ARF - Current Projects

Current Projects

Each year, the foundation's General Fund awards seed money to Oregon State University's College of Agricultural Sciences through its Competitive Grant program. The Board of Directors solicits proposals from faculty members at Oregon State University interested in researching new ideas that may result in a positive economic impact to Oregon's agricultural industries. The Foundation's active interest in supporting research programs affirms our commitment to this long established partnership.

For the 2009-2010 fiscal year, the General Fund awarded $399,548 to initiate 33 new projects. These projects are listed below.

PI	Department	Project Title
Bartholomew, Jerri	Department of Microbiology	OEffects of Hatchery Practices on Resistance to Disease in Steelhead
Chang, Jeff	Dept of Botany & Plant Pathology	Determining the Transcriptome Changes of Pathogenic Bacteria Grown in Plant-Mimicking Conditions
Charlton, Brian	Klamath Basin Research & Ext Center	Russian Dandelion Yield Trials
Cherian, Gita	Department of Animal Science	Camelina sativa for Omega-3 Egg Production
Contreras, Ryan	Department of Horticulture	Development of a Sterile Form of Norway Maple (Acer platanoides)
Cooke, Reinaldo	Eastern Oregon Ag Research Center - Burns	Effects of Acclimation to Handling on Performance and Reproductive Development of Replacement Heifers
Flowers, Michael	Department of Crop & Soil Scinece	Evaluating a Remote Sensing Technique for Predicting In-Season Nitrogen Application Rates on Perennial Ryegrass for Seed Production
Goyer, Aymeric	Hermiston Ag Research & Ext Center	Evaluation of the Variability of Folate Concentrations in Cultivated Wild Potato Species
Hase, Claudia	College of Veterinary Medicine	Detection of Vibrio tubiashii Toxin in Oyster Hatcheries
Horneck, Don	Hermiston Ag Research & Ext Center	Determining the Influence of Riparian Buffers on Reactive Nitrogen in Agricultural Runoff
Males, James	Department of Animal Science	Puberty Development and Reproductive Performance in Beef Heifers Fed Rations supplemented with Oregon By-Product Feeds
Mallory-Smith, Carol	Department of Crop & Soil Scinece	Survey and Identification of Herbicide Resistant Hybrids of Jointed Goatgrass and Clearfield Wheat
Mata-Gonzales, Ricardo	Dept of Rangeland Ecology & Management	Accurate Determination of Cattle Diets by Fecal DNA Analysis in Sagebrush Ecosystems
Menino, Alfred	Department of Animal Science	Plasma Markers of Cystic Ovarian Disease: Plasminogen Activators and Inhibitors
Murthy, Ganti	Dept of Biological & Ecological Engineering	Evaluation of Heavy Metal Sequestration Potential of Freshwater Algae species and Their Use in Bioremediation of Landfill Leachate
Ocamb, Cindy	Dept of Botany & Plant Pathology	Effects of Germicidal Light on Seed-Borne Populaltions of Xanthomonas hortorum pv. Carotae in Carrot Seed
Ocamb, Cindy	Dept of Botany & Plant Pathology	Field Corn Susceptibility to Fusarium Crown and Stalk Node Rot
O'Reilly, Kathy	College of Veterinary Medicine	Development of an in vitro Model to Study Interactions of Organisms in Shipping Fever Complex
Owen, James	North Willamette Research & Ext Center	Improving Shad-Tree Fertility: Quantifying Annual Nutrient Removal from the Soil
Petrie, Steve	Columbia Basin Ag Research Center	Investigation of the Effect of Phosphorus Fertilization on Hessian Fly Infestation in Spring Wheat
Riera-Lizarazu, Oscar	Department of Crop & Soil Scinece	Engineering a Chromosome that Confers Resistance to a Fungal Disease of Wheat
Rondon, Silvia	Hermiston Ag Research & Ext Center	Improved Management of Potato Purple Top disease: Development of Treatment Thresholds for the Beet Leafhopper in the Columbia Basin
Roseburg, Richard	Klamath Basin Research & Ext Center	Developing Grindelia as a Drought-Tolerant, Domestic Crop Source of Industrial Resins
Sagili, Ramesh	Department of Horticulture	Potential Use of Brood Pheromone to Increase Honey Bee colony Growth and Pollination Efficiency
Sarker, Mahfuzer	College of Veterinary Medicine	Inhibitory Effects of Nisin Against Clostridium perfringens Growth in Meat Products
Skinkis, Patricia	Department of Horticulture	Developing Canopy Management Guidelines and Identifying In-Field Biomarkers for Quality Grape Production in Oregon Vineyards
Su, Yi-Cheng	COMES / Seafood Lab	Application of Probiotics in Depuration Process for Reducing Vibrio parahaemolyticus Contamination in Oysters
Vales, Isabel	Department of Crop & Soil Scinece	Implementation of Molecular marker-Assisted Breeding to Incorporate Durable Late Blight Resistance (RB gene) to Specialty Potatoes
Vales, Isabel	Department of Crop & Soil Scinece	Fast-Track Molecular Marker-Assisted Introgression of Extreme Resistant to Potato Virus Y (PVY) in Specialty Potatoes
Walton, Vaughn	Department of Horticulture	Alternative Control Strategies of Black Vine Weevil, Otiorhynthus sulcatus
Walton, Vaughn	Department of Horticulture	Economic Impact and Control of Black Vine Weevil, Otiorhynthus sulcatus on Blueberries
White, Linda	Coos County Extension	Bulb Mite Control in Easter Lilies
Wysocki, Don	Columbia Basin Ag Research Center	Investigating Biochar as a Yield Enhancement and Soil Amendment for Dryland Wheat Production

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Funds provided by the Agricultural Research Foundation also help pay for color reproduction in Oregon’s Agricultural Progress magazine, published twice a year, by the Oregon State University Experiment Station headquartered in the College of Agricultural Sciences.

The Fall 2007 issue of Oregon Progress Magazine features an article called Growing Research From Seed Money which highlights projects funded by the Agricultural Research Foundation through the Competitive Grant program.