37 Projects Funded in Pennsylvania

Total Approved Budget: $9,527,000  |  Sum of Board Approved: $9,527,000
5791 – 2025 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 1 yrs  |  Budget: $100,000
Self-assembly of cytoskeletal proteins as a novel approach for creating sustainable meat analogs
Y. Livney Technion; R. Dominguez U Penn; J. Cooper Washington U at St. Louis;
5700 – 2024 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Integrated agricultural biomass fast pyrolysis with advanced oxidative pyrolysis wastewater treatment   
C. Ellison USDA, ARS; R. Boxman U Tel Aviv ; C. Mullen USDA, ARS; Y. Gerchman U Haifa; H. Mamane U Tel Aviv ; M. Parkansky U Tel Aviv ;
5607 – 2023 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Can weed species adapt to climate change and agricultural practice via transgenerational phenotypic plasticity?
M. Matzrafi ARO, Min. Ag.; C. Brunharo U Penn State; E. Patterson U Michigan St.;
5451 – 2021 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Leading the way to the future of gas chromatography - mass spectrometry in food safety analysis
A. Amirav U Tel Aviv ; S. Lehotay USDA, ARS;
5321 – 2020 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
The genetic basis for postharvest chilling tolerance in tomato fruit
A. Lers ARO, Min. Ag.; M. Foolad U Penn State; E. Fallik ARO, Min. Ag.;
5309 – 2020 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Thermochemical processing of agricultural plastic waste for resource recovery and sustainable development
R. Posmanik ARO, Min. Ag.; J. Goldfarb U Cornell; D. Sills U Bucknell; Y. Dubowski Technion;
5182 – 2019 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
The impacts and underlying mechanisms of carbon dioxide narcosis in bumble bees
E. Amsalem U Penn State; E. Levin U Tel Aviv ; R. Schilder U Penn State;
5000 – 2017 Panel: Animal Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $310,000
Genotypes and phenotypes of telomere length in Holstein cattle: Actors or reporters
C. Dechow U Penn State; A. Shabtay ARO, Min. Ag.; Y. Tzfati U Hebrew ; T. Ott U Penn State; M. Soller U Hebrew ; W. Liu U Penn State; M. Cohen-Zinder ARO, Min. Ag.; E. Lipkin U Hebrew ;
8321 – 2016 Panel: NIFA  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $200,000
Securing water for and from agriculture through effective community and stakeholder engagement
K. Brasier U Penn State; M. Ben-Hur ARO, Min. Ag.; M. Edelstein ARO, Min. Ag.;
4839 – 2015 Panel: Crop Health  |  Duration: 1 yrs  |  Budget: $100,000
The role of asymptomatic secondary hosts in the epidemiology of Verticillium wilt         
M. Milgroom U Cornell; O. Frenkel ARO, Min. Ag.; L. Tsror ARO, Min. Ag.; M. Jimenez Gasco U Penn State;
4783 – 2014 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 1 yrs  |  Budget: $95,000
The genetic basis for postharvest chilling tolerance in tomato fruit 
A. Lers ARO, Min. Ag.; M. Foolad U Penn State; H. Friedman ARO, Min. Ag.;
4541 – 2012 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $305,000
Novel regulation of transpiration by sugar signals within guard cells
D. Granot ARO, Min. Ag.; S. Assmann U Penn State;
4290 – 2010 Panel: Animal Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $290,000
Honeybee modulation of infection with the Israeli acute paralysis virus, in asymptomatic, acutely infected and CCD colonies
N. Chejanovsky ARO, Min. Ag.; D. Cox-Foster U Penn State; V. Soroker ARO, Min. Ag.; R. Ophir ARO, Min. Ag.;
4273 – 2009 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $287,000
Ultra-Fast Methods and Instrumentation for the Analysis of Hazardous Chemicals in the Food Supply
S. Lehotay USDA, ARS; A. Amirav U Tel Aviv ;
3500 – 2003 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $320,000
Fast, practical, and effective approach for the analysis of hazardous chemicals in the food supply
S. Lehotay USDA, ARS; A. Amirav U Tel Aviv ;
3403 – 2003 Panel: Animal Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $300,000
Disordered angiogenesis in tibial dyschondroplasia: the role of dithiocarbamates.
E. Monsonego-Ornan U Hebrew ; R. Leach U Penn State; C. Gay U Penn State; M. Pines ARO, Min. Ag.; S. Yahav ARO, Min. Ag.;
3366 – 2002 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $325,000
Prolonged bitter taste in agricultural food products: mechanisms and inhibition using a multi disciplinary approach
M. Naim U Hebrew ; A. Spielman U New York; P. Breslin Monell Chemical; N. Duzgunes U Pacific; S. Nir U Hebrew ;
3296 – 2002 Panel: Ag. Innovation & Engi  |  Duration: 1 yrs  |  Budget: $100,000
Rapid detection of food borne pathogens and non-pathogens in fresh produce using FT-IRS and raman spectroscopy
J. Irudayaraj U Penn State; Z. Schmilovitch ARO, Min. Ag.; A. Mizrach ARO, Min. Ag.; G. Kritzman ARO, Min. Ag.; C. DebRoy U Penn State;
3259 – 2001 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $325,000
Determination of the architectural features sodium channel receptors that bind anti-insect selective toxins for design of environmentally safe pesticides
D. Gordon U Tel Aviv ; R. Kallen U Penn; M. Gurevitz U Tel Aviv ;
3205 – 2001 Panel: Animal Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $300,000
Characterization of bee viruses and an investigation of their mode of spread
C. Cameron U Penn State; I. Sela U Hebrew ; B. Yakobson Isr. Vet. Inst.; J. de Miranda U Penn State; Y. Slabezki Min. Agr.;
2949 – 1998 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $285,000
Physiological Regulation of Root System Architecture: The Role of Ethylene and Phosphorus
A. Eshel U Tel Aviv ; J. Lynch U Penn State; K. Brown U Penn State;
2758 – 1997 Panel: Environ/Water/Ren. Res.  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $300,000
The Use of Composted Waste Materials for Enhanced Ca Migration and Exchange in Sodic Soils and Acidic Minespoils
Y. Avnimelech Technion; R. Stehouwer U Penn State; J. Chorover U Penn State;
2736 – 1997 Panel: Animal Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $380,000
An Integrated Approach to Evaluating Inherited Predictors of Resistance to Pulmonary Hypertension Syndrome (Ascites) in Fast Growing Broiler Chickens
R. Wideman U Arkansas; N. Anthony U Arkansas; A. Cahaner U Hebrew ; A. Shlosberg Isr. Vet. Inst.; M. Bellaiche Isr. Vet. Inst.; W. Roush U Penn State;
2648 – 1996 Panel: Animal Health  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $300,000
Identification of Staphylococcus aureaus Virulence Factors Associated with Bovine Mastitis
L. Sordillo U Penn State; D. Wojchowski U Penn State; G. Perdew U Penn State; A. Saran Isr. Vet. Inst.; G. Leitner Isr. Vet. Inst.;
2627 – 1996 Panel: Animal Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $300,000
Developing Nutritional-Management Protocols which Prevent Tibial Dyschondroplasia
R. Leach U Penn State; C. Gay U Penn State; M. Pines ARO, Min. Ag.; S. Hurwitz ARO, Min. Ag.;
2595 – 1996 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $300,000
Ozone Altered Stomatal/Guard Cell Function: Whole Plant and Single Cell Analysis
E. Pell U Penn State; S. Assmann U Penn State; A. Schwartz U Hebrew ; H. Steinberger U Hebrew ;
2155 – 1993 Panel: Animal Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $275,000
Effect of Rumen Available Protein, Amimo Acids and Carbohydrates on Microbial Protein Synthesis, Amino Acid Flow and Performance of High Yielding Dairy Cows
G. Varga U Penn State; A. Arieli U Hebrew ; L. Muller U Penn State; H. Tagari U Hebrew ; I. Bruckental ARO, Min. Ag.; Y. Aharoni ARO, Min. Ag.;
2117 – 1993 Panel: Animal Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $280,000
In vivo and in vitro Chondrocyte Metabolism in Relationship to the Developemnt of Tibial Dyschondroplasia in Broiler Chickens
R. Leach U Penn State; M. Pines ARO, Min. Ag.; C. Gay U Penn State; S. Hurwitz ARO, Min. Ag.;
1926 – 1991 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $260,000
Induced Plant Cell Wall Modifications: Use of Plant Cells with Altered Walls to Study Wall Structure, Growth and Potential for Genetic Modification
D. Delmer U Hebrew ; N. Carpita U Purdue; . Marcus Cancer Res. Ins;
1814 – 1991 Panel: Animal Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $240,000
Genetic Manipulation of the Adipose Tissue via Transgenesis
M. Shani ARO, Min. Ag.; . Emerson Cancer Res. Ins;
1792 – 1991 Panel: Aquaculture  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $260,000
Optimization of Diet for Post Larvel/Juvenile Sea Bass and Hybrid Stripped Bass Based on Enzymatic Profiles of their Digestive Tracts
S. Harpaz ARO, Min. Ag.; S. Hughes Monell Chemical; P. Lindner ARO, Min. Ag.;
1622 – 1990 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 2 yrs  |  Budget: $40,000
Use of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy to Determine Cell Wall Changes in Apple Fruit
J. Klein ARO, Min. Ag.; P. Irwin USDA, ARS; S. Lurie ARO, Min. Ag.;
1247 – 1988 Panel: Food Product  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $220,000
Aromatic Plants as Potential Sources of Natural Chiral Semiochemicals for Flavors and Fragrances
U. Ravid ARO, Min. Ag.; J. Cowart Monell Chemical; R. Ikan U Hebrew ; E. Putievsky ARO, Min. Ag.; E. Nevo U Haifa;
722 – 1984 Panel: Animal Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $200,000
The Role of Dietary Fats in Productivity and Health of Dairy Cattle
D. Kronfeld U Penn; D. Sklan U Hebrew ; W. Chalupa U Penn; M. Garcia U Penn;
368 – 1982 Panel: Crop Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $200,000
Genetic and Chemical Control of Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Papaver bracteatum and Papaver somniferum
A. Levy ARO, Min. Ag.; D. Bills USDA, ARS; D. Palevitch ARO, Min. Ag.; A. Hsu USDA, ARS; . Lavie Weizmann Inst.;
310 – 1981 Panel: Animal Production  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $170,000
The Role of Metabolic Disorders in Determining the Optimum Nutrient
D. Kronfeld U Penn; P. Bodowski U Hebrew ; W. Chalupa U Penn; D. Sklan U Hebrew ;
227 – 1980 Panel: Ag. Innovation & Engi  |  Duration: 3 yrs  |  Budget: $300,000
Engineering and Horticultural Research on Improving the Mechanical Harvesting of Peppers
D. Marshall U Michigan St.; I. Wolf ARO, Min. Ag.; . Price U Michigan St.; K. Alper ARO, Min. Ag.; M. Orzolek U Penn State; D. Palevitch ARO, Min. Ag.;