33 Projects Funded in Iowa

Total Approved Budget: $8,353,432  |  Sum of Board Approved: $8,353,432
5760 – 2025 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Contribution of maternal- and seed-derived autophagy to maize seed development
T. Avin-Wittenberg U Hebrew ; D. Bassham U Iowa St.;
8081 – 2023 Panel: NIFAI  |  Duration: 2 yrs  |  Budget: $298,611
Biosensor for antibiotic resistant bacterial Detection
E. Cytryn ARO, Min. Ag.; M. Soupir U Iowa St.; S. Vernick ARO, Min. Ag.; Y. Biton Binata;
5067 – 2018 Panel: Animal Health  |  Duration: 2 yrs  |  Budget: $203,000
Treatment and prevention of mastitis in dairy cows using cell based therapy 
S. Schlesinger U Hebrew ; J. Lippolis USDA, ARS; N. Shpigel U Hebrew ;
4722 – 2014 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $290,000
Evolution of resistance to mating disruption in the pink bollworm moth evidence and possible mechanism
A. Harari ARO, Min. Ag.; R. Jurenka U Iowa St.; A. Rafaeli ARO, Min. Ag.; V. Soroker ARO, Min. Ag.;
4656 – 2013 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $300,000
Environmental fate of endocrine-disrupting chemicals: Association with biosolids-derived dissolved organic matter
M. Thompson U Iowa St.; B. Chefetz U Hebrew ; J. Prater U Wisconsin-Stevens Point; R. Horton U Iowa St.; K. Schmidt-Rohr U Iowa St.;
4550 – 2012 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Improving nitrogen availability indicators by emphasizing correlations between gross nitrogen mineralization and the quality and quantity of labile soil organic matter fractions
M. Castellano U Iowa St.; A. Shaviv Technion; R. Linker Technion; M. Liebman U Iowa St.;
4546 – 2012 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $296,000
Combining diversity within Sorghum bicolor for genomic and fine mapping of intra-allelic interactions underlying heterosis 
E. Fridman U Hebrew ; J. Yu U Iowa St.; R. Elbaum U Hebrew ;
4248 – 2009 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $300,200
The Role of Cysteine Partitioning into Glutathione and Methionine Synthesis During Normal and Stress Conditions
R. Amir MIGAL R&D; D. Oliver U Iowa St.; G. Galili Weizmann Inst.; J. Shanks U Iowa St.;
4165 – 2008 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $307,000
Post-transcriptional Regulation of Host Genes Involved with Symptom Expression in Potyviral Infections
S. Whitham U Iowa St.; A. Gal-On ARO, Min. Ag.; V. Gaba ARO, Min. Ag.;
4163 – 2008 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $285,000
Molecular Characterization of PBAN G-protein Coupled Receptors in Moth Pest Species: Design of Antagonists
A. Rafaeli ARO, Min. Ag.; R. Jurenka U Iowa St.;
3999 – 2007 Panel: Ag. Innovation & Engi  |  Duration: 1 yrs  |  Budget: $96,000
Simultaneous Treatment of Odorants and Pathogens Emitted from Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) by Advanced Oxidation Technologies
J. Koziel U Iowa St.; Y. Laor ARO, Min. Ag.; J. Zimmerman U Iowa St.; R. Armon Technion; S. Hoff U Iowa St.; U. Ravid ARO, Min. Ag.;
3873 – 2006 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $283,000
Building Consensus Genetic Maps for Maize and Wheat
P. Schnable U Iowa St.; Y. Ronin U Haifa; S. Aluru U Iowa St.; D. Mester U Haifa;
3634 – 2004 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Molecular characterisation of PBAN-receptors: a basis for the development and screening of antagonists against Pheromone biosynthesis in moth pest species
A. Rafaeli ARO, Min. Ag.; R. Jurenka U Iowa St.; C. Sander Sloan Kettering;
3623 – 2004 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $325,000
Functional analysis of virus and host components that mediate potyvirus-induced diseases
S. Whitham U Iowa St.; A. Gal-On ARO, Min. Ag.; T. Arazi ARO, Min. Ag.;
3454 – 2003 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $300,000
Harnessing the genetic diversity engendered by alternative gene splicing
R. Fluhr Weizmann Inst.; V. Brendel U Iowa St.;
3408 – 2003 Panel: Animal Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $340,000
Genes and immunological mechanisms that provide protection against important pathogens of poultry
S. Lamont U Iowa St.; J. Pitcovski MIGAL R&D; A. Cahaner U Hebrew ; D. Heller U Hebrew ;
3021 – 1999 Panel: Animal Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $265,000
Molecular Genetic Dissection of Complex Immunocompetence Traits in Broilers
A. Cahaner U Hebrew ; S. Lamont U Iowa St.; D. Heller U Hebrew ; J. Hillel U Hebrew ;
2978 – 1999 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $270,000
Isolation, Purification and Sequence Determination of Pheromonotropic-Receptors
A. Rafaeli ARO, Min. Ag.; R. Jurenka U Iowa St.; D. Segal U Tel Aviv ;
2944 – 1998 Panel: Animal Health  |  Duration: 1 yrs  |  Budget: $100,000
The Role of the Newly Identified Stunting Syndrome Virus in the Enteric Disease Complex of Turkeys
D. Reynolds U Iowa St.; Y. Weisman Isr. Vet. Inst.; H. Moon U Iowa St.; J. Sell U Iowa St.; M. Malkinson Isr. Vet. Inst.;
2614 – 1996 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $297,330
Bacteriocin Markers for Propionibacteria Gene Transfer Systems
S. Barefoot U Clemson; B. Glatz U Iowa St.; N. Gollop ARO, Min. Ag.; T. Hughes U Clemson;
2540 – 1996 Panel: Animal Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $337,800
Molecular Pathogenesis of Mycoplasma bovis and Mycoplasma agalactiae and its Application in Diagnosis and Control
D. Yogev U Hebrew ; R. Rosenbusch U Iowa St.; S. Levisohn Isr. Vet. Inst.; E. Rapoport Isr. Vet. Inst.;
2317 – 1994 Panel: Animal Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $300,000
Prediction of Immunocompetence and Resistance to Disease by Using Molecular Markers of the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC)
S. Lamont U Iowa St.; D. Heller U Hebrew ; A. Cahaner U Hebrew ;
2102 – 1993 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $240,000
Reducing Evaporation from Cultivated Soils by Mulching with Crop Residues and Stabilized Soil Aggregates
M. Fuchs ARO, Min. Ag.; J. Hatfield USDA, ARS; A. Hadas ARO, Min. Ag.; R. Keren ARO, Min. Ag.;
2080 – 1992 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $220,000
Characterization of Bacteriocins Produced by Food Bioprocessing Propionobacteria
S. Barefoot U Clemson; B. Juven ARO, Min. Ag.; T. Hughes U Clemson; A. Lalazar ARO, Min. Ag.; . Bodine U Clemson; Y. Ittah ARO, Min. Ag.; B. Glatz U Iowa St.;
1601 – 1990 Panel: Ag. Econ. & Rural Devel.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $200,000
Regulation of Nitrogen Pollution in Agriculture
S. Johnson U Iowa St.; E. Feinerman Cent Ag Econ Re; K. Choi U Iowa St.; E. Bresler ARO, Min. Ag.;
1519 – 1989 Panel: Animal Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $223,500
Mitochondrial Molecular Genetics and Milk Production
D. Beitz U Iowa St.; M. Ron ARO, Min. Ag.; A. Freeman U Iowa St.; M. Shani ARO, Min. Ag.; A. Myers U Iowa St.; . McDaniel U NC State;
1280 – 1988 Panel: Animal Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $220,000
Etiology and Pathogenesis of "Turkey Viral Enteritis" Associated with Four Enteric Viruses
D. Reynolds U Iowa St.; Y. Weisman Isr. Vet. Inst.; J. Haynes U Iowa St.; B. Yakobson Isr. Vet. Inst.;
978 – 1986 Panel: Animal Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $190,000
Etiology of Fatty Liver of Dairy Cows
. Young U Iowa St.; E. Bogin Isr. Vet. Inst.; D. Beitz U Iowa St.; . McGilliard U Iowa St.;
629 – 1984 Panel: Animal Production  |  Duration: 4 yrs  |  Budget: $300,000
Genetic Evaluation of Dairy Cattle by Multiple Trait Methodology and Comparison of 5 National Holstein-Friesian Breed Strains for Economic Performance
J. Weller ARO, Min. Ag.; A. Freeman U Iowa St.; A. Genizi ARO, Min. Ag.; P. Berger U Iowa St.; E. Aizinbud ARO, Min. Ag.; R. Bar-Anan ARO, Min. Ag.;
352 – 1982 Panel: Animal Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $180,000
Studies of Pathogenesis and Prevention of Milk Fever of Dairy Cows
T. Littledike USDA, ARS; A. Bar ARO, Min. Ag.; R. Horst USDA, ARS;
217 – 1980 Panel: Ag. Econ. & Rural Devel.  |  Duration: 1 yrs  |  Budget: $30,000
Estimation of an Agricultural Production Function from Data Obtained from Complex Sample Surveys
. Nathan Min. Agr.; . Fuller U Iowa St.; . Bental Farm Inc. Res;
35 – 1979 Panel: Animal Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $149,991
Genetic Factors Affecting the Rate of Development of Immunological Maturity with Respect to Disease Agents in Poultry
D. Heller U Hebrew ; . Nordskog U Iowa St.; B. Peleg Isr. Vet. Inst.; M. Soller U Hebrew ; . Hornstein U Hebrew ;
3 – 1979 Panel: Animal Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $276,000
Optimization of Dairy Cattle Breeding Strategy in Israel and in the United States
R. Bar-Anan ARO, Min. Ag.; A. Freeman U Iowa St.; P. Berger U Iowa St.;