13 Projects Funded in Montana

Total Approved Budget: $2,656,052  |  Sum of Board Approved: $2,656,052
8079 – 2023 Panel: NIFAI  |  Duration: 2 yrs  |  Budget: $360,984
High quality wheat grains for local and regional food
R. Ben-David ARO, Min. Ag.; M. Giroux U Montana St.; A. Amram Dalia seed Company;
4915 – 2016 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $305,000
Functional analysis of barley cysteine proteases and their role in nitrogen remobilization from senescing leaves         
R. Fluhr Weizmann Inst.; A. Fischer U Montana St.;
2839 – 1998 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $285,000
Geometrical Considerations and Interfacial Processes Affecting Electromagnetic Measurement of Soil Water Content by TDR and Remote Sensing Methods
S. Friedman ARO, Min. Ag.; J. Wraith U Montana St.; D. Or U Utah St.;
1725 – 1990 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $210,000
Wild Emmer Wheats as Potential Sources of Resistance to Take-All Diseases, Caused by Gaeumannomyces Graminis Var. Trici
D. Mathre U Montana St.; Z. Solel ARO, Min. Ag.; Z. Gerechter-Amitai ARO, Min. Ag.; U. Kushnir ARO, Min. Ag.;
1405 – 1988 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 1 yrs  |  Budget: $80,000
Wild Emmer Wheats as Potential Sources of Resistance to Take-All Disease, Caused by Gaeumannomyces Graminis Var Trici
D. Mathre U Montana St.; Z. Solel ARO, Min. Ag.; Z. Gerechter-Amitai ARO, Min. Ag.; U. Kushnir ARO, Min. Ag.;
1021 – 1986 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $190,000
Development of Plant Pathogens for Weed Control
P. Quimby, Jr. USDA, ARS; R. Kenneth U Hebrew ; D. Boyette USDA, ARS; Y. Kleifeld ARO, Min. Ag.; R. Reuveni ARO, Min. Ag.;
878 – 1986 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $190,000
Sequestering of Iron as a Significant Virulence Factor of Verticillium dahliae and its Manipulation as a Potential Method for the Control of Verticillium Disease
I. Barash U Tel Aviv ; R. Olsen U Montana St.; J. Krikun ARO, Min. Ag.; G. Strobel U Montana St.; J. Kashman U Tel Aviv ;
472 – 1983 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $160,000
Resistance Mechanisms to Viruses in Plants Associated with Antiviral Substances (Inhibitors of Virus Replication)
G. Loebenstein ARO, Min. Ag.; . Chessin U Montana; A. Gera ARO, Min. Ag.;
269 – 1982 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $210,000
Genetic and Biological Control of Septoria Diseases of Wheat
Z. Eyal U Tel Aviv ; A. Scharen USDA, ARS; A. Blum ARO, Min. Ag.; F. Gough USDA, ARS;
335 – 1981 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $110,000
Developmental and Physiological Evaluation of Barley (Hordeum vulgare) Populations Divergently Selected for Drought Resistance
. Brown U Montana St.; A. Blum ARO, Min. Ag.; E. Hockett USDA, ARS;
133 – 1980 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $139,710
Resistance and Interference Phenomena in Plant-Virus Interactions
G. Loebenstein ARO, Min. Ag.; . Chessin U Montana; A. Stein ARO, Min. Ag.; S. Spiegel ARO, Min. Ag.;
31 – 1980 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $133,675
Characterization and Mode of Action of Phototoxins Produced by Alternaria dauci: Their Potential Use in Selection
I. Barash U Tel Aviv ; G. Strobel U Montana St.; D. Netzer ARO, Min. Ag.;
63 – 1979 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $281,683
The Collection, Evaluation and Utilization of Wild Emmer (Triticum dicoccoides) for Wheat Breeding
A. Blum ARO, Min. Ag.; . Moseman USDA, ARS; Z. Gerechter-Amitai ARO, Min. Ag.; . Sharp U Montana St.; . Konzak U WA State;