Funded Projects in the College of Agriculture

 

Dr. Karla Addesso Sustainable Management of Arthropod Pests in Ornamental Nusery Production   10/01/18 09/30/21
  Cover Crop Woody Ornamental 18-21   04/01/18 03/31/21
  Flatheaded Borer Management in Specialty Crops   07/15/20 08/31/22
Dr. Clement Akumu Using SPOT 7 and Landsat 8 Satellite Data in Mapping and Monitoring Softwood Forest Vegetation and Canopy Water Content in Tennessee 10/07/19 09/30/22
  Mapping and Monitoring of Agricultural Row Crops in Tennessee, using Remote Sensing and GIS   05/01/19 09/30/22
Dr. Kaushalya Amarasekare Building Capacity in Extension, Outreach and Technical Assistance to Promote IPM of Arthropods   02/15/19 02/14/22
Dr. Reginald Archer Bridging the Digital COVID-2 Divide   09/01/20 12/31/20
Dr. Naseer Aziz Genetic Mapping based on Isolated Gametes and Biofuel Relevant Accessions of Sweet Sorghum   10/01/20 09/30/23
  Mobile Experiential Learning Towards Creating a High School Pipeline in Middle Tennessee through IntegratedResearch on Crops’ Wild Relatives 06/01/20 05/31/23
Dr. Fulya Baysal-Gurel Improving Productivity and Soil-borne Disease Control in Nursery Crop Production   10/01/18 09/30/21
  Sustainable Management of Phytophthora cinnamomi and Ambrosia Beetles Under Stress Conditions   07/01/20 06/30/22
  New Disease Products Foliar and Soil   7/1 2020 07/01/21
  Botrytis Efficacy Project   08/01/19 07/30/21
   Improving Sustainable Boxwood Disease Management in Tennessee Nursery Production   08/15/19 08/14/22
  Tennessee Department of Agriculture SOD Agreement   07/01/17 06/30/22
  Ecological and Genetic Diversity of Soil-borne Pathogens and the Soil Microbiome   10/01/18 09/30/23
  Improving Production and Profitability of Nursery Production Using Unmanned Aircraft System   01/01/19 12/31/21
  Improving Boxwood Blight Mitigation through Innovative, Economic Analysis and Education   09/01/20 08/31/24
  Personal Geonomics of Powdery Mildew Resistance in Bigleaf Hydrangea   09/01/20 08/31/25
Dr. Matthew Blair Developing Grain Amaranth and Legume Crops Using Field Phenomics and Transcriptomics    10/01/20 09/30/23
  Strengthening Conference Grant for a Co-sponsored meeting at an 1890s HBCU on Plant Breeding of NewCrops for the New South 04/15/20 03/24/21
  International Cowpea Development in Food Security   07/01/20 06/30/22
Dr. Richard Browning Assessing the Relationship Between Hair Coat and Cow-calf Performance in Sprin-calving Dexter Cattle    10/01/20 09/30/23
  Enhancing Meat Goat Herd Outcomes through Improved Decision-making for Breed Selection   05/01/17 04/30/21
Dr. Fur-Chi Chen Field Deployable Biosensor for Detection of Salmonella in Foods   11/08/20 09/30/23
  Magnetic Nanoparticle Enhanced Biosensor for Detection of Campylobacter   02/15/19 02/14/22
Dr. Jason de Koff Building Extension Capacity by Developing Relevant Opportunities for Novel Experiences (DRONEs) in Ag   02/15/18 02/14/21
Dr. Sam Dennis Assessment of Emerging Contaminants in Surface water of Rural and Urbanizing Watersheds   10/01/20 09/30/23
Dr. Korsi Dumenyo Screening and Identification of Host Resistance to Bacterial Wilt in Accessions of Cucumis melon (muskmelon) and Cucurbita pepo 02/02/18 09/30/23
Dr. Enefiok Ekanem Economic Impacts of Tennessee's Local Food Markets   02/16/18 06/30/21
Dr. Aliyar Fouladkhah A Planning Activity Project for Development of a Master of Public Health Tracked in Food Safety    03/01/18 02/28/21
  Assisting Producers and Processing Metting the Water and Food Safety Requirements in the Current Regulatory Climate   04/01/18 03/31/21
Dr. Solomon Haile Expanding Access to Spatial Mapping and GIS Tools for Limited Resources, Veterans & Beginning Farmers and Ranchers   05/04/20 09/30/23
  Documenting and creating multi-media awareness and branding package highlighting TSU’s Spatial Mapping Project   1/20/20 9/30/21
  TSU-RREA Digital spatial mapping for landowners   1/20/17 9/30/21
Dr. Prabhode Illukpitiya Assessment of Economic Impact of Novel Coronaviris (SARS-CoV-2) on Agriculture and Food System in Tennessee   10/01/20 09/30/23
  Sustainable Herbaceous Energy Crop Production in the Southeast United States   03/01/20 09/30/23
Dr. Aditya Khanal Examining Financing Sources and the Roles of Diversification, Off-farm work, and Alternative Agricultural Enterprises: Implication for Viability of Small Farmers and Entrepreneurs in Tennessee 10/17/19 09/30/22
  Enhancing Economic Benefits & Sustainability of Small Farm Businesses in Tennessee   03/01/18 02/28/21
Dr. Agnes Kilonzo-Nthenge An Integrated Approach to Mitigate Antimicrobial Resistance and Establishing Stewardship Programs in Small and Medium-Sized Farms 04/15/18 04/14/21
  Spatial Mapping of Antimicrobial-Resistant Escherichia coli and Enterococcus from Environmental and Fresh Produce Irrigation water 10/23/20 09/30/23
  Establishing Animal Health and Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs to Maximize Profitability of Small-Scale Ruminant Production Systems  11/01/20 10/31/23
Dr. Jianwei Li Experimentally Assessing and Modeling Thermal Variations on the Mineralization of Soil   10/01/18 09/30/21
  Microbial Communities in a Long-Term Agro-Ecosystem Research (LTAR) Aspirational Grazing System   9/1/2019 9/1/2021
  Excellence in Research: Meachanistic Prediction of Soil Microbial Response to Temperature Change   06/01/19 05/31/22
Dr. Margaret Mmbaga Evaluation of Biological Control Agemts for Phytophthora ccapsici Disease Management in Bell/Sweet Pepper   10/01/20 09/30/23
  Evaluation of two Endophytic Bacteria as Biological Control Agents for Fungal Pathogens   05/15/17 05/14/21
Dr. Samuel Nahashon Nutritional Strategies for Enhancing Growth and Efficiency of Feed Utilization in Poultry   06/01/18 09/30/21
Dr. Dilip Nandwani Investigating the Impact of Plant Spacing on Yields of Sweetpotato Produced in Organic Systems   10/01/19 09/30/24
  Research at Tennessee State University   11/01/18 08/01/21
  Professional Development in Assessing the Impact on Organically Managed Horticultural Crops to Enhance   01/01/19 12/31/21
Dr. Veronica Oates Excellence in Research/Collaborative Research: Smart Technology-enabled Nutrient Lifecycle and Supply Chain Management for Microgreens 09/01/20 /31/2023
Dr. Jason Oliver Development of Alternative Imported Fire Ant Quatantine Treatment Options for Nurseries   10/01/20 09/30/23
  Development of Applied Strategies to Prevent Exotic Ambrosia Beetle Damage in Ornamental Nurseries   09/18/20 09/17/21
  Continuation of Efforts to Develop Pre- and Post-harvest Imported Fire Ant Quarantine Treatments for Field-grown Nursery Stock 06/04/20 06/03/21
  Methods for Quarantine Certification and Biological Control of Imported Fire Ant in Nursery Production Systems   06/30/20 07/31/23
Dr. Christine Ondzighi-Assoume Using Biotechnology to Increase Seed Production and Vegetable Oils Yield in Soybean   10/01/20 09/30/23
Dr. Ankit Patras Smart Ultraviolet (UV) Light-Emitting Diode System for Controlling Chemical and Biological Contaminants in Food and Food contact Surfaces 10/01/20 09/30/23
  An Integrated Approach to Control Foodborne Bacterial, Viral, and Mycotoxins in High Risk Foods   03/15/18 03/14/21
  Evaluate the Impact of Ultraviolet (UV) Treatment on the Toxicity of Liquid Foods   01/19/19 03/30/21
  Advanced Ultraviolet Technologies For Inactivation Of Bacterial Spores And Viral Pathogens In Beverages   03/01/19 02/28/22
Dr. Dharma Pitchay Promote BMP Nursery Production Systems   12/16/16 09/30/21
  Crop specific Plant Nutrition Research Project   9/1/20 8/31/20
  Climate control greenhouse research area   1/2/20 12/31/20
Dr. Bharat Pokharel Modeling and Mapping of Stand Level Forest Attributes across the Forest Landscape in Tennessee   11/15/20 09/30/23
Dr. Sudipta Rakshit On Greater Understanding of Extrecelluar Nucleic Acid Binding Mechanisms in Soil Minerals   10/01/20 09/30/23
  Veterinary Antibiotics Influencing the Biogeochemical Cycling of Boron: Evaluating the Role of Abiotic Surface   04/15/19 04/14/21
Dr. Ramasamy Ravi Application of Electronic Nose to Profile VOC’S of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Products   10/18/19 09/30/22
Dr. John Ricketts Advancing Capacity in FANH Sciences through Professional Development in/about Online Learning   02/15/19 02/14/21
  Cultivating a Comprehensive Pipeline Model for Minority-Serving FANH Sciences Degrees   02/15/19 02/14/22
  Rapid Rollout of Eight National Standards-based Rigorous and Remote AFNR Courses for Underserved College-bound Students   11/01/20 10/31/22
  Underrepresented Educator and Student Development through Curriculum Innovations in Agricultural Education (CASE, 4-H/FFA, Extension Curriculum 07/01/20 06/30/21
Dr. Yougming Sang Implementing Respiratory and Intestinal Organoid Models for Studying Microbe-Host Interaction in Livestock   07/06/20 09/30/23
  Antiviral Potency And Functional Novelty Of Porcine Interferon-Omega Subtype   07/01/18 06/30/21
  Functional Study of the Rapidly Evolving Interferon Complex in Amphibians   08/15/18 07/31/21
  Validation of A Live-Virus Vaccine Candidate for Efficient Attenuation and Better Protection   06/01/20 05/31/24
Dr. Ali Sekmen Development of a Meso-Scale Intelligent Robot for Water Leak Detection   03/15/17 03/14/21
Dr. Hongwei Si Synergistic Anti-breast Cancer Effects and Mechanisms by Combined Phytochemicals    10/25/20 09/30/23
  Anti-sarcopenia Effects & Mechanisms of Soybean-Derived Epicatcchin in aged Mice    03/01/18 2/29/2022
Dr. Bill Sutton Impacts of Pine Forest Restoration on Southeastern Herpetofaunal Communities   10/31/20 09/30/23
  Professional Development in Molecular Approaches for Tick-Borne Pathogen Research in Terrestrial Ecosystems   06/01/20 05/31/21
  Collection of Needed Information on Restoration of the Hellbender, a State Endangered Species   01/01/21 06/30/23
Dr. Ali Taheri Germplasm Enhancement in Soybean using Chemical Mutagenesis   10/01/18 09/30/21
  Germplasm Enhancement in Soybean   01/01/20 12/31/20
  Acquisition of a Zeiss Confocal Microscope for Advancements in Research and Training Purposes at TSU   09/01/20 08/31/23
Dr. Fisseha Tegegne Developing Mungbean (Vigna radiata) (L) as Alternative Crop for Small and Medium-sized Farmers Through Research and Outreach 10/01/19 09/30/22
Dr. Anthony Witcher Improving Profitability and Reducing Pesticide Use in Nursery Crop Production   10/01/18 09/30/21
  Improving Water Quality through Soil Health Best Management Practices in Critical Tennessee Habitats   07/01/19 06/30/21
  Development of a Pre-Harvest Spray and Post-Harvest Drenches for Regulatory Pests in Nursery Stock   08/01/20 07/31/21
Dr. Ying Wu Development of Functional Materials Using Natural Polymer Based Electrospray   10/01/20 09/30/23
  Microencapsulation for Target Delivery of Antibotic Alternatives to Enhance Poultry Performance   02/15/19 02/14/22
Dr. De'Etra Young 1890 Land Grant Historically Black Colleges and Universities Environmental Justice Academy   08/01/18 07/31/21
  TSU 1890 Scholarship Program: Training and Mentoring the Next Generation    09/01/18 08/31/21
  Developing Faculty Leadership Teams to Implement Inclusive and Intentional Mentoring Programs at 1862 and 1890 Land Grant Institutions 09/01/19 08/31/21
  A Pathway to Broaden Participation of Underrepresented Groups in Graduate School and Geoscience   09/01/18 08/31/21
  Broadening Minority Participation for the Agriculture Workforce: Measuring , Fostering   01/01/19 12/31/20
Dr. Suping Zhou Developing Tomato Lines for Tolerance to Abiotic Stress Using CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing Technology   10/01/20 09/30/23
  International Workshop   10/01/17 No Ending
  Transgenerational Adaptation of Plants to Acidic pH and Toxic Metals in Soil   04/01/18 03/31/21
  Engaging Local Underrepresented Youth through a High School Bioscience Certificate Program   09/01/18 08/31/21
  Consortium at 1890 (Sub Award)   12/15/18 12/14/21
  Profiling Cell Specific Transcriptomes and Proteomes to Understand Pollen Development Under Heat Stress Development   03/25/20 04/14/22
  COVID-19 Rapid Response: Developing the Technology of Responses for Garden Centers and Nurseries   09/01/20 08/31/23