University

  6/1/10 → 6/30/12

  Project: Research project

  • Switchgrass 100%
  • Forage 100%
  • Beef Cattle 100%
  • Publications 50%
  • Research 50%

• SUPPLEMENT: REU: Collaborative Research: CPSF30 at the Convergence of RNA Processing, Cellular Signaling, and Development in Plants

  Hunt, A.

  National Science Foundation

  5/26/10 → 8/31/11

  Project: Research project

  • Supplement 100%
  • Convergence 50%
  • Undergraduates 50%
  • Plants 50%
  • Economic and Social Development 50%

• Kentucky Soil Survey Investigations 2010-2011

  Karathanasis, A.

  4/27/10 → 9/30/12

  Project: Research project

  • Soil Survey 100%
  • Soil 60%
  • Information 60%
  • Kentucky 40%
  • State 40%

• Dicamba-tolerant Soybean Weed Control System - Service Order #10

  Carter, S.

  Monsanto Co

  4/15/10 → 12/31/10

  Project: Research project

• Field Evaluation of Nicotine Demethylase Experimental Lines

  Bailey, W.

  Altria Corporate Services Inc

  4/14/10 → 4/13/11

  Project: Research project

• Evaluation of Pale Yellow and Standard Tobacco Varieties Response to Traditional and Agressive Fire Curing

  Bailey, W.

  Altria Corporate Services Inc

  4/14/10 → 4/13/11

  Project: Research project

• REU: Decomposition in Drylands: Soil Erosion and UV Interactions

  McCulley, R.

  National Science Foundation

  4/6/10 → 9/30/10

  Project: Research project

  • Litter 100%
  • Soil Erosion 100%
  • Research 75%
  • Project 75%
  • Materials 75%

• CDRP: Integrated Research, Education, and Extension to Enable Sustainable Biofuel Production - A Proposed Workshop to Organize Research Efforts in the Southeast U.S.

  McNear, D., Bertsch, P. & DeBolt, S.

  KY Council on Postsecondary Education

  4/5/10 → 3/31/11

  Project: Research project

  • Research 100%
  • Solutions 50%
  • Education 50%

• SOY MVP: Kentucky Soybean Management Verification Program, Year 3

  Lee, C., Herbek, J., Murdock, L. & Schwab, G.

  KY Soybean Promotion Board

  4/1/10 → 7/31/11

  Project: Research project

• Optimum Planting Date for Soybean

  Herbek, J.

  4/1/10 → 3/31/11

  Project: Research project

• State Water Research Institute Program Scope 18: Estimating Impacts of Land Use and Management on Soil Water and Solute Transport

  Coyne, M., Kreba, S. & Wendroth, O.

  US Geological Survey

  3/1/10 → 2/28/11

  Project: Research project

  • Soil Water 100%
  • Estimating 50%
  • Land Use 50%
  • Solute Transport 50%
  • Water 50%

• Grain Farming without Subsidies - Sabbatical to Argentina

  Lee, C.

  National Institute of Food and Agriculture

  1/15/10 → 1/14/11

  Project: Research project

  • United States of America 100%
  • Subsidy 83%
  • Argentina 83%
  • Farmers 66%
  • Farm 50%

• Branch-Chain Fatty Acid Production in Plants

  Hildebrand, D.

  Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research Inc

  1/1/10 → 3/31/13

  Project: Research project

  • Oils 100%
  • Branches 87%
  • Fatty Acids 87%
  • Seed Oils 50%
  • Organisms 50%

• Enhancement of Soybean Somatic Embryo Development to Improve Regeneration and Transformation Efficiency (Year 1 of 2)

  Perry, S.

  United Soybean Brd

  1/1/10 → 12/31/11

  Project: Research project

• Renewable Lubricant Production

  Hildebrand, D.

  Ashland Inc

  1/1/10 → 3/31/13

  Project: Research project

• Tobacco Breeding and Cultural Practices Agreement

  Miller, R.

  1/1/10 → 12/31/13

  Project: Research project

• Enhancement of Soybean Somatic Embryo Development to Improve Regeneration and Transformation Efficiency (Year 1 of 2)

  Perry, S.

  United Soybean Brd

  1/1/10 → 6/30/10

  Project: Research project

• Speciation and Spatial Distribution of Cr, Cu, and As in Bulk and Rhizosphere Soils Adjacent to CCA Treated Fences throughout the Landscape

  McNear, D.

  KY Council on Postsecondary Education

  12/14/09 → 3/31/10

  Project: Research project

  • Soil 100%
  • Landscape 50%
  • Rhizosphere 33%
  • Fences 33%
  • Landscapes 33%

• Renewable Lubricant Production

  Hildebrand, D.

  Ashland Inc

  11/1/09 → 12/31/10

  Project: Research project

• ARRA: Advancing Drug Development in Medicinal Plants using Transcriptomics and Metabolomics

  Chappell, J.

  9/30/09 → 8/31/12

  Project: Research project

  • Medicinal Plant 100%
  • Species 87%
  • Plant 62%
  • Development 50%
  • Transcriptome 50%

• ARRA: Advancing Drug Development in Medicinal Plants using Transcriptomics and Metabolomics

  Chappell, J.

  9/30/09 → 8/31/10

  Project: Research project

  • Medicinal Plant 100%
  • Species 87%
  • Plant 62%
  • Development 50%
  • Transcriptome 50%

• Defense versus Symbiosis: Host Genetic Control of Nodulation Specificity in Soybean

  Zhu, H.

  US Department of Agriculture

  9/1/09 → 8/31/13

  Project: Research project

  • Genes 100%
  • Nested Gene 100%
  • Soybean 83%
  • Legume 66%
  • Root Nodule 66%

• Subproject 4: Optical Sensors to Improve Nitrogen Management in Corn Production

  Schwab, G., Grove, J. & Murdock, L.

  Cooperative State Research Education and Extension

  9/1/09 → 8/31/12

  Project: Research project

  • Human Subject 100%
  • Nitrogen 100%
  • Callosity 100%

• Evaluation of Early Flowering Chia (Salvia hispanica) Lines as a New Small Grain Crop for Kentucky

  Hildebrand, D.

  KY Small Grain Growers Association

  9/1/09 → 12/31/10

  Project: Research project

• Performance of Small Grain Varieties in Kentucky

  Bruening, W.

  KY Small Grain Growers Association

  9/1/09 → 12/31/10

  Project: Research project