15 Projects Funded in Kentucky

Total Approved Budget: $3,809,610  |  Sum of Board Approved: $3,809,610
5792 – 2025 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Enhancing nutrition and safety of extruded pulse-based meat alternatives through protein pre-processing and food side stream Integration
A. Shpigelman Technion; Y. Xiong U Kentucky;
5241 – 2020 Panel: Animal Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Beta-glucans as growth promoters and antibiotic alternatives in poultry
B. Schwartz U Hebrew ; V. Vetvicka U Louisville; I. Rozenboim U Hebrew ;
4964 – 2016 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
DOM affected behavior of manufactured nanoparticles in soil-plant system                 
B. Chefetz U Hebrew ; B. Xing U Mass; L. Eshed-Williams U Hebrew ; T. Polubesova U Hebrew ; J. Unrine U Kentucky;
4851 – 2015 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Increasing the value of mushrooms as functional foods: induction of alpha and beta glucan content via novel cultivation methods         
B. Schwartz U Hebrew ; V. Vetvicka U Louisville; O. Danai MIGAL R&D; Y. Hadar U Hebrew ;
4318 – 2010 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $320,000
Biological control of cereal aphids in wheat: Implications of alternative foods and intraguild predation
J. Lundgren USDA, ARS; M. Coll U Hebrew ; M. Seagraves USDA, ARS; J. Harwood U Kentucky;
3945 – 2006 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $330,000
Host Ammonification by Postharvest Pathogens and its Contribution to Fungal Colonization and Symptom Development
D. Prusky ARO, Min. Ag.; L. Vaillancourt U Kentucky; R. Fluhr Weizmann Inst.;
3864 – 2006 Panel: Ag. Innovation & Engi  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $280,000
A Whole-Cell Biosensor Panel for Agricultural Endocrine Disruptors
S. Belkin U Hebrew ; S. Daunert U Kentucky; M. Wells U Tenn. Tech.;
3783 – 2005 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $290,000
Potentiation of Pest Control by Insect Immunosuppression
N. Chejanovsky ARO, Min. Ag.; B. Webb U Kentucky;
3357 – 2002 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 1 yrs  |  Budget: $100,000
Potentiation of pest control by insect immunosuppression
N. Chejanovsky ARO, Min. Ag.; B. Webb U Kentucky;
2996 – 1999 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $265,000
Vector Specificity in Potyvirus Transmission: Role of the Helper Component
T. Pirone U Kentucky; B. Raccah ARO, Min. Ag.; N. Chejanovsky ARO, Min. Ag.;
2431 – 1995 Panel: Animal Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $340,000
Influence of Small Intestinal Protein on Carbohydrate Assimilation and Metabolism in Beef and Dairy Cattle
D. Harmon U Kentucky; I. Bruckental ARO, Min. Ag.; G. Huntington U Kentucky; Y. Aharoni ARO, Min. Ag.; A. Arieli U Hebrew ;
2088 – 1992 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $230,000
The Role of Specific Viral Genes and Gene Products in Potyviral Pathogenicity, Host Range and Aphid Transmission
J. Shaw U Kentucky; A. Rosner ARO, Min. Ag.; T. Pirone U Kentucky; B. Raccah ARO, Min. Ag.; Y. Antignus ARO, Min. Ag.;
1229 – 1987 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $210,000
Molecular Basis of a Plant Virus-Insect Interaction
T. Pirone U Kentucky; A. Rosner ARO, Min. Ag.; D. Harpaz U Hebrew ; Y. Stram Isr. Vet. Inst.;
49 – 1979 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $17,200
The Role of Epiculticular Leaf Waxes in Resistance of Plants against Powder Mildews
Y. Cohen U Bar Ilan ; J. Kuc U Kentucky;
27 – 1979 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $187,410
Forecasting Epidemics of Non-Persistent Viruses in Annual Crops by ELISA and the Use of the Helper Factor for Resistance Breeding
B. Raccah ARO, Min. Ag.; T. Pirone U Kentucky; G. Loebenstein ARO, Min. Ag.;