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Research Accomplishment Reports for 2007

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Agricultural  Economics

KY004026 Debertin, D. L.
Impacts of Social Capital on the Economic Development and Well-Being of Rural Areas

KY004018 Dillon, C.
Risk Management and Profit Potential of Alternative Production Practices, Enterprises and Technologies

KY004027 Maynard, L. J.
Consumer Choice Regarding Food and Health         

KY004023 Pagoulatos, A.; Fleming, R. A.
Ex-post Evaluations of Environmental Projects that Affect Kentucky Agriculture and Rural Communities

KY004022 Reed, M. R.
Effects of Policy and Product Changes on the International Demand for US Agricultural Products

KY004028 Saghaian, S. H.
The Impact of Food Safety Scares on the Food Supply Chain in an Environment of Highly Integrated Monopolistically Competitive Agriculture and

 

Animal & Food Sciences

KY007054 Aaron, D. K.; Ely, D. G. 
Grading-Up to Hair Sheep Genetics in a Low-Input Production System  

KY007047 Boatright, W. L.
Characterization of Enzyme(s) Associated with Sulfur Assimilation Type Reactions in Soy Protein Products

KY007040 Harmon, D. L.; McLeod, K. R.  
Assessment and Implications of Carbohydrate Utilization in the Small Intestine of Beef Cattle

KY007043 Hennig, B.; Toborek, M. 
Nutritional Modulation of the Vascular Endothelium  

KY007046 Hicks, C. L.
Development of Peptides to Enhance Cheese Production and Bio-active Probes

KY007032 Lawrence, L. M.
Calcium and Phosphorus Nutrition of Pregnant and Lactating Mares

KY007057 Matthews, J. C.; Boling, J. A.
Regulated Expression of Genes/Proteins Critical to Anionic Amino Acid N Metabolism by Developing and Aging Beef Cattle

KY007035 Schillo, K. K.; Silvia, W. J.
Assessment and Regulation of Sexual Behavior in Beef Bulls

KY007044 Silvia, W. J.; Schillo, K. K.
Regulation of Estrous Behavior in Dairy Cows

KY007056 Suman, S.
Elucidating Aldehyde-induced Redox Instability in Carboxymyoglobin

KY007030 Strobel, H. J.
Proteomic Analysis of Anaerobic Bacterial Metabolism        

KY007055 Strobel, H. J.
Post-Genomic Characterization of Anaerobic Bacterial Metabolism

KY007050 Xiong, Y. L.
Antioxidative Properties of Hydorlyzed Protein in Muscle Foods

 

Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering

KY005016 Colliver, D. G.
Demand-Controlled Ventilation (DCV) for Residential Indoor Air Quality Control

KY005017 Crofcheck, C. L. 
Characterization of Laboratory and Pilot Scale Foam Fractionation of Industrial Enzymes

KY005014 Payne, F. A.; Crofcheck, C.; Menguc, P.           
Optical Sensor Measurement of Food Composition Based on Light Scattering Distribution

KY099009 Shearer, S. A.; Stombaugh, T. S.; Dillon, C. R.
Precision Placement of Crop Production Inputs via Distributed Control 

KY005023 Wells, L. G.; Murdock, L.; Stombaugh, T.
Soil Productivity as Affected by Mechanical Influence

KY005025 Workman, S. R.
Stream/Aquifer Interface: Understanding the Riparian Corridor

 

Entomology

KY008032 Brown, G. C.
Research and Development Leading to an Integrated Mosquito Management Program for Kentucky       

KY008036 Fox, C. W.
Inbreeding and the Fitness Consequences of Colonizing Novel Environments in Herbivorous Insects 

KY008025 Haynes, K. F.
Potential for Evolution of Resistance to Synthetic Pheromone       

KY008028 Palli, S. R.
Molecular Analysis of Pest Development and Resistance to Insecticides

KY008031 Potter, D. A.
Biology and Management of Insects Attacking Turf and Woody Landscape Plants

KY008022Sharkey, M. J.
Systematics and Biodiversity of Biological Control Agents with Special Reference to the Braconidae

KY008024 Wise, D. H.
Impacts of Interactions among Generalist Arthropod Predators in Two Complex Food Webs: Vegetable-Crop Gardens and Forest-Floor Leaf Litter

Horticulture

KY011013 Archbold, D. D.
Regulation of Sorbitol Dehydrogenase Activity During Apple Fruit Development: Genotypic Differences and the Impact of Cultural Practices

KY011027 Archbold, D.
Regulation of  Expression and Activity of Sorbitol Dehydrogenase in Apple

KY011018 Buxton, J. W.
Optimizing the Water and Air Relationship and Nutrient Concentration in a Controlled Water Table Irrigated Container Growing Medium

KY011020 Geneve, R. L.
The Role of Ethylene and Polyamine Interaction in the Time to Radicle Protrusion during Seed Germination

KY011019 Houtz, R. L.
Mechanism and Significance of Post-Translational Modifications in the Large (LS) and Small (SS) Subunits of Rubisco          

KY011026 Ingram, D.; Van Sanford, D.; Dillon, C. 
New Horicultural and Grain Crop Opportunities for Kentucky        

KY011022Snyder, J.
Spider Mite Resistance Mechanisms in Lycopersicon hirsutum

KY011016 Williams, M.        
Peptide Deformylase: A Novel Herbicide Target Amenable to Genetically Engineered Tolerance

 

Human Environmental Sciences

KY010008 Chow, C. K.
Antioxidant Nutrients, Reactive Oxygen Species and Oxidative Stress

KY010007 Glauert, H. P.
Dietary Antioxidants, NF-kB, and Carcinogenesis


Plant Pathology

 KY012017 Farman, M.
Genomic studies of the model phytopathogenic fungus Magnaporthe grisea

KY012014 Ghabrial, S. A.
Epidemiology, Genetic Diversity and Strategies to Control Bean Pod Mottle Virus

KY0-12019 Goodin, M. M.
Genomics, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology of Sonchus yellow net virus, a plant rhabdovirus

KY012020 Kachroo, P.
Characterization of R-Gene-Mediated Signaling and Cross Talk between Defense Signaling Pathways    

KY012023 Nagy, P. D.
Defining RNA and Protein Factors Affecting Tombusvirus Replication     

KY012025 Schardl, C. L.
Genomics of fungal endophytes and their host grasses

KY012015 Schardl, C. L.
Genetics and Biochemistry of Alkaloid Production by Endophytes

KY012016 Vaillancourt, L. J.           
Molecular Genetics of the Interaction between Corn and Corn Stalk Rot Fungi (Colletotrichum graminicola and Fusarium graminearum)

KY012024 Vaillancourt, L. J.           
Molecular Genetics of the Interaction between Corn and Corn Stalk Rot Fungi (Colletotrichum graminicola and Gibberella zeae 

 

Plant and Soil Sciences

KY006046 Baskin, C.           
Seed germination ecology of Hawaiian montane species

KY006048 Egli, D. B.
Regulation of reproductive sink size in soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill)

KY006045 McCulley, R. L.
Endophyte Effects on the Structure and Function of Tall Fescue Pasture

KY006047 Perry, S. E.
Regulation of Gene Expression during Plant Embryogenesis

      

Veterinary Science

KY014027 Balasuriya, U.
Molecular Basis of Attenuation of the Modified Live Virus Vaccine Strain of Equine Arteritis

KY014028 Chambers, T.; Horohov, D.
Innate Immune Responses to Influenza Virus Infection

KY014022 Fitzgerald, B. P.
Development of Strategies to Increase Peripheral Insulin Responsiveness in Dietary-induced Insulin Resistant Horses

KY014021 Horohov, D. W.; Chambers, T.
The Effect of Aging on the Immune Response of Horses

KY014026 Howe, D. K.
Investigation of the SnSAG Gene Family of Surface Antigens in the Coccidian Parasite Sarcocystis neurona 

KY014025 Issel, C. J.; Cook, R. F.; Cook, S. J.
Control of Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA)

KY014015 Lyons, E. T.
Molecular Mechanisms, Ecology, and Control of Natural Infections of Equids and Ruminants by Drug-Resistant Internal Parasites   

KY014024 MacLeod, J. N.
Cartilage-Specific Fibronectin Isoform     

KY014016 McDowell, K. J.  
Pregnancy Maintenance in Mares

KY014020 Swerczek, T. W.
Evaluation of Bacterial Endophytes of Grass and Legume Forages as Emerging Casuses of Reproductive Loss  

KY014029 Tobin, T.  
High Sensitivity Analytical/Toxicological Approaches to Problems in Equine Medicine

 

Hatch MultiState

Agricultural Economics

KY004020 Fleming, R. A.
Benefits and Cost of Natural Resources Policies Affecting Public and Private Lands

KY004025 Pushkarskaya, H. N.
Family Firms and Policy

 

Animal & Food Sciences

KY099005 Cromwell, G. L.; Grove, J.
Animal Manure and Waste Utilization, Treatment and Nuisance Avoidance for a Sustainable Agriculture

KY007041 Lindemann, M. D.; Aaron, D. K.; Fleming, R. A.
Nutritional Systems For Swine To Increase Reproductive Efficiency

KY007034 Matthews, J. C.               
Interpreting Cattle Genomic Data: Biology, Applications and Outreach

KY007036 McAllister, A. J.               
Genetic Selection and Crossbreeding to Enhance Reproduction and Survival of Dairy Cattle

KY007039 McLeod, K. R. 
Metabolic Relationships in Supply of Nutrients for Lactating Cows

KY007052 Silvia, W. J.
Methods to Increase Reproductive Efficiency in Cattle

KY007042 Thrift, F. A.
Genetic (Co) Variance of Parasite Resistance, Temperament and Production Traits of Traditional and Non-Bos indicus Tropically Adapted Breed                        

KY007053 Vanzant, E. S.
Nitrogen Cycling, Loading, and Use Efficiency in Forage-Based Livestock Production Systems

 

Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering

KY005020 Gates, R. S.; Duncan, G.; Anderson, R. G.; Geneve, R.; Buxton, J.
Developing and Integrating Components for Commercial Greenhouse Production System

KY005026 Gates, R. S.
Stress Factors of Farm Animals and Their Effects on Performance

KY099008 Gates, R. S.; Overhults, D. G.; Pescatore, A. J.; Fehr, R. E.
Systems for Controlling Air Pollutant Emissions and Indoor Environments of Poultry, Swine and Dairy Facilities

KY005022 Montross, M. D.; McNeill, S. G.
Management of Grain Quality and Security for World Markets

KY005018 Nokes, S. E.; Montross, M.; Crofcheck, C.; Strobel, H. J.        
The Science and Engineering for a Biobased Industry and Economy

KY005024 Payne, F. A.     
Improvement of Thermal and Alternative Processes for Foods

 

Community & Leadership Development

KY013007 Burmeister, L. 
Research and Education Support for the Renewal of an Agriculture of the Middle

KY013006 Dyk, P. H.
Rural Low-Income Families: Tracking their Well-Being and Function in an Era of Welfare Reform

 

Entomology

KY008033 Bessin, R. T.
A National Agricultural Program to Clear Pest Control Agents for Minor Uses

KY008037 Dobson, S. L.
Improved Methods to Combat Mosquitoes and Crop Pests in Rice Fields

KY008035 Obrycki, J.
Ecology and Management of European Corn Borer and Other Lepidopteran Pests of Corn

KY008034 Rieske-Kinney, L. K.; Baker, F. A.; Cook, S.; Bentz, B.; Harrington, T. C.; Bonello, P.; Jacobi, W.; Wood, D.; Raffa, K. F.         
Interactions among Bark Beetles, Pathogens, and Conifers in North American Forests

KY008029 Yeargan, K. V.
Dynamic Soybean Pest Management for Evolving Agricultural Technologies and Cropping Systems

   

Horticulture

KY099006 Downie, A. B.; Egli, D. B.; Baskin, C. C.; Baskin, J. M.; Perry, S. E.; Geneve, R. L.; TeKrony, D. M.
Environmental and Genetic Determinants of Seed Quality and Performance

KY011024 Kurtural, K.; Archbold, D.
Multi-State Evaluation of Wine Grape Cultivars and Clones

KY011017 Masabni, J. G.
Rootstock and Interstem Effects on Pome- and Stone-Fruit Trees  

KY011025 McNiel, R.E.
Marketing, Managing, and Producing Environmental Plants in a Technical and Economically Efficient Manner  

 

Plant Pathology

KY012026 Seebold, K. W.; Elliott, M.; Canaday, C.; Rothrock, C.; Westphal, A.; Keinath, T.; Ownley, B.; Jimenez-Gasco, M.; Padgett, G. B.; Benson, D. M.; Cubeta, M.
Ecological and genetic diversity of soilborne pathogens and indigenous microflora

KY012022 Vaillancourt, L.               
Biochemistry and Genetics of Plant-Fungal Interactions

 

Plant and Soil Sciences

KY006042 D'Angelo, E.
Fate and ecological effects of livestock antibiotics in soils 

KY006043 Grabau, L. J.
Weed Management Strategies for Sustainable Cropping Systems

KY0-06044 Grove, J. H.
Characterizing Active Soil Organic Matter Pools Controlling Soil N Availability in Maize-based Cropping systems

KY006036 Karathanasis, A. D.
Mineral Controls on P Retention and Release in Soils and Soil Amendments

KY006041 Karathanasis, A. D.
Hydropedology: Genesis, Properties, and Distribution of Hydromorphic Soils

KY001662 Phillips, T. D.
Breeding and Genetics of Forage Crops to Improve Productivity, Quality, and Industrial Uses

KY006038 Phillips, T. D.
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation and Utilization

KY006039 Wendroth, O. O.
Characterizing Mass And Energy Transport at Different Scales

 

Veterinary Science

KY014023 Bailey, E.
National Animal Genome Research Program Species Coordinator for the Horse

KY099007 Bailey, E.; Lear, T.; MacLeod, J.; Cothran, E. G.; Graves, K.; Webb, B.
National Animal Genome Research Program (From NSRP-8)