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Plant Sciences Professor Named Director of Plant Transformation Core Facility
Bing Yang, professor of plant science and technology, has been named director of Mizzou’s Plant Transformation Core Facility. Yang will begin this new role July 1.
DASS Faculty Recognized at American Association for Agricultural Education Conference
Multiple Division of Applied Social Sciences (DASS) faculty were recognized with awards at the 2023 American Association for Agricultural Education conference held in Raleigh, NC in May. Projects receiving awards include:
- What is the Meaning of Youth Livestock Production?: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study. Rebecca Mott, Jon Simonsen, John Tummons, Roxanne Vandermause, Anna Ball, Adam Cletzer, and Jaelyn Peckman. Named as the second runner-up for Most Outstanding Article in the Journal of Agricultural Education for 2022 (Volume 63 with 4 Issues).
- A Call for Better Qual: A Philosophical and Methodological Examination to Advance Phenomenological Research. Rebecca Mott and Becky Haddad (University of Nebraska – Lincoln). Named as the Outstanding Presentation for the conference out of the top five presented at a special session.
CAFNR faculty members have received the following recent grants (listed by Principal Investigator):
Allison Pease, Movement ecology of native fish in the Cuyahoga River in relation to a large dam removal, U.S. Geological Survey, 5/1/23-4/30/24, $48,790
Benjamin Knapp, Pollinator habitat in log landings project: biochar and drought greenhouse experiment, Missouri Native Plant Society, 4/1/23-3/30/25, $1,000
Man Phouc Huynh, Unraveling nutritional requirements of an economically-important specialist herbivore toward new management tactics, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, 5/1/23-4/30/25, $299,597
Kelly Nelson, Evaluation of Urease and Nitrification Inhibitors with Surface-Applied Urea for Corn Production, Koch Agronomic Services, 4/1/23-12/31/23, $21,945
Gurpreet Kaur, Screening soybean varieties to flooding stress in Northern Missouri, Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council, 4/1/23-3/31/24, $20,000
Andrew Scaboo, SCN Screening for MO Breeding Programs, Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council, 7/1/23-6/30/24, $125,000
Tim Reinbott, Do Crop Rotation and Cover Crops Impact Soil Health, Productivity, and Profitability in Missouri Soybean Systems, Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council, 4/1/23-3/31/24, $28,000
Andrew Scaboo, Utilizing Molecular Markers for Soybean Variety Development, Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council, 7/1/23-6/30/24, $137,000
Craig Paukert, Development of a flexible mid-sized river habitat sampling protocol to complement fish protocols, Missouri Department of Conservation, 1/1/23-6/30/23, $78,672
Andrew Scaboo, Soybean Value Chain Research Innovation Lab (SVCR IL) (aka SIL 3.0), University of Illinois System, 11/1/22-10/31/23, $15,960
Allison Meyer, What affects colostrum quality and passive transfer of immunity in beef cattle?, Illinois Beef Association, 6/1/23-10/31/24, $11,430
Morgan Davis, Measurements and Tools for Assessment of Ecosystem Services, Agricultural Research Service, 6/1/23-5/31/24, $23,135
Andrew Scaboo, New Tools for Soybean Cyst Nematode Control, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 10/1/22-9/30/23, $60,000
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