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Development of
a predictive model for pythium diseases of vegetables and the
re-emergence of tomato spotted wilt virus in California's San
Joaquin Valley are among 2006-07 research grants from University
of California |
Oakland, California
March 21, 2006
The University of California Division
of Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) has awarded
$886,548 of Core Issue Grants for 29 research and extension
projects throughout California for fiscal year 2006-07, which
begins July 1. The program, now in its second year, gave grants
in amounts ranging from $9,000 to $35,000 per project.
This grants program fosters collaborative efforts of UC's
Agricultural Experiment Station, statewide programs, campus and
county Cooperative Extension and other cooperators that are
focused on high-priority issues affecting the state's
agricultural, human and natural resources.
Core issues have been developed through extensive input of
external stakeholders and planning by UC scientists to focus
research and extension programs on the highest priority areas
facing California agricultural, natural and human resources.
This year's grant program includes efforts addressing the
following core issues: youth development; water quality and air
quality; sustainable use of natural resources; sustainability
and viability of agriculture; pest management and invasive
species; obesity; and food safety and biosecurity.
Following are the titles of the projects that have been funded:
- Effects of dairy liquid
manure aeration on air quality and nutrient cycling
- Assessing the non-market
values of California ranches
- Assessment of the role of
hardwood in forming stream habitat for threatened
south-central California coast steelhead trout
- Implementing the positive
points system for California citrus
- Attitudes and actions:
evaluating producer responses to watershed management
systems on California's Central Coast
- Relationships between
shrub understory management and maintenance of bird
diversity and abundance on ranches in California oak
woodland
- The California plate and
childhood obesity prevention
- Understanding and applying
biosecurity measures to 4-H animal science
- Enhancing youth
development in the camp setting: applied research to inform
practice
- Make it safe; serve it
safe
- Hmong
- A teens' eye view of
community
- How can we successfully
infuse youth in governance strategies into California's 4-H
youth development programs?
- Development of a
sustainable management program for the vine mealybug
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Development of a predictive model for pythium diseases of
vegetables
- Detection of citrus
greening in California
- Predicting spread of
nascent invasions: making a case for rapid response
- Know thine
enemy: development of an interactive key to rapidly identify
native and invasive thrips in California
- Development and testing of
an organic fungicide, biocontrol yeast, for the control of
fungal pathogens of pistachio
- The
re-emergence of tomato spotted wilt virus in California's
San Joaquin Valley and sustainable approaches for mitigating
disease on crop plants
- The "virtual" dairy
demonstration farm: pre-purchase testing for biosecurity
- Cherry canker diseases
- Developing
no-till low-input cropping systems for California's Central
Valley
- Vines and ovines: using
sheep with a trained aversion to grape leaves for spring
vineyard floor management
- Developing California
olive oil's unique identity
- Improving the efficacy of
GA3 to increase fruit set and size (yield) of Clementine
mandarins in California
- A school in every garden
-- a statewide Master Gardener conference
- Research and development
of pitahaya as a new crop for California
- Mustard
cover crops to optimize crop rotations for lettuce
production
For more information about the 21
core issues and the projects funded, visit
http://ucanr.org/internal/miscshow.cfm?unit=5728&misctype=Main_page
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