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Research & Funding Sources:
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work in its entirety please either e-mail or call one of us.
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is presented with title and abstract.
Graduate
work:
1) Assessment of Spring Canola (Brassica napus L.)
Yellow Mustard and Intergeneric Hybrids Between B. napus
and S. alba for Resistance to Insect Pests. Dan Ross,
May 2003.
2) Gene Flow and Accumulation Between Herbicide Resistant
Canola (Brassica napus L.) and a Related Weed Species (B.
rapa L.).
Stephanie Reddy, December 2002.
3) Early Generation Selection Efficiency in Spring Canola and
Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.).
Tim Davis, December 2001.
4) Examination of Heterosis in Yellow Mustard to Determine the
Feasibility of Developing Hybrid Cultivars.
Minxia Song, December 2000.
5) Agronomic and Economic Feasibility of Yellow Mustard (Sinapis
alba L.) as an Alternative Crop in the Dryland Region of the
Pacific Northwest.
Aaron D. Esser, 1998.
6) Introgression of Characters from Genetically Engineered
Canola (Brassica napus L.) Crops to Related Weed Species.
Harikumar S. Nair, December 1997.
7) The Inheritance of Oilseed Quality Characteristics in
Yellow Mustard (Sinapis alba L.).
Jihong Tang, August 1996.
8) Investigation of Heterosis in Spring and Winter Canola (Brassica
napus L.).
Kathleen P. McGee, December 1994.
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Post
Doctorate:
No current or past PhD work.
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Grants
and Funding Sources:
EcoEnergy Ltd,
a European company working with Biodiesel.
Total
grants and contracts 1992-2003 awarded to our breeding group:
$3,030,679.00
Total
additional grants and contracts 1992-2003 awarded to co-PI's:
1,418,984.00
2003 Determine optimum agronomic practices
to maximize productivity of canola-quality Oriental mustard (Brassica
juncea). Pacific Northwest Canola Research Program, two
years, $20,000.
2003 Construction of a direct seed, small
plot research drill to evaluate agronomic management systems for
direct seeding Canola in the Pacific Northwest. Pacific
Northwest Research Program, one year, $7,000.
2003 Determine growing degree-days are
necessity to establish a winter canola crop that will better
survive winter conditions. Pacific Northwest Canola Research
Program, two years, $20,000.
2003 Screening high oleic acid, low
linolenic acid winter canola for adaptability to environments in
Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and Montana. Pacific Northwest
Canola Research Program, two years, $20,000 (with Dr.'s
Wysocki and Johnson, $40,000).
2003 Develop marker-assisted selection
techniques by identifying molecular markers associated to cabbage
seedpod weevil resistance in canola x yellow mustard hybrids.
Pacific Northwest Canola Research Program, two years, $20,000.
2003 Examine management cropping systems
for direct seeding winter canola crops in the Pacific Northwest.
Pacific Northwest Canola Research Program, two years, $20,000.
2003 Investigating the relative
efficacy and economic feasibility of insecticides applied as seed
treatments to control early and late season insect pests of spring
canola. Pacific Northwest Canola Research Program, two
years, $20,000.
2003 Identify late-planted winter
canola cultivars with increased growth at low temperatures.
Idaho Canola and Mustard Commission, one year, $10,000.
2003 Determine optimum agronomic
practices to maximize productivity of 'Pacific Gold' oriental
mustard and 'Kodiak' brown mustard. Idaho Canola and Mustard
Commission, one year,
$10,000.
2003 An evaluation scheme to
identify superior mustard cultivars that are suitable for
production in Idaho, and other regions of the Pacific Northwest.
Idaho Canola and Mustard Commission, one year,
$10,000.
2003 A National Canola Cultivar
Development Program to Identify Adapted Canola Cultivars to
Improve Efficiency and Grower Profitability, American Canola
Association, Canola Research Program National Competitive Grant,
one year, $21,000 (with Dr.'s Rife and Raymer, $51,000).
2003 Proposal for an Evaluation
Scheme to Identify Superior Cultivars of Winter and Spring Canola
that are Suitable for Production in the Pacific Northwest.
Washington Canola and Mustard Commission, one year, $5,000.
2003 Developing optimal agronomic
management systems for direct seeding Brassica oilseed and
mustard crops in the Pacific Northwest. STEEP III, 3 years,
$70,000.
Total funding 2003 awarded to breeding group (to date)
$248,000.00
Total
funding 2003 awarded to co-Principal Investigators
$ 50,000.00
2002 An evaluation scheme to
identify superior cultivars of winter and spring canola that are
suitable for production in the Pacific Northwest. Pacific
Northwest Canola Regional Program, Two years, $20,000.
2002 Seed sales and seed royalties-
'IdaGold' $93,750, 'Sunrise' $4,500, 'Pacific Gold'
$19,000. Total sale and seed royalties $117,250.
Total funding 2002 awarded and still carrying over into 2003:
$137,250.
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