2019 Soybean and Grain Research and Promotion Board-funded projects

Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness - $95,343.67

Knowledge Transfer on Water and Soil Policy Reforms to Promote Profitable Irrigation Water Management, Naveen Adusumilli

Economic Analysis of Farm Programs and Commodity Costs and Returns for Soybean and Grain Production in Louisiana, Michael Deliberto

Evaluation of Optimal Crop Insurance Usage in Louisiana, Lawson Connor

Evaluation of Costs and Returns to Dicamba-Resistant Soybean Adoption and Relative Values of Corn/Soybean Seed Treatments, Lawson Connor

Evaluating Crop Insurance Rating Options in Louisiana, Lawson Connor


Biological and Agricultural Engineering - $25,000

Fungicide Seed Treatment with Lignin Nanoparticles, Cristina Sabliov


Communications - $5,000

Louisiana Soybean and Grain Research and Promotion Board Report, Frankie Gould


Dean Lee Research Station - $243,164

Corn On-Farm Demonstration Program, Dan Fromme

Evaluation of Disease Resistance and Other Disease Management Practices in Louisiana Wheat Varieties, Boyd Padgett

Development of UAV Technologies for Soybean and Small Grain Crops, Randy Price

Evaluation and Determination of Weed Management Strategies in Louisiana Soybeans, Daniel Stephenson

Weed Management Strategies for Louisiana Feed Grain Crops, Daniel Stephenson

Evaluation of Soybean, Corn and Grain Sorghum Cultivars and Fungicides for Disease Management in Central and South Louisiana, Boyd Padgett

Monitoring Soybean Diseases and Pathogen Resistance in Louisiana, Boyd Padgett

Soybean On-Farm Demonstration Program, Boyd Padgett

Best Management Practices in Louisiana, Boyd Padgett


Entomology - $86,500

Best Management Practices for Sustainable Insecticide-Resistant Soybean Looper, Jeff Davis

IPM For Louisiana Soybean Insect Pests, Jeff Davis


Idlewild Research Station - $40,000

Development of Control Options for Feral Swine in Soybean Fields, Glen Gentry


Macon Ridge Research Station - $158,230

Enhancing Field Corn Insect Pest Management Strategies for Louisiana, Sebe Brown

Enhancing Grain Sorghum Insect Pest Management Strategies for Louisiana, Sebe Brown

Enhancing Soybean Insect Pest Management Strategies for Louisiana, Sebe Brown

Developing Management Strategies for Corn and Wheat Diseases, Trey Price

Developing Management Strategies for Soybean Diseases, Trey Price

Managing Foliar Diseases and Head Blights of Grain Sorghum, Trey Price

Utilizing Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus as Novel Insecticide in Corn and Soybeans, Sebe Brown


Northeast Research Station - $240,644

Compatibility of Cover Crops and Fall-Applied Residual Herbicides, Josh Copes (Stephenson/Miller)

Evaluating Pre- and Post-Harvest Field Management Strategies in Corn, Grain Sorghum and Soybean Production Systems in Louisiana, Josh Copes

Investigating Cover Crop Impacts on Row Crop Production in North Louisiana, Josh Copes

Soybean Seed Quality as Affected by Maturity Group, Row Spacing and Harvest Aid Application, Josh Copes

Evaluation of Drought-Tolerant Corn Hybrids on Alluvial and Loessial Soils in Northeast Louisiana, Rick Mascagni

Soybean Weed Control Research in Northeast Louisiana, Donnie Miller


Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology - $214,450

Cercospora Leaf Blight Disease of Soybean — Explore New Approaches for Management, Zhi-Yuan Chen

Identifying Sources of Inoculum to Determine Effective Management Strategies for Cercospora Leaf Blight and Purple Seed Stain, Vinson Doyle

Building the Framework to Develop Integrated Management Strategies for Taproot Decline, Vinson Doyle

Development of New Iron Formulations for Management of Cercospora Leaf Blight of Soybean, Sara Thomas-Sharma

Development of a Rapid Laboratory Protocol for Screening for Resistance to Cercospora Leaf Blight in Soybean, Sara Thomas-Sharma

Screening Grain Crops for Potential Guava Root-Knot Nematode, Josielle Rezende and Lawrence Datnoff

New Biological Agents for Seed Treatment and Biofertilization, Jong Ham

The Threat of the Guava Root-knot Nematode (Meloidogyne Enterolobii) to soybeans in Louisiana, Josielle Rezende (McGawley)


Red River Research Station - $73,443

Soybean Breeding and Variety Development, Blair Buckley

Developing Optimum N, P and K Fertilization Rates for Soybeans and Corn Under No-Till Conservation Agriculture, Syam Dodla

Evaluating the Functional Aspects of Mixed Application of Cover Crops on Crop Productivity and Soil Health in Louisiana, Changyoon Jeong


Renewable Natural Resources - $20,000

New Cleaner and Cleaning Method for Soybean Herbicides, Zhijun Liu


H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station - $64,900

Evaluation of Soybean Cultural and Fertility Practices in Southwest Louisiana, Dustin Harrell


School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences - $241,000

Molecular Mapping and Expression Profiling for Development of DNA-Based Markers to Complement Wheat Breeding, Niranjan Baisakh

Small Grain Breeding, Variety Development and Testing, Stephen Harrison

Soil Fertility Research: Improving Yield and Alleviating Disease in Soybean Production, Brenda Tubaña

Nitrogen Budget and Management Improvement Using Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizers for Louisiana Grain Crop Production, Jim Wang

The Effect of Moisture Content on Harvest Weed Seed Control in Various Cropping Systems in Louisiana, Lauren Lazaro

Phenological Shifts in Flowering and Seed Set Due to Selection Pressures of Harvest Weed Seed Control, Lauren Lazaro

Impact of Fertilization and Planting Dates on Cover Crop Biomass Production and Nutrient Turnover on Soybean-Corn Rotation Systems, Brenda Tubaña

Improving Micronutrient Fertilization for Soybean Production, Jim Wang

On-Farm Precision Agriculture Research to Support Variety Trials, Luciano Shiratsuchi


Southeast Region - $36,000

Soybean Production Research in Fallow Sugarcane Production Systems, Al Orgeron


Total Funding for 2019 - $1,543,674.67

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