39 Projects Funded in Minnesota

Total Approved Budget: $9,769,110  |  Sum of Board Approved: $9,769,110
5933 – 2026 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $570,000
Unravelling Genetic and Regulatory Networks of Azole Resistance in Aspergillus flavus to Enable Sustainable Crop Protection
E. Sionov ARO, Min. Ag.; M. Drott USDA, ARS;
5866 – 2026 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $570,000
Next-generation breeding in citrus: a transgene-free, in-planta genome editing platform for developing high-priority traits
G. Kelly ARO, Min. Ag.; D. Voytas U Minnesota;
5812 – 2026 Panel: Animal Health  |  Duration: 1 yrs  |  Budget: $180,000
Application of advanced molecular techniques to provide real solutions to counter nutrient stress in honey bee
Y. Arien ARO, Min. Ag.; D. Schroeder U Minnesota;
5663 – 2024 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Cloning of the wheat leaf rust resistance gene LrAK and its functional characterisation     
H. Sela U Haifa; C. Hirsch U Minnesota; A. Distelfeld U Haifa; P. Olivera Firpo U Minnesota;
5545 – 2022 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Sharing a lignocellulosic dish: exploiting a bi-fungal consortium and its interacting mechanisms for agricultural residues conversion
J. Zhang U Minnesota; Y. Hadar U Hebrew ; O. Yarden U Hebrew ;
5469 – 2022 Panel: Animal Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Does Honey Bee Hygienic Behavior Curtail or Enhance Virus Transmission
V. Soroker ARO, Min. Ag.; D. Schroeder U Minnesota; M. Spivak U Minnesota;
5089 – 2018 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Cloning and comparative sequence analysis of powdery mildew and leaf rust resistance gene complements in wild barley
B. Steffenson U Minnesota; I. Mayrose U Tel Aviv ; G. Muehlbauer U Minnesota; A. Sharon U Tel Aviv ;
5087 – 2018 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Cloning and characterization of a novel leaf rust and stripe rust resistance gene from Sharon goatgrass
A. Minz-Dub U Tel Aviv ; G. Muehlbauer U Minnesota; E. Millet U Tel Aviv ; A. Sharon U Tel Aviv ;
5005 – 2017 Panel: Animal Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Novel vaccination strategies to combat chicken arthritis/tenosynovitis reoviruses in US and Israel
A. Lublin Isr. Vet. Inst.; S. Goyal U Minnesota; R. Porter U Minnesota; H. Ly U Minnesota; Y. Farnoushi Isr. Vet. Inst.; S. Mor U Minnesota;
4960 – 2016 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 1 yrs  |  Budget: $100,000
The potential use of a highly-stable lactonase from hyperthermophilic archaea for disruption of quorum sensing in soft rot Pectobacteria             
Y. Helman U Hebrew ; M. Elias U Minnesota; A. Aksan U Minnesota;
4813 – 2015 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $270,000
DELLA, ABA and drought tolerance in tomato        
N. Olszewski U Minnesota; D. Weiss U Hebrew ;
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;
4429 – 2011 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $290,000
Gibberellin signaling in tomato: a possible DELLA-independent response pathway
D. Weiss U Hebrew ; N. Olszewski U Minnesota;
4428 – 2011 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 1 yrs  |  Budget: $100,000
Wild wheat: a genetic resource for wheat breeding
A. Distelfeld U Tel Aviv ; J. Dvorak UC, Davis; B. Steffenson U Minnesota;
4255 – 2009 Panel: Ag. Innovation & Engi  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $325,000
Fusion of Hyper-Spectral and Thermal Images for Evaluating Nitrogen and Water Status in Potato Fields for Variable Rate Application
Y. Cohen ARO, Min. Ag.; C. Rosen U Minnesota; V. Alchanatis ARO, Min. Ag.; D. Mulla U Minnesota; B. Heuer ARO, Min. Ag.; Z. Dar Min. Agr.;
3963 – 2007 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $335,000
The Fate of Phosphorus Originated from Treated Wastewater and Biosolids in Soils: Speciation, Transport, and Accumulation
M. Shenker U Hebrew ; P. Bloom U Minnesota; A. Shaviv Technion; A. Paytan UC, Santa Cruz; B. Cade-Menun U Stanford; Y. Chen U Hebrew ; J. Tarchitzky Min. Agr.;
3896 – 2006 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $342,000
The Role of Serine/Threonine O-GlcNAc Modifications in Signaling Networks
N. Olszewski U Minnesota; D. Weiss U Hebrew ;
3682 – 2005 Panel: Animal Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $300,000
Generation of Avian Pneumovirus Modified Clones for the Development of Attenuated Vaccines
E. Bacharach U Tel Aviv ; S. Goyal U Minnesota;
3517 – 2004 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $340,000
Effects of soil properties and organic residues management on C sequestration and N losses
A. Bar-Tal ARO, Min. Ag.; P. Bloom U Minnesota; P. Fine ARO, Min. Ag.; E. Clapp USDA, ARS; A. Hadas ARO, Min. Ag.; R. Venterea USDA, ARS; D. Zohar Min. Agr.; D. Chen U Minnesota; J. Molina U Minnesota;
3399 – 2003 Panel: Animal Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $290,000
Environmental factors affecting the decline in reproductive efficiency of turkey hens: Mediation by vasoactive intestinal peptide
M. El Halawani U Minnesota; I. Rozenboim U Hebrew ;
2846 – 1998 Panel: Animal Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $285,000
Temperature Stress and Turkey Reproduction
M. El Halawani U Minnesota; I. Rozenboim U Hebrew ;
2837 – 1998 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $285,000
Manipulation of GA Levels and GA Signal Transduction in Anthers to Generate Male Sterility
D. Weiss U Hebrew ; A. Borochov U Hebrew ; N. Olszewski U Minnesota;
2364 – 1994 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $300,000
Bacterial Mineralization of Atrazine as a Model for Herbicide Biodegradation: Molecular and Applied Aspects
L. Wackett U Minnesota; R. Mandelbaum ARO, Min. Ag.; M. Sadowsky U Minnesota;
2015 – 1992 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $220,000
Detecting Activity of Juvenile Phase-Specific Translocatable Substances that Influence Rooting Potential Using In Vitro Rooting Assays and Expression of a Specific Gene
W. Hackett U Minnesota; M. Raviv ARO, Min. Ag.; A. Das U Minnesota; O. Reuveni ARO, Min. Ag.; A. Gutman Technion;
1944 – 1992 Panel: Animal Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $230,000
The Use of Ozone-Treated Dicotyledonous Lignocellulose as a Silage Additive: Nutritional Studies
D. Ben Ghedalia ARO, Min. Ag.; R. Tock U Texas Tech; M. Stern U Minnesota;
1587 – 1989 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $230,000
Involvement of Different Gibberellins in Flowering of Biennial Bearing Fruit Trees
. Brenner U Minnesota; Y. Ben-Tal ARO, Min. Ag.;
1306 – 1988 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $200,000
Root Involvement in Plant Development and Productivity under Conditions of Water Deficiency
A. Carmi ARO, Min. Ag.; W. Bland U Minnesota; B. Heuer ARO, Min. Ag.; G. O'Toole U Texas A&M; A. Blum ARO, Min. Ag.; C. Jones U Texas A&M;
1268 – 1988 Panel: Ag. Econ. & Rural Devel.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $138,500
The Performance of Regional Cooperatives
Z. Lerman Cent Ag Econ Re; l. Parliament U Minnesota;
1141 – 1987 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $190,000
Nitrogen Exchange between Organic and Inorganic Pools in Soil-Organic Residues Systems
J. Molina U Minnesota; A. Hadas ARO, Min. Ag.; E. Clapp USDA, ARS; S. Feigenbaum ARO, Min. Ag.;
973 – 1986 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $190,000
Development of Guides on the Susceptibility of Soils to Excessive Compaction
S. Gupta U Minnesota; A. Hadas ARO, Min. Ag.; W. Voorhees USDA, ARS; D. Wolf Technion; . Larson U Minnesota;
851 – 1985 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $200,000
Selection Criteria in Germplasm Improvement for Heat Tolerance in Phaseolus Beans
P. Li U Minnesota; J. Kigel U Hebrew ; D. Davis U Minnesota; Y. Rudich U Hebrew ;
806 – 1985 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $180,000
Use of Rejuvenation Techniques to Increase the Rootability of Developmentally Mature Clones of Tree Species
W. Hackett U Minnesota; A. Halevy U Hebrew ;
429 – 1983 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $160,000
Quantitative Genetic Analysis of Host: Parasite Relationships in Wheat and Septoria Glume Blotch
A. Dinoor U Hebrew ; K. Leonard USDA, ARS; M. Feldman Weizmann Inst.; . Hebert USDA, ARS;
446 – 1982 Panel: Ag. Econ. & Rural Devel.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $100,000
Economic Development and Changing Structure of the Family Farm
J. Peterson U Minnesota; Y. Kislev Cent Ag Econ Re;
415 – 1982 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $150,000
Elucidation of Types and Mechanisms of Resistance to the Brown Leaf Rust Disease in Natural Populations of Wild Barley, Hordeum spontaneum c. koch
I. Wahl U Tel Aviv ; . Moseman USDA, ARS; Y. Anikster U Tel Aviv ; . Wilcoxson U Minnesota;
395 – 1982 Panel: Animal Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $180,000
An Integrated Approach to the Breeding, Nutrition, Reproduction and Management of Geese
. Shalev Min. Agr.; M. El Halawani U Minnesota; . Sacks ARO, Min. Ag.; . Shoffner U Minnesota; Z. Nitsan ARO, Min. Ag.; . Hamre U Minnesota; I. Nir U Hebrew ; N. Snapir U Hebrew ;
337 – 1981 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $175,000
Development of Guides for Estimating the Ease of Compaction of World Soils
S. Gupta USDA, ARS; A. Hadas ARO, Min. Ag.; D. Wolf Technion; . Larson U Minnesota;
32 – 1980 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $105,635
Design and Delivery of Optimal Thermal Sterilization Process for Low Acid Canned Foods
I. Kopelman Technion; . Pflug U Minnesota;
17 – 1979 Panel: Ag. Econ. & Rural Devel.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $77,975
Some Dynamic Aspects of Technological Change in Agriculture
Y. Kislev Cent Ag Econ Re; V. Ruttan U Minnesota; J. Peterson U Minnesota;