22 Projects Funded in Connecticut

Total Approved Budget: $6,179,609  |  Sum of Board Approved: $6,179,609
5816 – 2026 Panel: Animal Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $570,000
Integration of novel sperm functional tests and strategies to enhance cattle reproductive efficiency and productivity
M. Gervasi U Connecticut; N. Brukman ARO, Min. Ag.;
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;
5655 – 2024 Panel: Aquaculture  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $600,000
Domestication of Nile tilapia by manipulation of minor spliceosome activity 
J. Biran ARO, Min. Ag.; R. Kanadia U Connecticut;
8073 – 2022 Panel: NIFAI  |  Duration: 2 yrs  |  Budget: $274,319
Development of postbiotic drinking water feed supplement
M. Shemesh ARO, Min. Ag.; A. Upadhay U Connecticut; N. Zur Ambar Feed Mill;
4977 – 2016 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $300,000
Nanocomposite hydrogel membranes for fouling mitigation in wastewater reclamation for agricultural production           
R. Bernstein U Ben Gurion ; M. Elimelech Yale; K. Chen U Johns Hopkins;
4599 – 2013 Panel: Animal Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $330,000
The use of aquaculture effluents in spray culture for the production of high protein macroalgae for shrimp aqua-feeds  
B. Mitchell UC, San Diego; A. Neori Isr. Ocean. Res.; C. Yarish U Connecticut; A. Davis U Auburn; T. Samocha TX AgriLife Res; L. Guttman Isr. Ocean. Res.;
4033 – 2007 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 1 yrs  |  Budget: $110,000
MicroRNA Targeted Transcription Factors for Fruit Quality Improvement
T. Arazi ARO, Min. Ag.; V. Irish Yale; A. Aharoni Weizmann Inst.;
3377 – 2002 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $335,000
Physical processes affecting microbial habitats and activity in unsaturated agricultural soils
D. Or U Connecticut; S. Friedman ARO, Min. Ag.; J. Norton U Utah St.;
3123 – 2000 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $329,110
Developmental Regulation and Light Signal Transduction in Plants: The Fus5 Subunit of the Cop9 Signalosome
D. Chamovitz U Tel Aviv ; X. Deng Yale;
2775 – 1997 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $296,000
Morphogenesis and Light Signal Transduction in Plants: The p71 Subunit of the COP9-Complex and its Possible Role in Regulating Nuclear Transport
D. Chamovitz U Tel Aviv ; X. Deng Yale;
2469 – 1995 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $300,000
Regulation by Light of Plant Potassium Uptake through K Channels: Biochemical, Physiological and Biophysical Study
N. Moran U Hebrew ; R. Crain U Connecticut; W. Reiter U Connecticut;
2305 – 1994 Panel: Aquaculture  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $350,000
Expression and Inheritance of Growth Hormone Gene Constructs and Selective Breeding of Transgenic Farmed Fish
R. Dunham U Auburn; B. Moav U Tel Aviv ; T. Chen U Connecticut; B. Cavari Isr. Ocean. Res.;
1839 – 1991 Panel: Animal Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $260,000
Regulation of Bovine Corpus Luteum Function
R. Meidan U Hebrew ; R. Milvae U Connecticut;
1796 – 1991 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $260,000
Calcium-Mediated Signal Transduction during Leaf Senescence
S. Philosoph-Hadas ARO, Min. Ag.; R. Crain U Connecticut; S. Meir ARO, Min. Ag.; . Hepler U Mass; N. Aharoni ARO, Min. Ag.; S. Lurie ARO, Min. Ag.;
1670 – 1990 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $220,000
Regulation of Ion Transport in Motor Cells of Samanea Saman by Phototransduction - Patch-Clamp, Biochemical and Physiological Approaches
N. Moran Weizmann Inst.; R. Crain U Connecticut; M. Segal Weizmann Inst.;
963 – 1986 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $180,000
Characterization of Iron Pumps and Channels in Plant Cell Membranes Using 'Patch Clamp" Techniques
R. Satter U Connecticut; N. Moran Weizmann Inst.; C. Mischke USDA, ARS; M. Segal Weizmann Inst.;
876 – 1985 Panel: Ag. Econ. & Rural Devel.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $100,000
Agricultural Science, Invention and Productivity: An Analysis of the US and Israeli Agricultural Research Systems
R. Evenson Yale; A. Pakes U Hebrew ; Z. Eckstein U Tel Aviv ;
642 – 1984 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $180,000
The Role of Polyamines in Growth Processes and Stress Responses in Plants: Molecular Investigations and Practical Implications
A. Altman U Hebrew ; . Galston Yale;
547 – 1983 Panel: Animal Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $180,000
Vaccination of Chickens against Viral Arthritis/Tenosynovitis and Reovirus-Induced Malabsorption
. Van der Heide U Connecticut; Y. Weisman Isr. Vet. Inst.; . Perlman Poultry Breeder; . Dison Min. Agr.;
347 – 1982 Panel: Animal Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $148,930
Detection of Rift Valley Fever ELISA Antibody and Antigen in Livestock
. Shope Yale; B. Peleg Isr. Vet. Inst.; . Walker USDA, ARS;
259 – 1981 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $150,000
"Chloroplast Development in Isolated Etiolated Leaf Cells, Etioprotoplasts and Fusion Products"
S. Klein U Hebrew ; . Galston Yale;
44 – 1979 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $136,250
The Role of Polyamines in Growth and Senescence of Plants under Stress Conditions with Special Reference to Horticulturally Important Organs and Tissues 
A. Altman U Hebrew ; . Galston Yale; U. Bachrach U Hebrew ;