Promotion Board - Current Projects

 

Tennessee Soybean Promotion Board Funding Decisions

Project Proposal No. Title Investigator(s) Department / Unit Affiliation 2005   Funds Granted 2006   Funds Requested 2006 Funds Granted
 (06-02-P) Effects of Prolific Root/Leaflet Orientation Trait Combinations on Water Use and Yield in Soybeans Fred L. Allen         Richard Johnson Plant Sciences            $12,600 $21,684 $12,600  
(06-03-P) Early Detection of Asian Rust Using Molecular Diagnostics Kurt Lamour Entomology & Plant Pathology $33,000 $38,000 $33,000
 (06-04-P) Weed Control in Soybeans Thomas Mueller Plant Sciences $17,660 $17,660 $5,000
 (06-05-P) Soybean Breeding and Genetics Vincent  Pantalone Plant Sciences $58,000 $62,040 $58,000
 (06-06-P) Partial Support for Applied Field and Seed Lab Research Associate Vincent  Pantalone Plant Sciences $7,133 $7,645 $7,133
(06-07-P) Breeding Soybean for Durable Resistance to Emerging Nematode Populations Prakash R. Arelli  Vincent Pantalone USDA-ARS                        Plant Sciences $21,000 $21,905 $21,000
(06-11-P) Evaluation of Fungicide Seed Treatments on Soybean Emergence and Vigor in the Early Soybean Production System (ESPS) in Tennessee Melvin Newman    Eric Walker     Robert Hayes          Blake Brown Ent. & Plant Path. USDA-ARS         West TN. REC                   REC at Milan  $9,400 $9,425 $9,425
(06-12-P) Soybean Cyst Nematode Sampling  Melvin Newman Ent. & Plant Path. $22,400 $22,100 $22,100
and Advisory Program Patricia Donald USDA-ARS
Prakash Arelli USDA-ARS
(06-13-P) Evaluation of Soybean Cultivars for  Melvin Newman Ent. & Plant Path. $13,550 $12,450 $12,450
Resistance to Stem Canker Bob Williams Ext. Western Region
(06-14-P) Evaluations of Soybean Cultivars  Melvin Newman Ent. & Plant Path. $34,250 $31,100 $31,100
for Resistance to (FLS),  Bob Williams Ext. Western Region
Other Diseases, SDS Blake Brown Res.& Edu. Center
and Foliar Fungicide Efficacy  @ Milan
(06-15-P) Asian Soybean Rust (ASBR) - Training   Melvin Newman Ent. & Plant Path. $14,700 $10,000 $10,000
of First Detectors and Triage Personnel Alan Windham Ent. & Plant Path.
Steve Bost Ent. & Plant Path.
Darrell Hensley Ent. & Plant Path.
Richard Powell Ext. Western Region
Bob Williams Ext. Western Region
Angela Thompson Plant Sciences
Patricia Donald USDA-ARS
(06-16-P) Technical Support for Soybean Angela Thompson Plant Sciences $15,000 $18,000 $18,000
Specialist
(06-17-P) Support of Multi-County On-Farm  Bob Williams Ext. Western Region $18,000 $18,000 $18,000
Demonstrations of (CST) County  Angela Thompson Plant Sciences
Standardized Variety and Agronomic Agents in Other 
Test Counties
(06-18-P) Screening of Roundup Ready Soybean Melvin Newman Ent. & Plant Path. $0 $24,000 $20,000
Varieties and Breeding Lines for  Alemu Mengishu USDA-ARS
Characoal Rot, SCN and Resistance Pat Donald USDA-ARS
to Other Yield Limiting Diseases
(06-19-P) Soybean IPM Coordinator and Scouting Program Scott Stewart  Melvin Newman    C. Russ Patrick  Angela Thompson Ent. & Plant Path.  Ent. & Plant Path.  Ent. & Plant Path.  Plant Sciences $0 $17,500 $17,500
(06-20-P) Improving Harvest Quality of Indeterminate Soybeans with Harvest Aids Angela Thompson  Larry Steckel Plant Sciences      Plant Sciences $0 $3,000 $3,000
(06-21-P) Improving Spray Coverage of Foliar Fungicide Applications in Soybean Angela Thompson  Eric Walker Plant Sciences               USDA-ARS $0 $5,000 $5,000
(06-22-P) Management of Glyphosate-Resistant Weeds Larry E. Steckel  Thomas C. Mueller Plant Sciences    Plant Sciences $0 $12,926 $12,926
(06-23-P) Relation of SCN Proteins to Observed Resistance Pat Donald USDA-ARS $0 $9,589 $9,589
(06-24-P) WISHH Program Jim Hershey ASA $5,000 $5,000
(06-25-P) Demonstration of Production Systems for Weed and Disease Control Richard Joost UTM $11,400 $11,000 $5,500
(06-26-P) National Biodiesel Board Membership David Womack TSPC $10,000 $10,000 $10,000
(06-27-P) Southern Soybean Research Program Parks Wells TSPC $2,500 $2,500
(06-28-P) Ag in the Classroom Charles Curtis TFBF $15,000 $10,000