ARKANSAS SOYBEAN PROMOTION BOARD 2000-2001
RESEARCH PROJECT ALLOCATIONS
The Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board met on March 8, 2001 and
reviewed proposals for research funding for the 2001 fiscal year.
The Board was forced to again reduce its annual research budget due
to the low production numbers and price for the calendar year 2000
crop. The Board sought to maintain as thorough a research program as
possible given the budget considerations, and approved a total of
$839,775 in project funding for the University of Arkansas Division
of Agriculture for the year. The specific projects funded and
amounts approved for each follow:
IMPROVING SOYBEAN PROFITABILITY
| Integration of Resistant Soybeans with a Biological Control Agent for Suppression of the Soybean Cyst Nematode |
$40,759 |
| Evaluation and Incorporation of Varieties (Transgenic-Roundup
Ready and Conventional) in Differing Arkansas Soybean Production
Environments and Cropping Systems |
$53,000 |
| Helping Arkansas Rice Farmers Exploit Market Opportunities by
Improved Use of Soybean, Wheat, And Corn in Rice Rotations |
$36,726 |
| Effects of Tillage, Row Spacing, and Genotype on Severity of
Charcoal Rot in Soybean |
$26,160 |
| Developing Cost Effective Weed Management Systems |
$90,000 |
| Weed Interference and Weed Management |
$46,432 |
| Soybean Variety Testing |
$12,000 |
| Breeding Improved Varieties and Germplasm |
$53,000 |
| Field Screening of New Cultivars for Performance Under High
Disease Pressure from Major Diseases and Nematodes |
$60,000 |
| Screening for Resistance to Phomopsis Seed Infection In Soybean
Cultivars and Germplasm to Improve Seed Quality |
$20,000 |
| Effect of Disease Resistant Cultivars and Fungicide Seed
Treatment on Soybean Establishment and Yield |
$50,000 |
| Identifying Causal Pathogens and Insect Vectors of Green
Bean Syndrome in Arkansas |
$24,500 |
| Improving Yield and Yield Stability for Irrigated Soybean |
$35,000 |
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| BASE PROGRAMS |
| Soybean Drought Tolerance Research |
$58,000 |
| Soybean Adaptation to Restrictive Soil Environments |
$25,700 |
| Soybean Research Verification Program |
$93,798 |
| Improving Technology Transfer for Profitable and
Sustainable Soybean Production |
$66,000 |
| Improving the Adaptation and Diversity of Arkansas Soybean |
$48,700 |
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| TOTAL |
$839,775 |
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Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board
ATTN: Warren Carter
P.O. Box 31
Little Rock, AR 72203-0031
Phone: 501-228-1265
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