2020 Soybean and Grain Research and Promotion Board-funded projects

Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness - $78,473

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 - $53,000

Fungicide Seed Treatment with Lignin Nanoparticles, Cristina Sabliov

Analyzing Soybean Quality with Automated Image Processing, Kevin Hoffseth

W. A. Callegari Environmental Center - $7,500

Drift Mitigation Training Video for Pesticide Applicators, Kim Brown

Communications - $6,000

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

Dean Lee Research Station - $316,736

Corn On-Farm Demonstration Program, Dan Fromme

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

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

Evaluation of Phosphorus and Potassium Applications to Commercial Corn Fields in Northeast Louisiana, Dan Fromme

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

Evaluation of Weed Management Practices in Louisiana Soybeans, Daniel Stephenson

Investigation of Weed Management Programs in Louisiana Feed Grains, Daniel Stephenson

Assessing Soybean Cultivars and Planting Date for Disease Management in Central and Southern Louisiana, Boyd Padgett

Disease Resistance and Fungicides for Disease Management in Central and South Louisiana, Boyd Padgett

Soybean On-Farm Demonstration Program, Boyd Padgett

Entomology - $96,500

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

IPM For Louisiana Soybean Insect Pests, Jeff Davis

Baseline Susceptibility and Resistance Monitoring of Louisiana Corn Earworm Populations to VIP3A, A Novel Insecticidal Protein in BT Crops, Fangneng Huang

Idlewild Research Station - $40,000

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

Macon Ridge Research Station - $161,230

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

Enhancing Soybean Insect Pest Management Strategies for Northeast Louisiana, Melissa Cater, Sebe Brown and Tyler Towles

Reevaluation of Phosphorus and Potassium Fertility at Different Soil Depths for Soybean Production in Louisiana, Rasel Parvej

Evaluation of Commercial Foliar Fertilization for Corn and Soybean Production in Louisiana, Rasel Parvej

Northeast Research Station - $192,000

Effect of Crop Inputs on Corn and Soybean Yields 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

Soybean Weed Control Research in Northeast Louisiana, Donnie Miller

Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology - $215,900

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

Characterizing the Production and Spread of Inoculum and Infection Strategies for Cercospora Leaf Blight and Purple Seed Stain Pathogens, Vinson Doyle

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

Development of New Biological Agents for Seed Treatment and Biofertilization to Promote Soybean Growth, Jong Ham

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

Redesigning Fungicide Control Strategies for Cercospora Leaf Blight of Soybean, Sara Thomas-Sharma

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

The Threat of the Guava Root-knot Nematode (Meloidogyne Enterolobii) to Soybeans in Louisiana, Josielle Rezende and Lawrence Datnoff

Direct Double-Stranded RNA Application for Managing Cercospora Leaf Blight and Rust, Zhi-Yuan Chen

Evaluation of Soybean Germplasm for Novel Sources of Resistance to Frogeye Leaf Spot and Assessment of Pathogen Race Structure in Louisiana, Jonathan Richards

Red River Research Station - $54,150

Soybean Breeding and Variety Development, Blair Buckley

Effect of Tillage System on Crop Irrigation and Evaluation of New Methods to Determine Irrigation Initiation Timing, Syam Dodla

Evaluation of Micronutrient Fertility to Increase Corn Yields in Louisiana, Syam Dodla

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, Manoch Kongchum and Dustin Harrell

School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences - $241,500

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

Sulfur Fertilization Updates: Application Rate, Sources, and Potential of Biostimulant, Brenda Tubaña

Improving Micronutrient Fertilization for Soybean Production, Jim Wang

Improving Grain Crop Production through Fertilization Integrated Pyroligneous Acid, 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

Herbicide Resistance Screening in Louisiana Cropping Systems, Lauren Lazaro

Southeast Region - $36,000

Soybean Production Research in Fallow Sugarcane Production Systems, Al Orgeron

Total Funding for 2020 - $1,583,889

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