Funded Projects
2022
Bonito, Gregory |
Synthesis of 10-years of wheat-maize-soybean microbiome research under different agricultural production systems |
Caputo, Vincenzina |
Predicting Changes in Consumer Food Choices |
Cassida, Kimberly |
Intercropping Alfalfa and Corn Silage to Build Soil Health |
Chaudhari, Sushila |
Pigweed management with indaziflam, and effect on rye-cover crop establishment and asparagus |
Chilvers, Martin |
Uncovering the Diversity of Molecular Mechanisms that Determine Pythium Crop Host Recognition |
Chilvers, Martin |
Extension and demonstration for management of tar spot in corn silage |
Chilvers, Martin |
Epidemiology approaches for improved management of tar spot in Michigan |
Dong, Younsuk |
Optimizing Irrigation Management using Machine Learning, Internet of Things (IoT) and Field Sensors |
Dowtin, Asia |
Tree Work 101: Expanding An Accessible Training Program to Increase Capacity in Michigan’s Arboriculture Workforce |
Fernandez, Tom |
Engineered Substrates and Irrigation Management to Improve Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Water Retention in Nursery Container Production |
Fleming, Margaret |
Bringing the Beal seed experiment into the modern era |
Hausbeck, Mary |
Squash and Pumpkin Growers Seek Relief from Crown and Fruit Rot |
Hollender, Courtney |
The biological mechanism behind early and late apple sports |
Isaacs, Rufus |
Training program on sampling berries for SWD to improve blueberry IPM |
Isaacs, Rufus |
Uncovering the impacts of extreme heat on blueberry pollen nutrition and bee behavior and development |
Isaacs, Rufus |
Testing a promising new biocontrol agent for spotted-wing drosophila in Michigan |
Ko, Dae Kwan |
Accessing the impact of abiotic stress on activities of cis-regulatory sequences in sorghum at single-cell resolution |
Lavely, Emily |
Demonstrating Tree Fruit Planar Training System Innovations That Facilitate Labor Efficiencies
and New Orchard Technologies |
Lopez, Roberto |
Using Greenhouse Lighting to Limit Losses from Downy Mildew on Impatiens Bedding Plants |
Mayhew, Emily |
Modeling the Impact of Volatile Composition on Perceived Sweetness |
Miesel, Jessica |
Integrating biochar into best agricultural practices for soil health in corn-soybean systems |
Miles, Timothy |
Integrated monitoring of fungicide resistance through adaptive spore trapping in vineyards |
Miles, Timothy |
Communicating new disease management strategies to Michigan Hop Growers |
Nasrollahiazar, Esmaeil |
Monitoring statewide grapevine cold hardiness evaluations in order to develop the Michigan Grapevine Cold Hardiness Model |
Patterson, Eric |
Developing new assays for rapid herbicide resistance diagnostics |
Rouached, Hatem |
Improving nitrogen and phosphorus use efficiency in dry bean through the investigation of their homeostatic interactions |
Saha, Debalina |
Competitive Effects of Weeds on Container-grown Ornamental Plants |
Sakalidis, Monique |
Alternatives to mechanical root disruption in the management of oak wilt: An assessment of chemical root disruption and prophylactic treatments |
Singh, Maninderpal |
Development of a web-based predictive tool for corn kernel drydown and profit maximization |
Sundin, George |
Determination of the most effective management techniques for apple fruit rots (bitter rot and black rot) |
Szendrei, Zsofia |
Onion thrips and foliar disease management in commercial onions in Michigan |
Szendrei, Zsofia |
Enviroweather degree day model for the Colorado potato beetle in Michigan |
Szucs, Marianna |
Predicting the effectiveness of spotted wing drosophila biocontrol across space and time |
Warner, Ryan |
Leveraging genetics to improve energy efficiency of greenhouse crop production. |
Werling, Benjamin |
LOL: Helping growers control cabbage maggot leaving out Lorsban |
Werner, Sarah |
Evaluating a role for the soybean root microbiome in nutrient uptake |
Willbur, Jaime |
Early-season fungicide resistance monitoring for foliar sugar beet pathogens |
Wilson, Julianna |
Evaluating the Samba Wasp as a Promising New Biocontrol Agent for Spotted Wing Drosophila in Michigan Cherries |