Project Grant 20226701336139
- This Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) provides $682,232 to the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center (LSU AgCenter) from January 2022 through December 2025. The funding supports research under NIFA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) competitive grants program (CFDA 10.310). Specifically, the LSU AgCenter and sub-awardee Louisiana State University will conduct research to better understand...
- The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $295,320 Project Grant under the Crop Protection and Pest Management Competitive Grants Program (CPPM) to the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center (LSU Agricultural Center) for a project titled "Enhancing Sustainability of Insect Management in Furrow-Irrigated Rice in the U.S. Mid-South." The grant period is from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. The LSU Agricultural Center will...
- This Project Grant award of $325,000 from the Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.329 Crop Protection and Pest Management Competitive Grants Program) supports Texas A&M Agrilife Research's efforts to characterize the relationship between rice plant age and vulnerability to the Mexican rice borer (MRB) pest. The goal is to develop a crop model to guide scouting and treatment decisions for MRB management in rice production along the Gulf Coast. The...
- The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) within the United States Department of Agriculture awarded a $10,000,000 Project Grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) federal grant program to the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center (LSU Agricultural Center) on April 1, 2023 with a projected completion date of March 31, 2027. The grant aims to develop climate-resilient innovations to sustainably produce rice in the southern U.S. through a multi-state,...
- The Louisiana State University Agricultural Center (LSU Agricultural Center) received a $649,957 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) federal grant program. The grant will fund a three-year research study from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2026. The study aims to investigate the effectiveness of management practices in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and improving...
- This $225,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.310 - Agriculture and Food Research Initiative) will support research at the University of Arizona to investigate the molecular basis of plant-insect interactions and improve the effectiveness of biocontrol agents for managing the invasive fern Lygodium microphyllum. The research team will sequence and compare the genomes of resistant and susceptible varieties...
- This $180,000 federal Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310). The funding supports research to investigate the sources of variation in breeding, mating behavior, and genetics across multiple populations of fruit-infesting fly species that are agricultural pests. The research aims to provide critical insights into the variability among...
- This $2,500,000 Project Grant was awarded by the Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) program. The grant will fund research to examine the role of invasive plants as conduits for pathogen transmission across ecosystem boundaries, with a focus on understanding the eco-evolutionary dynamics of disease emergence in agricultural and natural systems. The research team, led by the University of...
- The University of Maryland, College Park will receive $499,961 from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research program to conduct genomic monitoring of insect pest populations for emerging resistance to pest management technologies from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The project aims to assess the strengths and limitations of genomic monitoring approaches for detecting emerging resistance in different pest...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $306,292 Project Grant (CFDA 10.200) to the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center (LSU AgCenter) to establish the foundation for a germplasm repository to protect the genetic resources supporting sustainable farmed and wild-caught crawfish aquaculture. The funding will be used to address the lack of germplasm preservation and repository development for the economically and ecologically...
This $612,852 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program will fund research on the invasive Mexican rice borer insect in Louisiana and Florida. The Louisiana State University Agricultural Center will characterize genetic structures of rice borer populations, determine fine-scale genetic structures at expansion edges, compare cold tolerance among populations, and predict future range expansion. The University of Florida will conduct field research in Florida, collect adult and larval rice borer samples for genetic analysis, and conduct sentinel plant experiments to complement greenhouse studies led by LSU. This research will serve as a model for studying population genetics during biological invasions and help mitigate impacts of this economically important crop pest under the AFRI program's goals. The grant period is from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2025.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $612.9k | 10/15/21 |
GrantNumber | Description | Subgrantee | Prime Award | Dollars Obligated | Updated At |
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PO0000203801S | University Of Florida | Project Grant 20226701336139 | $30.0k | 7/21/22 |