45 Projects Funded in Arizona

Total Approved Budget: $12,016,000  |  Sum of Board Approved: $12,016,000
5810 – 2026 Panel: Animal Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $570,000
Novel protein antigens as a path to improve surveillance and diagnostic of bovine leptospirosis    
E. Wunder U Connecticut; S. Blum Isr. Vet. Inst.; N. Stone U No. Arizona; C. Hamond U Connecticut;
5748 – 2025 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $308,000
Exploiting complementary bacterial killing systems for crop protection
D. Baltrus U Arizona; D. Salomon U Tel Aviv ;
8338 – 2023 Panel: NIFA  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $260,000
Development of an optical sensor-based diagnostics tool for shrimp disease diagnosis 
M. Bashouti U Ben Gurion ; A. Dhar U Arizona;
5628 – 2023 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Risk assessment platform to reduce ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae infections associated with consumption of treated wastewater irrigated produce
E. Cytryn ARO, Min. Ag.; K. Hamilton U Arizona St.;
5510 – 2022 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Developing predictive indicators of reproductive heat stress tolerance in tomato plants
G. Miller U Bar Ilan ; R. Palanivelu U Arizona; M. Lieberman-Lazarovich ARO, Min. Ag.; G. Muday U Wake Forest; M. Johnson U Brown; J. Harper U Nevada;
5315 – 2020 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $307,000
Integrating water treatment with nutrient utilization in intensive aquaculture by a new microaerophilic membrane assimilation reactor system 
E. Bar-Zeev U Ben Gurion ; B. Rittmann U Arizona St.; M. Herzberg U Ben Gurion ; D. Zilberg U Ben Gurion ; F. Perreault U Arizona St.;
5222 – 2019 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Application of metagenomic approaches to examine the virome in recycled waters for safe and sustainable reuse in irrigation
W. Betancourt U Arizona; I. BarOr Sheba - Tel Hashomer; N. Zuckerman Sheba - Tel Hashomer; K. Bright U Arizona;
5124 – 2018 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Risk of soil erosion by water estimated with remotely-sensed rainfall data, process-based models and weather generators
E. Morin U Hebrew ; D. Goodrich USDA, ARS; S. Assouline ARO, Min. Ag.; M. Nearing USDA, ARS; E. Argaman ARO, Min. Ag.; D. Guertin U Arizona; M. Hernandez USDA, ARS;
5085 – 2018 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Targets for CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene drive in Bemisia tabaci: A strategy for controlling a global pest
S. Morin U Hebrew ; L. Walling UC, Riverside; P. Atkinson UC, Riverside; J. Li UC, Riverside; B. Tabashnik U Arizona;
4885 – 2016 Panel: Ag. Innovation & Engi  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $315,000
Improving sustainability of greenhouse production using semi-transparent flexible photovoltaic films          
M. Kacira U Arizona; M. Teitel ARO, Min. Ag.; I. Yehia Triangle R&D; F. Geoola ARO, Min. Ag.; A. Levi ARO, Min. Ag.; N. Gnayem Triangle R&D; C. Kubota U Arizona;
4764 – 2014 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $305,000
Optimization of advanced greenhouse substrates based on physicochemical characterization, numerical simulations, and tomato growth experiments 
M. Tuller U Arizona; A. Bar-Tal ARO, Min. Ag.; H. Heller ARO, Min. Ag.; M. Amichai Ramat Negev Desert R&D;
4639 – 2013 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $300,000
Characterization and manipulation of primary components potentially involved in ABA-mediated repression of grape bud dormancy release and in its removal
E. Or ARO, Min. Ag.; D. Galbraith U Arizona; R. Ophir ARO, Min. Ag.; A. Aharoni Weizmann Inst.;
4480 – 2012 Panel: Ag. Innovation & Engi  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $295,000
Evaluating and predicting water consumption by irrigated agriculture in the semi-arid regions of Israel and the U.S.: inverse biophysical modeling utilizing spaceborne imagery
A. Karneli U Ben Gurion ; A. French USDA, ARS; L. Bounoua NASA, Goddard; A. Ben-Gal ARO, Min. Ag.; M. Imhoff NASA, Goddard;
4304 – 2010 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $290,000
Rickettsia in the whitefly Bemisia tabaci: Phenotypic variants and fitness effects
M. Hunter U Arizona; E. Zchori-Fein ARO, Min. Ag.;
4122 – 2008 Panel: Ag. Innovation & Engi  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $305,000
Enhanced Climate Control of Semi-arid and Arid Greenhouses Equipped with Fogging Systems   
R. Linker Technion; M. Kacira U Arizona; A. Arbel ARO, Min. Ag.; G. Giacomelli U Arizona; C. Kubota U Arizona;
4090 – 2008 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $294,000
Development of Predictive Tools for Contaminant Transport through Variably-Saturated Heterogeneous Composite Porous Formations
D. Russo ARO, Min. Ag.; D. Tartakovsky UC, San Diego; S. Neuman U Arizona;
4080 – 2008 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 1 yrs  |  Budget: $100,000
Physiological and Biochemical Characterization of the Effects of Oxidant Air Pollutants, Ozone and Gas-phase Nitric Acid, on Plants and Lichens for their Use as Early Warning Biomonitors of these Air Pollutants
A. Hochman U Tel Aviv ; T. Nash III U Arizona St.; P. Padgett USDA-FS;
4062 – 2007 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $275,000
Dissection of Whitefly-geminivirus Interactions at the Transcriptomic, Proteomic and Cellular Levels
M. Ghanim ARO, Min. Ag.; J. Cicero U Arizona; J. Brown U Arizona; H. Czosnek U Hebrew ;
3822 – 2006 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $315,000
Sorption and Mobility of Pharmaceutical Compounds in Soils Irrigated with Treated Wastewater
B. Chefetz U Hebrew ; J. Chorover U Arizona;
3662 – 2005 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $365,000
Multi-Dimensional Infiltration and Distribution of Water of Different Qualities and Solutes Related Through Artificial Neural Networks
A. Warrick U Arizona; G. Oron U Ben Gurion ; M. Poulton U Arizona; R. Wallach U Hebrew ; A. Furman Technion;
3633 – 2004 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 1 yrs  |  Budget: $100,000
Biocomplexity and Selective modulation of whitefly symbiont composition
E. Zchori-Fein ARO, Min. Ag.; J. Brown U Arizona; N. Katzir ARO, Min. Ag.;
3479 – 2003 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $330,000
Functional genomics characterization of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci begomovirus interaction: an EST and array-based transcript profiling approach.
H. Czosnek U Hebrew ; R. Shatters USDA, ARS; C. Mckenzie USDA, ARS; J. Brown U Arizona;
3340 – 2002 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $380,000
Exploring mechanisms involved in grape bud dormancy: Large-scale analysis of expression reprogramming following controlled dormancy induction and dormancy release
E. Or ARO, Min. Ag.; D. Galbraith U Arizona; A. Fennell South Dakota St.;
3024 – 1999 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $250,000
The Use of Bee-Borne Attractants for Pollination of Nonrewarding Flowers: Model System of Male-Sterile Tomato Flowers
A. Hefetz U Tel Aviv ; J. Schmidt USDA, ARS; S. Buchmann USDA, ARS;
2971 – 1999 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $270,000
Genes Controlling Calcium-Enhanced Tolerance to Salinity in Plants
A. Danon Weizmann Inst.; J. Zhu U Arizona;
2726 – 1997 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $300,000
Endoreduplication in Maize Endosperm: An Approach for Increasing Crop Productivity
G. Grafi Weizmann Inst.; B. Larkins U Arizona;
2720 – 1997 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $337,000
Functional Analysis of Root-Knot Nematode Surface Coat Proteins to Develop Rational Targets for Plantibodies
M. McClure U Arizona; Y. Spiegel ARO, Min. Ag.; D. Bird U NC State; E. Sharon ARO, Min. Ag.;
2552 – 1996 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $330,000
Optimization of Secondary Wastewater Reuse to Minimize Environmental Risks
G. Oron U Ben Gurion ; R. Mandelbaum ARO, Min. Ag.; C. Enriquez U Arizona; R. Armon Technion; Y. Manor Sheba - Tel Hashomer; C. Gerba U Arizona;
2508 – 1995 Panel: Animal Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $300,000
Integrated Management of Tracheal Mite, Acarapis woodi, and of Varroa Mite, Varroa jacobsoni, Major Pests of Honey Bees
G. Needham U Ohio St.; U. Gerson U Hebrew ; G. DeGrandi-Hoffman USDA, ARS; R. Mozes-Koch U Hebrew ; A. Dag Min. Agr.; H. Efrat Min. Agr.; Y. Slabezki Min. Agr.; Y. Stern Min. Agr.; B. Yakobson Isr. Vet. Inst.; W. Bruce USDA, ARS;
2411 – 1995 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $290,000
In situ Evaluation of Unsaturated Hydraulic Properties Using Subsurface Point Sources
A. Warrick U Arizona; U. Shani Southern Arava R&D; D. Or U Utah St.; M. Yitayew U Arizona;
2201 – 1993 Panel: Animal Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $261,000
Influence of Ruminal Starch Degradability on Performance of High Producing Dairy Cows
J. Huber U Arizona; J. Miron ARO, Min. Ag.; B. Theurer U Arizona; I. Bruckental ARO, Min. Ag.; S. Swingle U Arizona;
2194 – 1993 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $250,000
Biocolloids Transport to Groundwater
A. Nasser Min. of Health; C. Gerba U Arizona; B. Fattal U Hebrew ; T. Yeh U Arizona; U. Mingelgrin ARO, Min. Ag.;
2116 – 1993 Panel: Animal Production  |  Duration: 1 yrs  |  Budget: $50,000
Activation of Skeletal Muscle Satellite Cells by a Novel Factor and its Role in Muscle Growth
O. Halevy U Hebrew ; R. Allen U Arizona;
2115 – 1993 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $275,000
Clinical (Major) and Subclinical (Minor) Root-Infecting Pathogens in Plant Growth Substrates, and Integrated Strategies for their Control
J. Katan U Hebrew ; M. Stanghellini U Arizona;
1894 – 1991 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $250,000
Characterization of the Phytophagous Nematode Surface Coat to Provide New Strategies for Biocontrol
Y. Spiegel ARO, Min. Ag.; M. McClure U Arizona; I. Kahane U Hebrew ; . Zuckerman U Mass;
1816 – 1991 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $200,000
Improving Greenhouse Microclimate Control with the Help of Plant Temperature Measurements
M. Fuchs ARO, Min. Ag.; I. Segal ARO, Min. Ag.; E. Dayan ARO, Min. Ag.; . Jordan U Arizona;
1648 – 1990 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $190,000
Subsurface Drip Irrigation under Spatially Variable Conditions
U. Shani Southern Arava R&D; A. Warrick U Arizona; D. Russo ARO, Min. Ag.; M. Yitayew U Arizona;
1486 – 1989 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $200,000
Evaluating and Predicting the Spatial and Temporal Variability of Storm Runoff Generation in Watersheds of Arid and Semiarid Regions
J. Morin Min. Agr.; D. Goodrich USDA, ARS; . Garti Min. Agr.; D. Woolhiser USDA, ARS; D. . U Hebrew ; L. Bach USDA, ARS; A. Yair U Hebrew ; A. Karneli U Hebrew ;
1454 – 1989 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $200,000
The Role of the Cp43 Protein in Photosystem II: A Study Involving Light and Temperature Stress, and Genetically Engineered Mutants
I. Ohad U Hebrew ; W. Vermaas U Arizona St.;
1397 – 1988 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $220,000
The Introduction and Utilization of Hemisarcoptes (Acari: Acariformes) in Citrus Groves for the Control of Armored Scale Insects (Coccoidea: Diaspididae)
U. Gerson U Hebrew ; R. Luck UC, Riverside; Y. Rossler Biological Ctrl; M. Houck U Arizona;
1238 – 1988 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $224,000
Determination of Concentration and Preferential Flow Effects on Pesticide Fate and Transport in Soil
R. Bowman NM Inst. Mining; Z. Gerstl ARO, Min. Ag.; H. Bouwer USDA, ARS; B. Yaron ARO, Min. Ag.; D. Jaynes USDA, ARS; . Rice USDA, ARS;
1192 – 1987 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $180,000
Optimizing Production of Self-Incompatible Crops Using Cross Pollination and Seed Set Models
G. Loper USDA, ARS; D. Eisikowitch U Tel Aviv ; G. DeGrandi-Hoffman USDA, ARS; S. Buchmann USDA, ARS;
670 – 1984 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $205,000
Basic Aspects of Pollination by Honey Bees in Hybrid Cucumber and Onion Seed Production
M. Levin USDA, ARS; Y. Lensky U Hebrew ; G. Loper USDA, ARS; H. Rabinowitch U Hebrew ; G. Waller USDA, ARS;
467 – 1983 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $180,000
Enhancement of Cotton Development and Productivity by Means of Controlled Root Growth
A. Carmi ARO, Min. Ag.; J. Mauney USDA, ARS; Z. Plaut ARO, Min. Ag.; G. Guinn USDA, ARS; J. Radin USDA, ARS;
230 – 1981 Panel: Ag. Econ. & Rural Devel.  |  Duration: 2 yrs  |  Budget: $90,000
The Impacts of Inflation on Agriculture
. Hillman U Arizona; . Goldschmidt Cent Ag Econ Re;