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USDA Awards $2.5 Million for North Dakota Specialty Crops
North Dakota Ag Connection - 10/20/2016

Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations and Agriculture Committees, announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded the North Dakota Department of Agriculture with more than $2.5 million dollars to support the state's specialty crops industry. The funding will support 28 projects to research and develop specialty crops, which include fruits, vegetables, beans, lentils, sunflowers, potatoes and horticulture products, including honey. The funds are provided through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.

"North Dakota is a leading producer of several specialty crops," said Hoeven. "These funds will support our state's specialty crop industries and help to diversify and strengthen production, while also improving the ways we bring these products to market."

The grants will benefit North Dakota organizations and agencies working to develop and produce specialty crops, including leading agriculture research centers such as North Dakota State University. A complete list of all 28 recipients is available here.

-- The North Dakota State University will determine the level of disease tolerance to anthracnose infection in 16 partial resistant dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) lines for the purpose of germplasm enhancement.

-- North Dakota State University will evaluate several different rootstocks for commercial tree production to increase the diversity, survivability, and profitability of ornamental woody plantings across North Dakota.

-- North Dakota State University will evaluate the potential of cider apple cultivars for commercial cider production in North Dakota.

-- The North Dakota Trade Office (NDTO) will increase market visibility of the upper Midwest's specialty crop sector in the Philippines by working with the Foreign Agricultural Service to introduce companies to pre-qualified buyers, distributors, and importers of specialty crops, resulting to an increase in export sales of specialty crops to this target market.

-- The pulse lab in the Plant Pathology Department at North Dakota State University will determine the genetic diversity within and among populations of Aphanomyces euteiches, the causal agent of Aphanomyces root rot, collected from North Dakota and other field pea growing regions in the United States.

-- Funding is requested for application technology research needed to develop foliar fungicides as a tool for managing Sclerotinia head rot, a disease that causes significant yield and quality losses for confection sunflowers in North Dakota and Minnesota.

-- North Dakota State University agronomists will identify optimal agronomic practices for faba bean production in the northern plains.

-- The North Dakota State University (NDSU) land grant mission includes improving crop production within the State and region.

-- The North Dakota State University potato breeding program will aid in management of Potato Virus Y (PVY) in certified seed and commercial potato fields utilizing the new technology of remote sensing by demonstrating the reflectance curves for genotypes infected with PVY versus those suffering from a nutrient deficiency.

-- North Dakota State University will investigate the impact of biofertilizers on plant growth and floral traits relevant for beneficial insects, such as pollinators and natural enemies, using three types of specialty crops (confection sunflower, edamame, field peas).

-- North Dakota State University (NDSU) will determine methods to improve tuber set, uniformity, and quality of potato cultivars to reduce production costs and improve returns.

-- Pulse pathology researchers at North Dakota State University will conduct research to identify and characterize a previously uncharacterized pathogen, likely a variant of Pea Seedborne Mosaic Virus (PSbMV).

-- The North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA) will help increase the access of specialty crops to schools and communities by offering competitive grants to these groups for building and maintaining orchards and gardens in their community.

-- Burnt Creek Nursery will increase the availability and public awareness of North Dakota hardy woody plant material by growing North Dakota State University (NDSU) - released tree and shrub species in a controlled environment and disseminate results to stakeholders and beneficiaries through grower meetings, State and local professional publications, and Arbor Day plant material donations.

-- North Dakota State University Weed Scientists and agronomists will determine the effect of simulated glyphosate and dicamba drift on crop yield and seed quality of several crops (potato, dry pea, lentil, dry bean, and edamame).

-- Dakota Prairies RC&D Council, the applicant organization, will partner with Sioux County Extension Service to conduct a Cultural Plant, Harvest and Preserve (PHP) project on the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota and South Dakota.

-- Sunflower downy mildew (DM) is the most economically important disease of sunflower worldwide.

-- North Dakota State University will evaluate woody plant cold hardiness by differential thermal analysis, (DTA) a scientifically based procedure to determine ice formation in plant tissues with electronic devices that measure the heat generated when water within the plant tissues freeze.

-- The Departments of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology at North Dakota State University will develop procedures to screen potato varieties for resistance to the soft rot bacteria Dickeya and Pectobacterium and a protocol based on molecular techniques to screen potato seed lots for the presence of these bacteria.

-- North Dakota State University and North Dakota State University Williston Research Extension Center will partner to utilize a previously funded Specialty Crop Block Grant "Hop Selections for North Dakota". This project is completely new, but will utilize previously planted hop cultivars to conduct an in-depth study on how training dates and techniques affect crop yield using cultivars that survive or even thrive under North Dakota environmental conditions in order to recommend practices that optimize production.

-- The Department of Plant Sciences at North Dakota State University will be studying the production of leafy green vegetables under controlled environment conditions.

-- Ensure that the State Agency and sub-awardees abide by Federal and State requirements and regulations by performing pre-award and post-award activities to administer Specialty Crop Block Grant Program funding.

-- North Dakota State University will determine if the current levels of Verticillium wilt resistance in French fry potato cultivars are a practical and sustainable means to manage this disease, negating the need for soil fumigation, an environmentally hazardous and economically expensive disease control practice.

-- North Dakota State University will breed and develop new cultivars of tomato, peppers, and selected cucurbit crops including squash, pumpkin, and melons.

-- In this project, the North Dakota State University Carrington Research Extension Center, with collaborators at other locations in North Dakota, will rigorously assess how much latitude exists relative to the timing of fungicide applications for Sclerotinia control when a single fungicide application targeting white mold is made and when two sequential applications are made.

-- The Northern Pulse Growers Association (NPGA) has the objective to increase the usage of regional peas and lentils by providing strong evidence of pulse as a low glycemic index ingredient.

-- North Dakota State University will develop an application for iOS and android interfaces for potato farmers to receive severity updates and alerts for potato late blight and early blight to improve sustainable potato production in North Dakota.

-- North Dakota State University (NDSU) will evaluate and demonstrate organic production of raspberry and blackberry by developing soil nutrient and weed management strategies.


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