12 Projects Funded in Kansas

Total Approved Budget: $2,811,000  |  Sum of Board Approved: $2,811,000
5616 – 2023 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Enhancing nitrogen use efficiency in wheat by coupling pre-season soil macro-variability and in-season crop micro-variability
I. Herrmann U Hebrew ; R. Lollato Kansas State U; R. Ben-David ARO, Min. Ag.; R. Khosla U WA State; D. Mandal Kansas State U; J. Siegfried Kansas State U;
5221 – 2019 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Integrated solution systems development for precision fertilizer management
I. Litaor MIGAL R&D; O. Shir MIGAL R&D; O. Liran MIGAL R&D; O. Reichman MIGAL R&D; R. Khosla Kansas State U; D. Whitley U Colorado St.;
5188 – 2019 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Genetic dissection of yield components in wheat using Pangenome and association study
A. Distelfeld U Haifa; B. Friebe Kansas State U; H. Sela U Haifa; J. Poland Kansas State U;
5116 – 2018 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Increasing the spectrum of genetic variation accessible for wheat breeding by using loss-of-function mutants of anti-recombination genes
A. Korol U Haifa; E. Akhunov Kansas State U;
4982 – 2016 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 1 yrs  |  Budget: $100,000
Development of heat-pulse sensors for measuring fluxes of water and solutes under the root zone           
T. Kamai ARO, Min. Ag.; G. Kluitenberg Kansas State U; A. Ben-Gal ARO, Min. Ag.;
4744 – 2014 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $300,000
Population genomics, linkage disequilibrium and association mapping of stripe rust resistance genes in wild emmer wheat, Triticum turgidum ssp. dicoccoides      
H. Sela U Tel Aviv ; E. Akhunov Kansas State U; B. Steffenson U Minnesota;
4137 – 2008 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $341,000
Population Genomics and Association Mapping of Disease Resistance Genes in Israeli Populations of Wild Relatives of Wheat, Triticum dicoccoides and Aegilops speltoides
A. Breiman U Tel Aviv ; J. Dvorak UC, Davis; A. Korol U Haifa; E. Akhunov Kansas State U;
2191 – 1993 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $275,000
Role of the Hsp70 Homologue from Chloroplasts in the Assembly of the Photosynthetic Apparatus
R. Nechushtai U Hebrew ; P. Chitnis Kansas State U;
927 – 1986 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $180,000
Structure and Function of Protease Inhibitors from Legume Seeds and Cereal Grains and their Interaction with Digestive Enzymes of Stored Product Insects
Y. Birk U Hebrew ; K. Kramer USDA, ARS; S. Applebaum U Hebrew ; . Reeck Kansas State U; . Pomeranz USDA, ARS;
658 – 1984 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $200,000
Application of Remote Sensing Technology to Wheat Breeding
. Kanemasu Kansas State U; M. Fuchs ARO, Min. Ag.; R. Sears Kansas State U; A. Blum ARO, Min. Ag.;
625 – 1984 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 2 yrs  |  Budget: $120,000
Isozyme Markers as a Tool in Avocado Research
C. Degani ARO, Min. Ag.; A. Torres U Kansas; S. Gazit U Hebrew ;
201 – 1982 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 1 yrs  |  Budget: $55,000
Isozyme Markers as a tool in Avocado Research
C. Degani ARO, Min. Ag.; A. Torres U Kansas; S. Gazit U Hebrew ;