CAFNR faculty members have received the following recent grants (listed by Principal Investigator):
Ron Revord, DNA Fingerprint development for identification of elderberry cultivars, Missouri Department of Agriculture, 1/1/25-6/12/26, $49,957
Henry Nguyen, Climate-adaptive soybean: root architecture and plasticity tuning for nutrient capture and stress resilience, United Soybean Board, 10/1/24-9/30/25, $444,968
Tim Reinbott, Identifying Soil Health Deficiencies in Soybean Production To Develop a “One Health” Sustainable Soybean Production System, United Soybean Board, 10/1/24-9/30/25, $248,004
Katherine Nelson, Irrigation at the new 100th Meridian: Adaptation to manage climate risks and preserve water resources in the Eastern Kansas River Basin, Kansas State University (NIFA), 8/22/24-5/14/26, $13,068
Craig Paukert, Edward K. Love Conservation Foundation 2024, Edward K. Love Conservation Foundation, 9/28/24-9/27/25, $50,000
Michael Sunde, High-resolution Urban Heat and Flood Risk Mapping to Support Transportation Resiliency and Natural Resources Planning in the St. Louis Metropolitan Region, East-West Gateway Council of Government, 7/1/24-6/30/25, $20,000
Chase Floyd, Comparison of conventional pesticide application and inverted lay-by drop nozzles for control of damaging pests in Mid-south cotton, Cotton, Inc., 1/1/25-12/31/25, $8,500
Henry Nguyen, Improving Soybean Flood Tolerance for Sustainable Production, United Soybean Board, 10/1/24-9/30/25, $297,638
Feng Lin, Develop and Deliver the Best Management Practices and Soybean Cultivars to Minimize Yield and Quality Losses from Cercospora Leaf Blight, United Soybean Board, 10/1/24-9/30/25, $35,999
Jianfeng Zhou, Improving soybean production, seed quality and soil health using digital agriculture technologies, United Soybean Board, 4/1/25-3/31/26, $182,436
Bongkash Vardhanabhuti, Re-imagining Soy Protein through Plant Breeding Innovation and Optimized Alternative Processing, Good Food Institute, 12/11/24-12/10/26, $246,178
Felix Fritschi, Northern exposure: Adaption of alfalfa for challenging winter climates, North Dakota State University (NIFA), 9/1/24-8/31/27, $179,992
Amy Petry, High Soyhulls Inclusion in Gestational Sow Diets: A Comparative Analysis to Improve Sow Survivability, Iowa State University (United Soybean Board), 10/1/24-12/31/25, $30,460
Deborah Finke, Companion Planting to Optimize Beneficial Insect Ecosystem Services in Pepper Cropping Systems, University of Minnesota (NIFA), 9/1/24-8/31/26, $19,792
Henry Nguyen, Yield Limitations of Soybean Varieties Under Drought: Identifying and Overcoming Weaknesses by Team Drought via Breeding, Genomics, Phenomics and Physiology, Agricultural Research Service (USB), 10/1/24-9/30/25, $52,860.00
Jasmine Neupane, Sensor-based Irrigation Management System (SIMS) in Grapes and Blueberries, Missouri Department of Agriculture (USDA-Ag Marketing Service), 11/1/24-10/31/26, $49,996
Feng Lin, Yield Limitations of Soybean Varieties Under Drought: Identifying and Overcoming Weaknesses by Team Drought via Breeding, Genomics, Phenomics and Physiology, Agricultural Research Service (USB), 10/1/24-9/30/25, $52,622
Morgan Davis, FAB-PGCs: Feedstocks for Advanced Biofuels from Perennial Ground Cover Systems, Corteva Agriscience (DOE), 10/1/23-3/31/25, $219,794
Jay Johnson, Use of nutritional and environmental enrichment to reduce sow aggression and improve welfare during late gestation, Kansas State University (National Pork Board), 10/1/24-9/30/26, $132,593
Chase Floyd, Monitoring the Susceptibility of Field Populations of Helicoverpa zea Using Sentinel Plots, Agricultural Biotechnology Stewardship Technology Committee, 8/31/24-12/31/26, $32,400
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