14 Projects Funded in Hawaii

Total Approved Budget: $3,574,837  |  Sum of Board Approved: $3,574,837
8083 – 2024 Panel: NIFAI  |  Duration: 2 yrs  |  Budget: $446,837
Dual-action conjugates of phytochemicals for sustainable control of pectobacteria infections in potato and vegetables
I. Yedidia ARO, Min. Ag.; M. Arif U Hawaii; Z. Kerem U Hebrew ; H. Senderowitz U Bar Ilan ; G. Sharabani COPIA Agro and Food Technologies L.P;
4296 – 2010 Panel: Animal Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $315,000
Gastrointestinal osmoregulatory activity in Tilapia and its effects on growth, an opportunity for fish diet developments
A. Cnaani ARO, Min. Ag.; G. Grau U Hawaii; D. Lerner U Hawaii; S. Harpaz ARO, Min. Ag.;
3934 – 2006 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $270,000
Bacteria - Medfly Interactions: a Spatial, Temporal and Functional Study
E. Jurkevitch U Hebrew ; C. Lauzon U CA State, East Bay; B. Yuval U Hebrew ; S. McCombs USDA, ARS;
3636 – 2004 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 1 yrs  |  Budget: $100,000
The role of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in survival and reproductive success of Ceratitis capitata, the Mediterranean fruit fly
E. Jurkevitch U Hebrew ; C. Lauzon U CA State, East Bay; B. Yuval U Hebrew ; S. MacCombs USDA, ARS;
3565 – 2004 Panel: Aquaculture  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $280,000
Improving fry quality, survival and growth in commercially farmed fish by dietary stimulation of thyroid hormone production in premetamorphosing larvae
W. Koven Isr. Ocean. Res.; G. Grau U Hawaii; B. Ron Isr. Ocean. Res.; T. Hirano U Hawaii;
3319 – 2002 Panel: Aquaculture  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Inland mariculture of reef corals amenable for the ornamental trade
B. Rinkevich Isr. Ocean. Res.; C. Hunter U Hawaii;
3256 – 2001 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $285,000
Manipulation of the post-teneral environment to increase sexual competitiveness and survival of male Mediterranean fruit flies
T. Shelly U Hawaii; B. Yuval U Hebrew ; D. McInnis USDA, ARS;
3135 – 2000 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $276,000
Plant Adaptation to Light Stress: Genetic Regulatory Mechanisms
D. Christopher U Hawaii; A. Danon Weizmann Inst.;
2684 – 1997 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $300,000
Lek Behavior of Mediterranean Fruit Flies: An Experimental Analysis
B. Yuval U Hebrew ; T. Shelly U Hawaii;
948 – 1986 Panel: Aquaculture  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $200,000
The Social Control of Growth in the Freshwater Prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii
I. Karplus ARO, Min. Ag.; . Malecha U Hawaii; . Moore U Hawaii;
816 – 1985 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $200,000
Genetic Sexing of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Ceratitis capitata
S. Saul U Hawaii; Y. Rossler Biological Ctrl; T. Lyttle U Hawaii;
747 – 1985 Panel: Aquaculture  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $220,000
Genetic Improvement of the Freshwater Prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii
G. Hulata ARO, Min. Ag.; . Malecha U Hawaii; . Ra'anan U Hebrew ; G. Wohlfarth ARO, Min. Ag.;
421 – 1982 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $200,000
Post-Morten Quality Changes of the Freshwater Prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergh during Refrigerated/Icechilled Storage
W. Nip U Hawaii; S. Angel ARO, Min. Ag.; . Moy U Hawaii; B. Juven ARO, Min. Ag.; P. Lindner ARO, Min. Ag.;
98 – 1979 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $172,000
Genetic Studies of Med-Fly Preparatory to Biological Control Using Pseudo-Y Chromosome Meiotic Driv
S. Saul U Hawaii; Y. Rossler Biological Ctrl; T. Lyttle U Hawaii;