2015-16 Grants
Project GREEEN awarded 42 new grants for projects in 2015-16.
Project GREEEN has awarded 42 new grants for projects in 2015-16, as well as continued funding for 29 additional projects.
Jared Ali - Manipulating the soil dwelling friends and foes of cucurbitaceae: development and utilization of below ground cucumber beetle natural enemies and the plant signals/contexts that make biological control effective
Christine Bahlai - Exploiting the landscape of fear as an insect control tactic
Randolph Beaudry - Developing storage alternatives for Honeycrisp and other carbon dioxide-sensitive apple varieties
Daniel Brainard - Evaluating the use of mustard cover crops to aid in establishment of asparagus
Kimberly Cassida - Filling gaps: critical forage management bulletins
Martin Chilvers - Identifying dry bean root rot pathogens and characterizing the threat of sudden death syndrome for improved disease management
Martin Chilvers - Digital extension media to improve field crop disease education, management and profitability
David Douches - Assessing the impact of climate change on potato production in Michigan in the 21st century
Carlos Garcia-Salazar - Advanced IPM scout training for underserved berry growers to manage new invasive species SWD/BMSB
Matthew Grieshop - Further evaluation of a solid set canopy delivery system for high-density apples
Matthew Grieshop - Development of attract and kill approaches for brown marmorated stink bug and spotted wing drosophila
Larry Gut - Monitoring and management of two key invasive pests of apple and peach
Daniel Guyer - Using x-ray computed tomography (CT) for enhanced in vivo study of potato tuber late blight development
Mary Hausbeck - Michigan cucumber growers face new challenges
Mary Hausbeck - Downy mildew on hop: tools to protect Michigan's new industry
Rufus Isaacs - Sustainable trapping strategies and attract and kill methods for improved management of grape berry moth
Rufus Isaacs - Managing a resurgent pest: stem gall wasp in Michigan blueberries
Rufus Isaacs - Achieving effective spotted wing drosophila control in small fruit crops
James Kelly - Transcriptome profiling to understand molecular mechanism of compatibiility and incompatibility in bean-anthracnose pathosystem
James Kelly - Non-destructive imaging as a breeding tool to assess end use quality of dry bean
William Kirk - From planting to processing: season-long disease management of potato late blight incorporating bio-rational organic materials to enhance soil health
Gregory Lang - Evaluation of biocontrol strategies for cherry bacterial canker control
Gregory Lang - Competitive orchards 2020: integrating tree fruit cropping physiology, canopy architectures, climate modification technologies, and pest management strategies
Hui Li - Vegetable uptake of pharmaceuticals from soil and water
Christopher Long - Evaluation of factors that impact the storage of potato tubers
Kimberly Cassida and Christopher Long - Upper Peninsula Soil Health Pilot Project
Ashley McFarland - Reducing pre-harvest sprouting in malting barley through cultural management practices
Haddish Melakeberhan - Understanding the northern root-knot nematode distribution and testing location-specific management of parasitic variability in Michigan carrot soils
Emily Merewitz - Cultivar screening and transcriptome evaluation of creeping bentgrass exposed to drought stress
Perry Ng - MSU Conducted and coordinated industry wheat evaluations for wheat quality testing of advanced lines
Perry Ng - Assessment of allergenic potential of wheat lines from the MSU breeding program
Eric Olson - Identifying variation for visual sprouting and alpha-amylase activity in soft winter wheat
Noah Rosenzweig - The soil health initiative: crop rotations for enhancing soil health, plant health, and disease management in potato production
Nikki Rothwell - Preventing disease epidemics by assessing cherry leaf spot development and severity under Michigan's current and predicted climatic conditions in Montmorency tart cherry
Erik Runkle - Dynamic lighting for production of leafy greens in controlled environments
J. Robert Sirrine - Demonstration, education, and outreach to develop and enhance Michigan's hop industry
Christy Sprague - Integrating cultural practices to aid in the management glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth
Zsofia Szendrei - Aster yellows detection in leafhoppers to provide management solutions to Michigan plant industries
Zsofia Szendrei - Assessing the role of onion thrips in bacterial leaf blight of onion
Lisa Tiemann - How does cover crop chemistry regulate soil microbes, soil organic matter dynamics and plant available nitrogen?
Julianna Wilson - Developing sound IPM strategies for controlling spotted wing drosophilia in tart cherries
Thomas Zabadal - The development of vineyard models for the maximum production of juice grapes with acceptable quality under Michigan growing conditions