11 Projects Funded in Louisiana

Total Approved Budget: $2,683,586  |  Sum of Board Approved: $2,683,586
5652 – 2024 Panel: Aquaculture  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $600,000
Collaborative aquabotic systems for precision aquaculture operations    
Y. Edan U Ben Gurion ; S. Hall U NC State; D. Zarrouk U Ben Gurion ; A. Sagi U Ben Gurion ; E. Aflalo U Ben Gurion ; R. Price LSU, Ag Center; D. Smith LSU, Ag Center; L. Xiang U Cornell;
8076 – 2022 Panel: NIFAI  |  Duration: 2 yrs  |  Budget: $283,586
Protecting bumble bees from viral infections in the pollen
H. Shpigler ARO, Min. Ag.; D. Swale LSU, Ag Center; E. Zohar BioBee Sde Eliyahu; K. Weil Pollination Services Yad-Mordechai;
5512 – 2022 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Resilient sweetpotato yield and quality in face of climate change - root architectural traits for consistent storage root formation under drought
S. Rachmilevitch U Ben Gurion ; A. Villordon LSU, Ag Center; N. Baisakh LSU, Ag Center; D. LaBonte LSU, Ag Center; T. Ilani Southern R&D;
9513 – 2014 Panel: MARD  |  Duration: 1 yrs  |  Budget: $50,000
Impairing larval exsheathment in parasitic nematodes by using Mid-Eastern plants as resource of anthelmintics compounds
H. Azaizeh Galilee Society; H. Al-Ahmad Al Najah U; A. Markovics Isr. Vet. Inst.; R. Jamous BERC; J. Miller LSU, Ag Center; S. Awabdeh NCARE; M. Abu-Eid NARC;
4725 – 2014 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 1 yrs  |  Budget: $95,000
Interactions between Bell pepper endornavirus and acute viruses in bell pepper and effect to the host  
R. Valverde LSU, Ag Center; A. Dombrovsky ARO, Min. Ag.; N. Sela ARO, Min. Ag.;
4015 – 2007 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $295,000
Molecular and Anatomical Characterization of Sweetpotato Storage Root Formation
D. LaBonte LSU, Ag Center; E. Pressman ARO, Min. Ag.; N. Firon ARO, Min. Ag.; A. Villordon LSU, Ag Center;
3837 – 2006 Panel: Animal Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Translational Mechanisms Governing Milk Protein Levels and Composition
I. Barash ARO, Min. Ag.; R. Rhoads LSU Health Sciences Center;
3105 – 2000 Panel: Animal Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $300,000
Translational Mechanisms that Govern Milk Protein Levels and Composition
I. Barash ARO, Min. Ag.; R. Rhoads LSU Health Sciences Center;
1435 – 1989 Panel: Aquaculture  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $220,000
Hormonal Control of Reproduction in Penaeid Shrimp
M. Tom Isr. Ocean. Res.; M. Fingerman U Tulane; E. Lubzens Isr. Ocean. Res.;
1408 – 1988 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $200,000
Fusarium oxysporum: Genetic Relations of Pathogenic and Non-Pathogenic Populations
R. Schneider LSU, Ag Center; J. Katan U Hebrew ; . Pope LSU, Ag Center; T. Katan ARO, Min. Ag.;
202 – 1980 Panel: Aquaculture  |  Duration: 1 yrs  |  Budget: $20,000
Development of Systems for Integrating Aquaculture with Water Storage and Irrigation
G. Schroeder ARO, Min. Ag.; . Meyers LSU, Ag Center; H. Talpaz ARO, Min. Ag.; C. Srinivasan LSU, Ag Center; G. Wohlfarth ARO, Min. Ag.; . Curry U Texas A&M; N. Seligman ARO, Min. Ag.; . Sharpe U Texas A&M; A. Feigin ARO, Min. Ag.; N. Zamir ARO, Min. Ag.;