30 Projects Funded in Massachusetts

Total Approved Budget: $7,534,384  |  Sum of Board Approved: $7,534,384
5680 – 2024 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $600,000
Identifying effective treatments of Xylella fastidiosa-infected grapevines using a platform that mimics the conditions in the plant    
B. Momeni Boston College; Y. Soen Weizmann Inst.; L. De La Fuente U Auburn;
5595 – 2023 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Copper Oxide Nanoparticle Embedded Super Absorbing Biopolymers to Enhance Nutrient Supply and Growth of Infected Lettuce and Tomato
I. Zucker U Tel Aviv ; B. Xing U Mass; S. Richter U Tel Aviv ;
5571 – 2023 Panel: Animal Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Design and implementation of microbiomes for high feed efficiency low methane emitting ruminants   
I. Mizrahi U Ben Gurion ; O. Cordero MIT;
5439 – 2021 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $307,000
Nutrient recovery in recirculating aquaculture systems: From waste to fertilizer
S. Sengupta U of Mass at Dartmouth; S. Tal Isr. Ocean. Res.; U. Yogev Isr. Ocean. Res.;
5146 – 2018 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Green nature inspired nano-sanitizers for enhancing safety of ready-to-eat fruits and vegetables
E. Poverenov ARO, Min. Ag.; P. Demokritou U Harvard; Y. Luo USDA, ARS; V. Rodov ARO, Min. Ag.;
5112 – 2018 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $306,000
Regulation of plant transpiration by carbohydrate availability 
N. Holbrook U Harvard; O. Sperling ARO, Min. Ag.; A. Ben-Gal ARO, Min. Ag.; U. Hochberg ARO, Min. Ag.;
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;
4932 – 2016 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $305,000
Fungal-specific histone deacetylase inhibitors, novel players in combating pathogenic fungi           
S. Covo U Hebrew ; L. Ma U Mass;
4884 – 2016 Panel: Ag. Innovation & Engi  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $300,000
Closing the nutrient cycle through sustainable agricultural waste management           
S. Sengupta U of Mass at Dartmouth; B. Lew ARO, Min. Ag.; L. Blaney UMBC;
4850 – 2015 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $330,000
Plant cell cultures for the production of health promoting metabolites                  
M. Oren-Shamir ARO, Min. Ag.; D. Sinclair U Harvard; A. Fait U Ben Gurion ; G. Galili Weizmann Inst.; E. Or ARO, Min. Ag.;
4447 – 2011 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 1 yrs  |  Budget: $100,000
Efficient allele mining in a model sequenced crop via the compressed sequencing approach
N. Shental U Open ; Z. Xin USDA, ARS; Y. Erlich Whitehead Inst.; E. Fridman U Hebrew ;
4353 – 2010 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $300,000
Interactions of engineered nanoparticles with dissolved organic matter (DOM) and organic contaminants in water
B. Chefetz U Hebrew ; B. Xing U Mass; Y. Chen U Hebrew ;
3897 – 2006 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $285,000
Role of Fructokinases in the Development and Function of the Vascular System
D. Granot ARO, Min. Ag.; N. Holbrook U Harvard;
3678 – 2005 Panel: Animal Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $325,000
A Novel Immunotherapeutic Agent for the Treatment and Prevention of Staphylococcal Mastitis in Dairy Cows
G. Leitner Isr. Vet. Inst.; N. Balaban U Tufts; G. Saperstein U Tufts; A. Saran Isr. Vet. Inst.;
3385 – 2003 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $300,000
Sorption of hydrophobic pesticides to aliphatic components of soil organic matter
B. Chefetz U Hebrew ; B. Xing U Mass;
1894 – 1991 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $250,000
Characterization of the Phytophagous Nematode Surface Coat to Provide New Strategies for Biocontrol
Y. Spiegel ARO, Min. Ag.; M. McClure U Arizona; I. Kahane U Hebrew ; . Zuckerman U Mass;
1796 – 1991 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $260,000
Calcium-Mediated Signal Transduction during Leaf Senescence
S. Philosoph-Hadas ARO, Min. Ag.; R. Crain U Connecticut; S. Meir ARO, Min. Ag.; . Hepler U Mass; N. Aharoni ARO, Min. Ag.; S. Lurie ARO, Min. Ag.;
1525 – 1989 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $210,000
Control of Lipid Oxidation to Retard Senescence of Plant Tissue
W. Bramlage U Mass; N. Aharoni ARO, Min. Ag.; . Nawar U Mass; J. Kanner ARO, Min. Ag.; S. Meir ARO, Min. Ag.; S. Philosoph-Hadas ARO, Min. Ag.;
1468 – 1989 Panel: Aquaculture  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $180,000
A Novel Technology for the Manipulation of Fish Reproductive Cycles: Controlled Release of Gonadotropin Releasing Hormones
Y. Zohar Isr. Ocean. Res.; R. Langer MIT; S. Hassin Isr. Ocean. Res.; W. Dickhoff U Washington; A. Elizur Isr. Ocean. Res.; Y. Gothilf Isr. Ocean. Res.;
1166 – 1987 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $190,000
Structured Fruits Products
S. Mizrahi Technion; M. Peleg U Mass; I. Kopelman Technion;
910 – 1986 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $220,000
Control of Plant Parasitic Nematodes by Intervention in the Host-Finding Process
Y. Spiegel ARO, Min. Ag.; . Zuckerman U Mass; E. Cohn ARO, Min. Ag.; I. Kahane U Hebrew ;
807 – 1985 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $230,000
Development of Synthetic Fruit Odor/Visual Traps for Apple Maggot and Mediterranean Fruit Flies
R. Prokopy U Mass; Y. Rossler Biological Ctrl; W. Roelofs U Cornell; S. Gothilf ARO, Min. Ag.;
801 – 1985 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $190,000
Role of Mtals and O2 in Initiation and Prevention of Lipid Oxidation in Muscle Tissue
J. Kanner ARO, Min. Ag.; H. Hultin U Mass;
626 – 1984 Panel: Aquaculture  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $212,700
Geochemical Budgets for Carbon and Nutrients in Intensively Cultured Marine Fish Ponds
M. Krom Isr. Ocean. Res.; . Goldman Woods Hole Oc.; . Erez U Hebrew ; S. Ellner U Tennessee, Knoxville;
518 – 1983 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $200,000
Predicting Physiological Disorders of Stored Apples
R. Ben-Arie ARO, Min. Ag.; W. Bramlage U Mass; S. Lurie ARO, Min. Ag.;
258 – 1982 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $180,000
Mechanisms and Prevention of Lipid Oxidation in Muscle Foods
J. Kanner ARO, Min. Ag.; H. Hultin U Mass;
159 – 1980 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $183,684
Kinetics of Oxidation of Dehydrated Food at Low Oxygen and Development of Accelerated Tests
I. Saguy U Hebrew ; M. Karel MIT; . Sagi ARO, Min. Ag.;
135 – 1980 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $165,000
Plastom Manipulation in Plant Protoplast Systems
S. Izhar ARO, Min. Ag.; F. Ausubel Mass Gen. Hosp.; J. Beckmann ARO, Min. Ag.; M. Hanson U Virginia; R. Frenkel ARO, Min. Ag.;
104 – 1980 Panel: Animal Health  |  Duration: 1 yrs  |  Budget: $75,000
Development of a Method for Obtaining Samonella Free Poultry Feed. Pilot Scale Study for Large Scale Implementation
M. Lapidot Sorek Research ; A. Sinskey MIT; I. Klinger Isr. Vet. Inst.;
62 – 1979 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $90,000
Ascorbic Acid Deficiency in Phytophagous Insects - Its Biochemical Nature and Its Role in Insect Hostplant Relationship
A. Navon ARO, Min. Ag.; . Lipke U Mass;