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2004 Proposed State Support Funding


  • ALABAMA
  • ARKANSAS
  • ARIZONA
  • CALIFORNIA
  • FLORIDA
  • GEORGIA
  • LOUISIANA
  • MISSISSIPPI
  • MISSOURI
  • NEW MEXICO
  • NORTH CAROLINA
  • OKLAHOMA
  • SOUTH CAROLINA
  • TENNESSEE
  • TEXAS
  • VIRGINIA

  • ALABAMA
    Reniform Nematode Integrated Management Investigations Lawrence $20,000.00
    Comparison of Roundup Ready and Conventional Weed Management System in Cotton Patterson $5,450.00
    Enhancing Cotton Variety Selection Monks $10,000.00
    Effects of Timing of Defoliation on Cotton Quality Burmester $8,500.00
    Boll Rot Of Cotton Lawrence $5,000.00
    Screen Commercial Cotton Varieties Against Fusarium Wilt Gazaway $2,000.00
    Production and Characterization of Bt Resistance in Cotton Bollworm, Helicoverpa zea Moar $12,000.00
    Improved Heat And Drought Stress Of Cotton Locy $15,045.97
    Development Of Novel Transformation Systems In Cotton Soliman $21,050.27
    Breeding Cotton For Yield And Quality In Alabama Weaver $8,853.15
    Evaluation Of Variable Rate Nitrogen Applications To Cotton Burmester $2,300.00
    Crop Rotation for Control of Reniform Nematodes in Irrigated Cotton Fields Gazaway $5,000.00
    Utilizing Precision Agriculture To Determine Spatial Variation In Nematode Population And The Effect On Yield Hall $4,500.00
    Biofumigation In Combination With Conservation Tillage To Control Reniform Nematode In Cotton Cebert $7,000.00
    Screening Of Cotton Germplasm For Heat And Drought Tolerant Accessions Weaver $8,853.15
    Undesignated   $9,250.00
    Cottonseed Pool   $3,630.00
     
    Total:
    $148,432.54
     
    Variety Response To Simulated Herbicide Drift Robertson $12,000.00
    Validation Of Boll Injury Thresholds For Stink Bugs In Cotton Greene $15,500.00
    Large Plot Cotton Variety And Technology Evaluation Guy $10,000.00
    New Aphid Threshold For Arkansas Kring $11,787.00
    Publication Of Arkansas Cotton Research In Progress Oosterhuis $6,500.00
    Crop Stress Indices, System Management Style And Cultivar Control For Fiber Quality And Yield Stability Teague $14,400.00
    Improving Profitability of Cotton by Enhancing Yield Components and Host Plant Resistance Bourland $26,130.00
    Interactions of Irrigation and Insect Pests:  Late Season Crop Susceptibility to Plant Bugs and Stink Bugs in High-Yielding Cotton Production Systems Teague $19,823.00
    Insecticide Termination for Late-Season Bugs (Stink Bugs) in Second-Generation (Bollgard II) Bt Cotton Greene $13,000.00
    Managing Glyphosate-Resistant Horseweed in Conservation Tillage Cotton Production Talbert $18,661.00
    Quantification of the Effect of Extreme Temperatures during Boll Development on Yield and Quality to Determine Strategies to Stabilize Yield Oosterhuis $18,000.00
    Evaluation of New Techniques for Characterizing the Nitrogen Status of Cotton Oosterhuis $1,300.00
    Field Test of a Protein Translocation Enhancer to Increase Bt Endotoxin Levels and Insect Mortality Oosterhuis $2,950.00
    Effects of Early-Season Adverse Conditions on Root Development and Subsequent Stress Oosterhuis $15,300.00
    Management of Late Planted Cotton for High Yield and Quality Robertson $16,790.00
    Cotton Production for the Future in Arkansas Robertson $15,570.00
    Applied Research - Enhanced Technology Transfer Robertson $25,130.00
    Improving Cotton Profitability by Identifying Plant Stress Using Remote Sensing Technologies Baker $23,814.00
    Optimizing Revenue Through Defoliation Timing Robertson $19,140.00
    Undesignated   $18,488.00
    Cottonseed Pool   $5,000.00
     
    Total:
    $309,283.00
     
    Arizona Cotton Grower Breeding Program Preliminary & Advanced Strains Testing Husman $16,850.00
    Statewide On-Farm Evaluation Of The Twin Line Cotton Production System Husman $4,000.00
    Arizona Upland Cotton Advanced Strains Testing Program Husman $19,450.00
    Development Of Commercial Evaluation Of The Use Of Atoxigenic Strains To Prevent Aflatoxin Contamination Of Cottonseed Cotty $15,000.00
    Sustaining The Successful Whitefly Management Program In Arizona Dennehy $30,000.00
    Study of the Economic Impact of Agriculture in Arizona Lavis $250.00
    The Future of Agricultural Water Use in Arizona Lavis $1,500.00
    Undesignated   $75,464.82
    Cottonseed Pool   $3,780.00
     
    Total:
    $166,294.82
     
    Double-Row 30-Inch Cotton Evaluations - County Trial On A Variation Of Narrow-Row Cotton Hutmacher $15,000.00
    Recommendations For Cotton Growth Regulation In The Imperial Valley Meister $3,500.00
    Field Identification And Collection Of A Possible New Strain Of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Vasinfectum Hutmacher $8,000.00
    A New Look At An Old Pest:  What Makes Lygus Hungry For Cotton Squares? Rosenheim $30,000.00
    Development Of Novel Insecticidal Proteins For Cotton Aphid Control Federici $15,000.00
    Development Of Novel Insecticidal Proteins For Lygus Bug Control Federici $15,000.00
    Deposition Testing And Pattern Refinement Of Spray Swath Analysis And Drift Minimization Stoltz $2,500.00
    Lygus Bug Resistance Based On Inhibition Of Lygus Salivary Gland Polygalacturonase Teuber $25,000.00
    Sticky Cotton: Late Season Management & Defoliation Hutmacher $15,500.00
    Innovative Tillage Options - Making Cotton Production More Profitable In The SJV Mitchell $10,000.00
    Development of Molecular Markers for Cotton Fiber Characteristics and Entomopathogenic Fungi Ulloa $60,000.00
    Characterization Of California Isolates Of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Vasinfectum Davis $10,000.00
    Ag 20/20 - An On-Farm Project to Develop and Extend Precision Farming Management Practices Ustin $19,000.00
    Management Of Migrating Cotton Pests In The San Joaquin Valley Bancroft $5,000.00
    County Trials For Approved Acala Varieties Hutmacher $25,000.00
    The 'California Cotton Review' Newsletter Hutmacher $7,500.00
    California: Cotton Education in California Schools Yribarren $2,989.00
    Management Of Key Cotton Arthropod Pests With Insecticides And Acaricides:  Refinement Of Use For Cotton IPM Systems Godfrey $40,000.00
    Cotton Weed Management In California Vargas $25,000.00
    Undesignated   $7,530.00
    Cottonseed Pool   $10,470.00
     
    Total:
    $351,989.00
     
    Etiology And Management Of Hard Lock Wright $14,000.00
    Benefits To Cotton Production Following Bahiagrass Marois $8,087.13
    Undesignated   $1,287.00
    Cottonseed Pool   $570.00
     
    Total:
    $23,944.13
         
    Development Of Diagnostic Markers For Root-Knot Nematode Resistant Genes In Cotton; A Valuable Tool For Breeding Nematode Resistance Cultivars Chee $14,500.00
    Development of Transgenic Cotton Cultivars Adapted to Georgia Environments Chee $39,500.00
    Pesticide Effects On The Natural Enemies Of Cotton  Pests Ruberson $7,500.00
    Rotation, Soil Amendments, And Fumigants For Nematode Management In Georgia Noe $10,000.00
    Breeding Germplasm And Cultivars With Traits That Enhance Cotton Profitability For Georgia Producers May $37,000.00
    Determine The Cause And Develop Practices To Manage Black Root, An Undocumented Disease Of Cotton Gascho $20,000.00
    Increasing Intake, Digestion, And Performance Of Growing Cattle After Weaning Using Cotton Seed And Cotton Seed Meal Hill $7,159.65
    Impact of Management Programs on Nematodes and Early Season Insects In Strip Tilled Cotton Vencill $12,500.00
    Feeding Value Of Whole Fuzzy Cottonseed With Elevated Concentrations Of Free Fatty Acids Bernard $15,000.00
    Management of Seedling Disease in Cotton  - Georgia Seebold $10,000.00
    Costs And Returns For Georgia Cotton Production Allison $7,500.00
    Insecticide-Resistance Monitoring Ruberson $18,200.00
    Can Cotton Growers Effectively Manage Topical Spiderwort In RR Cotton Culpepper $9,500.00
    Roundup Ready Cotton Response To Staple Plus Glyphosate OrTo Envoke Culpepper $4,800.00
    Georgia Cotton Crop Management and Physiology Bednarz $51,000.00
    Using Cover Crops In Irrigated No-Till And Strip-Till Cotton On Coastal Plain Soils Cabrera $6,200.00
    Georgia Cotton Crop Physiology And Management Bednarz $11,193.08
    Irrigation Frequency Versus Irrigation Volume Bednarz $28,592.05
    Enhancing The Digestibility Of Whole Cottonseed Bernard $7,000.00
    Timing Of Initial And Final Irrigations In Cotton Bednarz $16,473.39
    Assess Marketability and Brand Image of Georgia Cotton with a Top U.S. User May $36,500.00
    Undesignated   $43,054.00
    Cottonseed Pool   $9,720.00
     
    Total:
    $422,892.17
     
    LOUISIANA
    Improving Farm Efficiency And Productivity Through Multicropping Boquet $20,415.00
    Management Of Cotton Insect Pests With Genetically Engineered Cottons And Novel Insecticide Use Strategies In Louisiana Leonard $32,580.00
    On Farm Evaluation Of The Efficacy And Economics Of Insect Management Strategies Bagwell $19,070.14
    Monitoring Insecticide Susceptibility In Louisiana Populations Of Tobacco Budworm, Bollworm, Tarnished Plant Bugs And Stink Bugs Leonard $2,000.00
    Reniform Nematode Management in Cotton Overstreet $15,005.00
    Planting Date abd Variety Effects on Cotton Yield, Profitability, Fiber Properties, and Yarn Quality Boquet $19,000.00
    Developing New Cotton Varieties with Improved Yield/Quality Characteristics Triplett $16,500.00
    Development of Remote Sensing Software and Hardware to Reduce Cotton Input Cost Price $5,900.00
    Development and Demonstration of Spatially Variable Pesticide Applications  by Air Based on Remote Sensing Information Barr $40,000.00
    Scott Extension Center Program Demonstration Bagwell $4,458.21
    Undesignated   $0.00
    Cottonseed Pool   $5,100.00
     
    Total:
    $180,028.35
     
    MISSOURI
    Evaluation Of Commonly Used Harvest Aids Under Various Environmental Conditions Phipps $21,000.00
    Optimizing Irrigation Application Amounts By Soil Type And Irrigation Method For Cotton In Missouri Henggeler $21,000.00
    Palmer Amaranth Control In Cotton Kendig $11,000.00
    Stand Evaluation According To Density, Planting Date, And Leaf Removal Phipps $16,000.00
    Reseeding Crimson Clover And Vetch Cover Crops For Cotton Stevens $9,000.00
    Using Digital Photography For Making Replanting Decisions, Evaluation Of Weed Populations, Evaluation Of Insect Populations And Early Identification Of Bronze Wilt Phipps $10,000.00
    Assessment Of Chemigation Control Of Piercing-Sucking Pests In Cotton With Emphasis On Plant Bugs Boyd $8,500.00
    Undesignated   $3,410.00
    Cottonseed Pool   $3,090.00
     
    Total:
    $103,000.00
     
    MISSISSIPPI
    Nitrogen And Potassium Management For Cotton/Corn Rotations Ebelhar $27,750.00
    Breeding Cotton For Resistance To Root-Knot Nematode (Race 3) And Reniform Nematode (Rev. 2000) Creech $32,250.00
    Mississippi Cotton Pest Monitoring Program Smith $15,000.00
    Cotton Lint Yield and Fiber Quality Response to Reduced Seeding Rates Nichols $30,038.00
    Improving Fiber Quality by Planting and Harvesting Two Varieties Together Buehring $30,038.00
    Alternative Narrow Row Cotton Spindle Picker Production Systems For Improved Profitability Buehring $49,313.00
    Effects Of Defoliation Timing On Cotton Lint Yield And Fiber Quality Nichols $12,500.00
    Evaluation Of Wide Row And Skip Row Patterns In Mississippi Cotton Nichols $26,500.00
    Effects Of Pentia On Retention, Yield, And Fiber Quality Of Bt/RR Cotton Nichols $9,500.00
    Tarnished Plant Bug And Stink Bug Impact On Transgenic Cotton Robbins $18,500.00
    Development Of Cotton Cultivars And Breeding Lines Adapted To Mississippi Wallace $32,200.00
    Development And Evaluation Of Nectarless Breeding Lines For Resistance To Plant Bugs Harris $10,000.00
    Mississippi Reniform Nematode Nursery Lawrence $7,500.00
    Undesignated   $95,924.00
    Cottonseed Pool   $10,320.00
     
    Total:
    $407,333.00
     
    NORTH CAROLINA
    Precision Agriculture For Cotton Production In Eastern North Carolina Bowers $8,749.72
    Weed Management Systems In North Carolina Cotton York $14,900.00
    Evaluations Of Late-Season Glyphosate Application On Boll Development, Seed Quality, And Fiber Characteristics Edmisten $12,502.29
    Efficacy and Economics of Liberty Link Weed Management Systems York $14,880.00
    Liberty Link Cotton Fiber Quality Response to Liberty and Other Herbicides, and Weed Control in Reduced and Conventional Tillage Environments Wilcut $16,801.76
    Development Of High Yielding, High Quality Cotton Varieties For North Carolina Bowman $16,749.54
    Cotton and Plant Growth Regulators:  Does the benefit outweigh the cost?  Which new PGRs are profitable? Edmisten $10,159.00
    Evaluation of Past, Present, and Future Cotton Fiber Quality Edmisten $11,096.00
    Quantification of Bollworm Production on Non-Bt Crop Hosts in North Carolina Bradley $14,732.00
    Effect of Conservation Tillage Systems on Economically Important Insects in North Carolina Cotton Bacheler $7,200.00
    Rotations for Management of Root-Knot Nematode in Cotton Koenning $7,600.00
    A Practical "Boll-Sizing" Device for Adjusting Stink Bug Thresholds in Bollgard Cotton Bacheler $4,900.00
    Implementation of the New Cotton Program Brown $3,508.00
    Roundup Ready Flex Cotton Fiber Qualtiy Response to Roundup Ultramax and Other Herbicides, and Weed Control in Reduced  and Conventional Tillage Wilcut $9,794.00
    Biology and Control of Tropical Spiderwort Burton $6,200.00
    Using Radiolabeled Glyphosate to Elucidate Physiological Contributions  to Yield Wilcut $12,355.00
    Weed Management in Roundup Ready Flex Cotton York $14,300.00
    Agronomic and Economic Evaluations of Defoliation Timing on Early, Medium, and Late-Maturing Varieties Edmisten $13,625.00
    Effects of Enviroment and Management on the Distribution of Radiolabelled Glyphosate in Cotton Wilcut $10,175.00
    Optimizing Profits and Fiber Quality through Plant Growth Regulators, Harvest Aid Timing, and Harvest Timing in NC Cotton Production Edmisten $13,625.00
    Management of Sting and Columbia Lance Nematode with Tolerant Varieties and Nematicides Koenning $6,900.00
    Feasibility Of Using Subsurface Drip To Irrigate Cotton In The North Carolina Coastal Plain Huffman $7,363.21
    Undesignated   $5,903.00
    Cottonseed Pool   $6,540.00
     
    Total:
    $250,558.52
     
    Evaluation of Key Pest and Beneficial Arthropod Populations on Acala Bt and Okra-leaf Cotton Varieties in New Mexico Bundy $12,610.00
    Site-Specific Soil Variability In New Mexico Cotton Fields Flynn $1,243.99
    Undesignated   $0.00
    Cottonseed Pool   $390.00
     
    Total:
    $14,243.99
         
    Cotton Extension Service Programs In Oklahoma Banks $8,844.00
    Long-Term Weed Management Experiment Comparing Roundup-Ready Programs With Traditional Methods Murray $8,844.00
    Kansas State Research and Extension Cotton Production and Management Project Duncan $6,864.50
    Cotton Insect Monitoring, Management And Yield Assessment Projects Karner $8,844.00
    Undesignated   $0.00
    Cottonseed Pool   $990.00
     
    Total:
    $34,386.50
     
    Weed management systems in Roundup Ready Flex cotton Jones $12,020.00
    Effect of Palmer amaranth stage of growth on control with Envoke or Ignite Jones $8,295.00
    Determing the Cause of Seed Rot Jones $17,500.00
    Weed Management Systems Utilizing Only Glyphosate For Season-Long Weed Control Jones $10,890.00
    Effects of Reduced Tillage Systems on Soil Compaction, Cotton Growth, Yields, and Net Returns Khalilian $16,560.00
    Undesignated   $1,867.00
    Cottonseed Pool   $1,950.00
     
    Total:
    $69,082.00
     
    Cotton Insect Control In Transgenic Cotton Varieties Lentz $8,580.00
    Tennessee Foundation For Agriculture In The Classroom Curtis $5,000.00
    Early Evaluation Of New And Transgenic Cotton Varieties In Tennessee Gwathmey $11,500.00
    Solid And Skip Row Spacings For Cotton Gwathmey $11,500.00
    Weed Management Systems In Cotton Hayes $25,000.00
    Stink Bug Damage To Bt And Conventional Cotton Varieties Lentz $4,700.00
    Effect Of Planting Date And Plant Density On Yield And Fiber Qualities Of Varieties Of Differing Maturity Craig $9,715.00
    Monitoring Bollworm And Tobacco Budworm In Tennessee Cotton Stewart $13,100.00
    Cotton Seedling Disease Nursery and In-furrow Fungicide Trials Newman $6,000.00
    Extension Support - Cotton Insect Management Stewart $6,000.00
    Reniform Nematode Survey and Research and Education Program Newman $13,750.00
    Environmental Causes of Staple and Micronaire Discounts Gwathmey $6,135.00
    Cotton Extension and Demonstration Program for Tennessee Craig $9,000.00
    Undesignated   $0.00
    Cottonseed Pool   $4,020.00
     
    Total:
    $134,000.00
     
    Liberty-Tolerant Cotton:  Field Evaluations And Comparison Of Roundup Tolerant, Buctril-Tolerant, And Conventional Cotton Weed Control Systems Dotray $20,000.00
    Examining The Effects Of Reduced Rate Defoliants On Performance And Economic Influence On Lint Quantity And Quality Cothren $15,000.00
    Pricing Analysis for HVI Market Reporting Misra $32,000.00
    Statewide Cotton Educational And Applied Research Program For Texas Lemon $21,000.00
    Texas Ag in the Classroom Program Nelsen $7,000.00
    Master Marketer Program Amosson $10,000.00
    Effects Of Conservation Tillage On Pests And Beneficial Insects In Cotton In The Southern Rolling Plains Sansone $8,066.36
    Initial Study To Establish Parameters For Use Of Atoxigenic Strains Of A. flavus In South Texas For Reduction Of Aflatoxin Contamination Cotty $15,000.00
    Effects Of Interseeded Wheat And Rye On Dryland Cotton Yields Baughman $4,757.00
    Utilizing Ag-Cares To Enhance Cotton Production And Profitability For The Texas Southern High Plains Keeling $30,000.00
    Field Cleaner Losses And Subsequent Lint Yield And Quality Associated With Varying Defoliation Levels Of Stripper Harvested Cotton Boman $11,750.00
    Panhandle Cotton Demonstrations Of Irrigation Technology, Water Management, And Integrated Pest Management Robinson $2,500.00
    Subsurface Drip Irrigation Design And Management For Cotton Production Bordovsky $25,000.00
    Factors Affecting Population Abundance Of Lygus Species In Texas High Plains Cotton And Development Of Lygus Sampling Plan Parajulee $25,000.00
    Use Of An Aerial Hyperspectral Sensor To Identify Stresses Which Limit Cotton Production Wheeler $15,000.00
    Intensive Calibration of an Improved Nitrogen Recommendation System for Cotton Hons $30,000.00
    Engineered Systems for Seed Cotton Handling, Storage and Ginning Searcy $50,000.00
    Chemical Control of Cotton Root Rot (Phymatotrichum Root Rot) in Drip Irrigated Cotton Isakeit $8,000.00
    Evaluation of Conservation Tillage Systems in South Central,  Irrigated West Texas and Rio Grande Stichler $26,070.00
    Studying Row Spacing, Plant Population, Cultivar and Soil Moisture Regime Interactions for Improving Cotton Management in the Coastal Plains of Texas Fernandez $22,380.00
    The Crop-Weather Program for South Texas: Internet-based Tools for Improving Crop Management Decisions in Cotton Production Fernandez $22,380.00
    A No-till Dryland Cotton System to Increase and Stabilize Cotton Yields During Periods of Drought Sij $16,000.00
    Production Efficiency: Injecting Phosphoric Acid With Subsurface Drip Irrigation Systems Enciso $7,157.00
    Agronomic and Economic Evaluation of Transgenic and Conventional Production Systems Boman $25,000.00
    Alternative Cotton Production Strategies for the Texas High Plains Allen $20,000.00
    Evaluating the Merits of Sub-threshold Effects of the Bollgard Technology and the Economics of Bollworm Management Leser $20,000.00
    Improving Nitrogen Fertilizer Management with Subsurface Drip-irrigation Technology Bronson $14,500.00
    Management Strategies to Improve Cotton Yield and Quality Using Drip Irrigation McMichael $14,995.00
    MEETINGS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS Williams $7,930.00
    Analysis Of Farm Policy Impacts On Texas Cotton Farms Richardson $12,000.00
    Improving West Texas Cotton - Water Stress Allen $26,712.00
    Improving West Texas Cotton - Fiber Quality & Lint Yield Auld $26,298.00
    Improving West Texas Cotton - Water Stress Gannaway $12,330.00
    Improving West Texas Cotton - Disease Wheeler $13,330.00
    Improving West Texas Cotton - Water Stress & Disease Wright $21,330.00
    Improving Texas Cotton - New Alleles for Improved Yield Stability and Performance Smith $38,750.00
    Planet Agriculture and its Benefits to the Texas Cotton Industry Gipe $10,000.00
    Germplasm Introgression for Texas Cotton Improvement - Interspecific & Intraspecific Crosses Stelly $22,500.00
    Germplasm Introgression for Texas Cotton Improvement - Breeding Thaxton $38,750.00
    Chemical Destruction Methods Used to Terminate Cotton Stalks Under Diverse Weather Conditions in South Texas Livingston $5,000.00
    Optimizing Ground Applications For Delivering Low-Rate Caterpillar Insecticides Doederlein $1,791.80
    Evaluation Of Computer Simulation Models To Manage Irrigation Scheduling In The Coastal Bend And Brazos Bottom Regions Of Texas Stapper $4,590.00
    On-Pivot Sensing System for Site-Specific Cotton Management Maas $12,170.81
    Plant Response To Pre-Bloom Square Loss And Its Relevance To Cotton Fleahopper And Lygus Bug Management In West Texas Leser $4,263.21
    Reclaiming Cotton Root Rot Infested Fields:  A Precision Farming Approach Fernandez $6,889.89
    Development Of Cotton Plants With Gossypol Free Seed And Normal Glanded Foliage Stipanovic $50,000.00
    Accelerated Genetic Improvement of Cotton by Use of Counter-cyclical Winter Nursery Kohel $30,000.00
    Undesignated   $47,370.00
    Cottonseed Pool   $23,790.00
     
    Total:
    $934,351.07
     
    Evaluation And Impact Of Stinkbug/Plantbug Species In Virginia Cotton Herbert $8,646.00
    Seedling Disease And Nematode Control In Cotton Phipps $6,483.00
    Crop Rotations involving Cotton In Southeastern Virginia Faircloth $1,693.00
    Evaluation of Weed Management Systems in Roundup Ready Cotton Wilson $15,000.00
    Undesignated $0.00
    Cottonseed Pool $870.00
     
    Total:
    $32,692.00
     

     




     
     

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