Project Grant 20246701242430
- This $325,000 Project Grant, awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Crop Protection and Pest Management Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329), will develop improved tools and strategies for managing foliar fungal diseases that impact major crops like corn, soybeans, and potatoes. The project will combine low-cost air sampling devices, cellular weather monitoring stations, and DNA sequencing technology to track disease-causing organisms in crop...
- This Project Grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Crop Protection and Pest Management Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329) provides $200,000.00 to the University of Florida from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2027. The goal of this project is to develop methodologies for detecting fluopyram resistance in plant-parasitic nematodes found in turfgrass systems, and to use these methods to provide resistance management recommendations to golf...
- This $4,125,422 federal Project Grant award was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Specialty Crop Research Initiative (CFDA 10.309) program. The grant aims to address critical challenges in the U.S. grape industry by developing tools and educational programming to help grape growers manage fungicide resistance and optimize disease control. Key activities include: Developing rapid early detection tools and improved pathogen...
- This $450,500 Project Grant was awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The primary goal is to screen and release new low-input centipedegrass cultivars with improved seed yield, stress resilience, and turfgrass quality that can be deployed across the Southeastern United States. The grant leverages the combined expertise of North Carolina State University, the University of Florida, and the...
- This $999,656 Project Grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) aims to develop an integrated field-to-report system for rapid and effective plant disease diagnostics. The key products and services to be delivered include: Capacity building to equip a National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN) laboratory for high-throughput molecular virus testing of large volumes of potato tuber samples (Objective...
- This $500,000 project grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310), will support research to gain insights into differential host susceptibility to infection by fungal pathogens. The project will utilize wild host models to provide greater predictive potential on emerging infectious diseases of crop plants. Key research activities include sophisticated microscopic analysis of...
- This $224,992 project grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.310 - Agriculture and Food Research Initiative) to The Pennsylvania State University will investigate how different mowing practices impact turfgrass root growth, soil microbial and faunal communities, and key ecosystem functions like carbon cycling and nutrient retention. The 2-year research project will use controlled greenhouse experiments and large-scale field...
- This $325,000 Project Grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329) seeks to characterize fungicide resistance of the Botrytis pathogen affecting a wide range of specialty crops including fruit, ornamentals, vegetable transplants, and row crops in California and Michigan. The key objectives are to: 1) determine the fungicide resistance profile of Botrytis populations...
- This $297,976 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) program supports the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) at the University of Minnesota. The NTEP conducts cultivar evaluations and maintains a comprehensive database of turfgrass characteristics across North America. The grant aims to address challenges in integrating visual rating data with emerging molecular and genomic datasets to improve turfgrass...
- 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...
This $225,000 federal project grant, awarded by the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310), supports research to investigate the genetic diversity and fungicide resistance of the "Dollar Spot" turf disease pathogen across golf courses in the Northeastern United States. The project, conducted by the University of Connecticut, aims to provide golf course superintendents and researchers with critical insights into how this important turfgrass disease has evolved over time in response to current management practices. Key activities include sampling native pathogen populations, comparing their genetics to historical isolates, and correlating changes to fungicide use patterns. Findings from this 2-year project will directly inform improved approaches for managing Dollar Spot outbreaks on golf courses while also advancing fundamental understanding of fungal pathogen population biology.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $225.0k | 5/8/24 |