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 2027

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• 1117 Finished

Grants and Contracts per year

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  ARS/SCA:Improved Tall Fescue for Horse Pastures

  Barrett, M.

  Agricultural Research Service

  6/1/14 → 2/29/16

  Project: Research project

  • Festuca arundinacea 100%
  • Endophyte 100%
  • Mares 66%
  • Horses 66%
  • Horse 66%

• RET Supplement to NSF Award MCB-1243849

  Hunt, A.

  National Science Foundation

  5/20/14 → 8/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Messenger RNA 100%
  • Nested Gene 100%
  • Sample 50%
  • Motivation 50%
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction 50%

• Conservation tillage evaluation in dark tobacco

  Bailey, W.

  Altria Corporate Services Inc

  5/1/14 → 4/30/15

  Project: Research project

• Pale yellow double crop curing systems

  Bailey, W.

  Altria Corporate Services Inc

  5/1/14 → 4/30/15

  Project: Research project

• Evaluation of Residual Properties of MON119096

  Martin, J.

  4/30/14 → 8/7/14

  Project: Research project

• Monsanto SO 11

  Slack, C. & Carter, S.

  Monsanto Co

  4/30/14 → 4/30/15

  Project: Research project

• Monsanto SO 10

  Slack, C. & Carter, S.

  Monsanto Co

  4/30/14 → 4/30/15

  Project: Research project

• Bayer Soybean

  Carter, S. & Slack, C.

  Bayer CropScience GmbH

  4/22/14 → 12/31/14

  Project: Research project

• Accelerating the Development of FHB-Resistant Soft Red Winter Wheat Varieties

  Van Sanford, D.

  Agricultural Research Service

  4/6/14 → 4/5/19

  Project: Research project

  • Wheat 100%
  • Maize 25%
  • Food Supply 25%
  • Common Wheat 25%

• Development of pale Burley Tobacco

  Fisher, C., Fisher, A. & Li, D.

  Council for Burley Tobacco

  4/1/14 → 3/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Green 100%
  • Genes 83%
  • Pale Yellow 66%
  • Chlorophyll 66%
  • Nornicotine 66%

• An Integrated approach to understanding the dynamics of poultry litter use

  Ritchey, E., Hershman, D. & Martin, J.

  Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board

  4/1/14 → 3/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Poultry Litter 100%
  • Soybean 33%
  • Soil 33%
  • Maize 33%
  • Research 22%

• Improving Soybean Yields with Crop Rotation

  Knott, C. & Grove, J.

  Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board

  4/1/14 → 3/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Soybean 100%
  • Crops 100%
  • Canola 50%
  • Wheat 50%
  • Barley 50%

• Cytokinin application to reduce TSNAs in burley tobacco

  Fisher, A., Fisher, C., Ji, H. & Smalle, J.

  Council for Burley Tobacco

  4/1/14 → 3/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Cytokinin 100%
  • Senescence 50%
  • Burley Tobacco 25%
  • Tobacco 12%
  • Spraying 12%

• "Quercetin" The Effects of Pre-Harvest Quercetin Application on the Accumulation of Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamines

  Fisher, A., Fisher, C., Ji, H. & Smalle, J.

  Council for Burley Tobacco

  4/1/14 → 3/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Quercetin 100%
  • Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamines 66%
  • Enalapril Maleate 16%
  • Antiinfective Agent 16%
  • Antioxidant 16%

• Genetic improvement of symbiotic nitrogen fixation in soybeans

  Zhu, H.

  Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board

  4/1/14 → 3/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Soybean 100%
  • Strains 80%
  • Cultivar 53%
  • Allele 40%
  • Genotype 26%

• Soybean Oil as a High Value Fuel Cell Energy Source & Lubricant

  Hildebrand, D.

  Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board

  4/1/14 → 3/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Soybean Oil 100%
  • Fuel Cell 63%
  • Oils 54%
  • Temperature 36%
  • Unsaturated Fatty Acid 36%

• Fragipan Remediation Soybean

  Murdock, L., Karathanasis, A. & Matocha, C.

  Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board

  4/1/14 → 3/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Fragipan 100%
  • Soil 100%
  • Remediation 66%
  • Water 66%
  • Soybean 33%

• Reducing Soybean Stress to Increase Yield

  Lee, C.

  Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board

  4/1/14 → 3/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Soybean 100%
  • Yield 77%
  • Maturity Groups 66%
  • Insecticide 44%
  • Elapidae 44%

• "HP 400" Evaluation of the Efficacy of HP400 in Reducing TSNAs

  Fisher, A., Fisher, C. & Ji, H.

  Council for Burley Tobacco

  4/1/14 → 3/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Tobacco 100%
  • Fields 66%
  • Growers 66%
  • Fermentation 33%
  • Antioxidant Activity 33%

• "Sample Prep" Sample Preparation for TSNA Analysis

  Fisher, A., Fisher, C. & Ji, H.

  Council for Burley Tobacco

  4/1/14 → 3/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Sample 100%
  • Sample Preparation 60%
  • Temperature 40%
  • Freeze-Drying 40%
  • High Temperature 20%

• Support for Student Internship with theKentucky Soybean Variety Performance Program (2014)

  Venard, C.

  4/1/14 → 3/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Varieties 100%
  • Soybean 71%
  • Area 42%
  • Pest Control 28%
  • Growing Season 28%

• Developing Control Strategiesfor Glyphosate - Resistant Weeds in Kentucky

  Martin, J. & Green, J.

  Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board

  4/1/14 → 3/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Soybean 100%
  • Glyphosate 100%
  • Amaranthus palmeri 66%
  • Varieties 66%
  • Genetic Trait 66%

• Raising Soybean Yield Potential in Dry Seasons: Increased Rooting Depth and Greater Soil Water Extraction with Deeper Depth to the Fragipan

  Grove, J. & Ritchey, E.

  Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board

  4/1/14 → 3/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Fragipan 100%
  • Soybean 75%
  • Soil 50%
  • Depth 50%
  • Gypsum 33%

• Development of User-friendly Markers for Disease Resistance to Potato Virus Y (PVY) and Black Root Rot (BRR) in Burley Tobacco

  Yang, S.

  4/1/14 → 3/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Tobacco 100%
  • Breeding 44%
  • Black Root Rot 33%
  • Potato Virus Y 33%
  • Disease Resistance 33%

• MGI herbicide-tolerant soybeans: Evaluation of mesotrione-based weed management programs.

  Slack, C. & Carter, S.

  Syngenta Crop Protection

  3/21/14 → 4/30/15

  Project: Research project

• RoundupXtend Systems Recommendations

  Slack, C. & Carter, S.

  Monsanto Co

  3/20/14 → 12/31/14

  Project: Research project

• Roundup Xtend Sustems Recommendations

  Martin, J.

  3/20/14 → 5/30/14

  Project: Research project

• Effect of planting date and RM on performance of DroughtGard hybrids under moderate stress or VRI systems

  Lee, C.

  Monsanto Co

  3/15/14 → 2/28/15

  Project: Research project

• Enhanced Efficiency Nitrogen Fertilizers on the Production and Nutritive Value of Bermudagrass Pastures

  Goff, B.

  3/7/14 → 3/1/16

  Project: Research project

• Challenges in Soybean Irrigation # Soil and Crop Irrigation Management (SCIM)

  Wendroth, O., Knott, C., Lee, C. & Murdock, L.

  Southern Soybean Research Program

  3/1/14 → 9/30/14

  Project: Research project

  • Soybean 100%
  • Crops 100%
  • Irrigation 100%
  • Soil 66%
  • Research 66%

• Irrigating the Soil to Maximize the Crop - An Approach for Soybean

  Wendroth, O. & Lee, C.

  Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board

  1/1/14 → 7/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Soil 100%
  • Soil Hydraulic Properties 66%
  • Crops 50%
  • Fields 50%
  • Variability 33%

• Campus Rain Garden Initiative: A Pilot Project for Student Stormwater Education

  McCulley, R. & Lee, B.

  Lexington Fayette Urban County Government

  12/10/13 → 12/9/15

  Project: Research project

  • Stormwater 100%
  • Rain 83%
  • Gardens 83%
  • Education 66%
  • Project 33%

• Campus Rain Garden Initiative: A Pilot Project for Student Stormwater Education

  McCulley, R. & Lee, B.

  Lexington Fayette Urban County Government

  12/10/13 → 12/10/13

  Project: Research project

  • Stormwater 100%
  • Rain 83%
  • Gardens 83%
  • Education 66%
  • Project 33%

• Host genetic control of strain-specific nitrogen fixation in the legume-rhizobial symbiosis

  Zhu, H.

  National Institute of Food and Agriculture

  12/1/13 → 11/30/18

  Project: Research project

  • Nitrogen Fixation 100%
  • Symbiosis 100%
  • Nitrogen Assimilation 100%
  • Commensalism 85%
  • Host 42%

• Irrigating the Soil to Maximize the Crop - An Approach for Corn to Efficient and Environmentally Sustainable Irrigation Water Management in Kentucky

  Wendroth, O. & Lee, C.

  Kentucky Corn Growers Association

  9/30/13 → 7/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Soil 100%
  • Soil Hydraulic Properties 66%
  • Irrigation 50%
  • Crops 50%
  • Fields 50%

• Renewal-Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology

  Unrine, J. & Tsyusko-Unrine, O.

  Duke University

  9/15/13 → 8/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Nanomaterial 100%
  • Microsatellite DNA 30%
  • Gene Repair 30%
  • DNA Mismatch Repair 23%
  • Caenorhabditis elegans 23%

• Commercialization of Early Flowering Chia

  Hildebrand, D.

  Kentucky Specialty Grains LLC

  9/14/13 → 3/1/16

  Project: Research project

• Development of Chia in Kentucky

  Phillips, T.

  Kentucky Specialty Grains LLC

  9/14/13 → 12/31/14

  Project: Research project

• BAT GWTobacco1

  Wagner, G., Mihaylova-Kroumova, A., Zaitlin, D. & Yuan, L.

  British American Tobacco

  9/12/13 → 12/31/21

  Project: Research project

• Soil Atlas of Kentucky

  Pfeiffer, T. & Karathanasis, A.

  9/6/13 → 8/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Soil 100%
  • Kentucky 69%
  • Soil Survey 50%
  • Document 50%
  • Information 40%

• Alternative polyadenylation and non-stop mRNAs in Arabidopsis

  Hunt, A.

  National Science Foundation

  9/1/13 → 8/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Polyadenylation 100%
  • Nested Gene 75%
  • Coding Region 62%
  • Arabidopsis 50%
  • Messenger RNA 37%

• Performance of Small Grain Varieties in Kentucky

  Bruening, W.

  Kentucky Small Grain Growers Association

  9/1/13 → 12/31/14

  Project: Research project

  • Varieties 100%
  • Grains 87%
  • Barley 50%
  • Growers 25%
  • Oat 25%

• Small Grain Fragipan Remediation

  Karathanasis, A.

  9/1/13 → 12/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Remediation 100%
  • Fragipan 100%
  • Soil 50%
  • Crop Production 50%
  • Grains 50%

• Small Grain Fragipan Remediation

  Murdock, L. & Karathanasis, A.

  9/1/13 → 12/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Remediation 100%
  • Fragipan 100%
  • Soil 50%
  • Crop Production 50%
  • Grains 50%

• Advancing IPM in Kentucky through Extension: 2013-2016

  Bessin, R., Dunwell, W., Gauthier, N., Knott, C., Lee, C., Lucas, P. & Seebold, K.

  National Institute of Food and Agriculture

  9/1/13 → 2/28/15

  Project: Research project

• The effect of temperature and relative humidity on TSNA accumulation during curing of burley tobacco

  Fisher, C.

  Council for Burley Tobacco (for profit)

  9/1/13 → 10/31/14

  Project: Research project

• Soft Red Winter Wheat Breeding and Variety Development for Kentucky

  Van Sanford, D.

  Kentucky Small Grain Growers Association

  9/1/13 → 12/31/14

  Project: Research project

  • Wheat 100%
  • Breeding 66%
  • Milling Quality 33%
  • Weight 33%
  • Varieties 33%

• Morphological, Physico-Chemical, and Mineralogical Characterization of Kentucky Soils

  Karathanasis, A.

  9/1/13 → 8/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Soil 100%
  • Information 80%
  • Soil Survey 80%
  • Characterization 60%
  • Kentucky 40%

• Prospects for using nanoparticles to replace Quadris for control of frogeye leaf spot and blue mold in tobacco cultivation.

  Wagner, G.

  9/1/13 → 10/31/14

  Project: Research project

• Advancing IPM in Kentucky through Extension: 2013-2016

  Lee, C. & Knott, C.

  National Institute of Food and Agriculture

  9/1/13 → 8/31/14

  Project: Research project

  • Integrated Pest Management 100%
  • Kentucky 66%
  • Pests 50%
  • Need 33%
  • Foci 33%