1997 Research Funding: January 1998 Soybeans Today

Soybeans Today January 1998

1997 Research Funding

PRIORITY I: IMPROVING SOYBEAN PROFITABILITY	Funding Level
Basic Adaptability, Management, Early Maturing Soybean Production Practices, Variety Selection and Seed Quality Ashlock, Longer and Shumway	$46,150
Developing Cost Effective Weed Management Systems Baldwin and Oliver	$100,000
Soybean Research Verification Program Ashlock, Klerk, Windham, Brown and Smith	$101,798
Soybean Production Under Low-Input Nonirrigated Conditions Keisling, Oliver, Baldwin, Dillion, Ashlock and Purcell	$114,758
Weed Interference and Weed Management Oliver	$63,441
Development of Rotational Systems to Control Soybean Cyst Nematode Riggs, Robbins, Rupe and Parsch	$80,000
Adaptability of the Soybean Plant to Arkansas' Environments; Stress Tolerance and Avoidance Ashlock, Purcell, Rupe and Sabbe	$36,443
Variety Testing for Disease Resistance Riggs, Robbins and Rupe	$59,758
Field Screening of New Soybean Cultivars for Performance against Stem Canker, Sudden Death Syndrome, Phytophthora and other Economic Diseases Kirkpatrick and Tompkins	$29,595
Improving Technology Transfer for Profitable and Sustainable Soybean Production Ashlock, Tacker and Lorenz	$92,875
Evaluate the Agronomic and Economic Parameters of Incorporating Very Early Maturing Soybean Varieties into a Doublecrop Wheat Grain and Livestock Grazing System Ashlock, Daniels, Harrison, Tacker and Windham	$8,608
Soybean and Rice Rotation Studies to Evaluate Responseto Lime, Phosphorus and Zinc Applications Daniels, Robinson, Slaton, Windham, Wilson, Ashlock and Ntamantungiro	$27,605
Improvement of Rice and Soybean Production on Soils Adversely Affected by Poor Irrigation Water Wilson, Slaton, Keisling, Miller, Beyrouty, Baker, Muir,Scott and Norman	$65,920
Effects of Stressed Soybean Seedlings on Soybean Growthand Yield Mayhew and Longer	$6,300
Production of High Quality Seed of Maturity Group IV SoybeansUsing Planting Date, Foliar Fungicides, and Phomopsis Seed Decay Resistance Rupe, Kirkpatrick, Longer and Sneller	$23,281
Soybean Production Management Alternatives UnderFull Flexibility Coats	$30,000
Effect of Subsoiling and Related Practices on Heavy Clay Soils Huitink, Tacker, Windham, Ashlock, and Keisling	$21,325
Arkansas Soybean Marketing Alternatives, Strategies, and Information Neff and Smith	$28,000
Soybean Variety Testing Dombek and Ashlock	$16,571
Integration of Resistent Soybeans with a Biological ControlAgent for Suppression of the Soybean Cyst Nematode Riggs and Fenn	$51,745
Surface Irrigation Alternatives for Irrigated Soybean Management Vories, Tacker, Purcell, Ashlock, Dillon and Oliver	$33,342
Effect of Cropping Systems on Soybean Seed Quality and Seed Infecting Fungi Fenn, Rupe and Longer	$16,555
Economics of Soybean Production Windham, Dillon and Oriade	$75,250
Economic Benefits of Corn in Arkansas Soybean Rotations Stark, Ashlock and Johnson	$8,690
SUBTOTAL	$1,138,010
PRIORITY AREA II: BASE PROGRAMS
Breeding Improved Cultivars and Germplasm Sneller, Riggs and Rupe	$91,415
Molecular Markers in Soybean Germplasm and Variety Development Sneller	$62,400
Weed Biology/Ecology Oliver	$24,713
The Relationship of the Environment to Sudden Death Syndrome and Stem Canker Rupe, Robbins and Purcell	$47,670
New Carbon Adsorbents from Soy Hulls for the Chemical, Foodand Water Purification Industries Proctor	$38,099
Creating New Consumer Products from Soy Lecithin for theFood, Cosmetic and Pharmaceutical Industries Proctor	$41,000
Soybean Drought Tolerance Research Purcell, Sneller and Vories	$63,622
Soybean Adaptation to Restrictive Soil Environments Widick, Muir and Sneller	$41,520
SUBTOTAL	$410,439
PRIORITY III: NEW AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS
Value-Added Novel Products from Modified Soy Proteins -Biodegradable Films Hettiarachchy, Kalapathy and Wailes	$39,057
Novel Soy Protein Peptides as Vehicles to Deliver Iron in Food Fortification Hettiarachchy, Kalapathy and Kegley	$36,781
SUBTOTAL	$75,838
GRAND TOTAL	$1,624,287

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