Project Grant 20266702045800
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Regents of the University of California at Riverside received a $298,287 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), CFDA 10.310, awarded February 1, 2026, with completion targeted for January 31, 2028. The project focuses on developing and validating a biological management approach for cyst nematodes using naturally occurring fungi...
- The Regents of the University of California at Riverside received a $649,990 Project Grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The grant, effective July 1, 2024, supports research to understand how plant pathogens called Liberibacters evade and suppress plant immune responses. The project aims to generate knowledge about Liberibacter effector proteins and their mechanisms of altering plant immunity,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Regents of the University of California at Riverside received a $622,716 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This integrated research initiative addresses the discontinuation of methyl bromide soil fumigation in almond and walnut production by developing...
- The Regents of the University of California at Riverside received a $180,000 Project Grant award on August 15, 2024 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310). This multidisciplinary project aims to gain a deeper understanding of xylan, a key plant cell wall component, and its role in plant health, biomechanics, and resilience to biotic stressors like nematodes. The research leverages molecular biology techniques and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary University of California, Davis received a $849,553 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), effective February 1, 2026 through January 31, 2029. The award supports research to advance understanding of plant-microbiome interactions and their role in improving agricultural productivity and sustainability. The research...
- The Regents of the University of California at Riverside (UC Riverside) was awarded a $180,000 project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. The three-year project aims to increase understanding of strigolactone diversity and selective recruitment of beneficial microbes to enhance crop stress tolerance and nutrient acquisition. UC Riverside will incorporate...
- Federal Grant Award Summary UC Riverside received a $591,500 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI, CFDA 10.310) program, effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028. The award funds a multidisciplinary research initiative to develop practical, on-farm solutions for improving the safety and reliability of recycled water (treated wastewater) for irrigating food crops...
- The University of California, Davis has been awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) to conduct research on how microbial warfare leads to the ecological success of plant pathogens. This 5-year "IGNITE Career Project" will shed light on devastating wilt diseases that impact major food crops like potato, tomato, banana, and peanut. The project leverages innovative computational and synthetic...
- This $180,000 Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) aims to advance the understanding of Clavibacter, a genus of gram-positive, xylem-colonizing bacteria that includes important plant pathogens. The project will identify and characterize a receptor for a Clavibacter-secreted effector, marking the discovery of the first plant receptor for a gram-positive bacterium. It will...
- The University of California, Davis received a $750,000 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) project grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The grant, awarded on September 15, 2024, supports a 3-year research project to characterize the population diversity and environmental persistence of Ralstonia plant pathogens that cause bacterial wilt disease in major American food crops like potato, tomato, banana, and peanut. The project will involve collecting and...
Federal Grant Award Summary The Regents of the University of California at Riverside received a Project Grant award of $849,999 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), effective February 15, 2026 through February 14, 2029. This research project addresses carrot cavity spot (CCS), a significant fungal disease caused by Pythium species that render carrot tap roots unmarketable. The primary deliverable is the identification and characterization of microbial communities associated with CCS infection across different carrot varieties, developmental stages, and disease progression statuses. The research will generate scientific knowledge regarding individual microbes within soil microbial communities that form complex interactions with Pythium during CCS infection. By identifying these microbial communities—which vary by geographical location, season, carrot genotype, growth stage, and plant health status—the project will reveal organisms that can be targeted for disease management strategies. This research is conducted at UC Riverside's facility in Riverside, California and contributes to AFRI's overarching goals of improving agricultural productivity and addressing plant health challenges through competitive, peer-reviewed scientific research.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $850.0k | 2/13/26 |