G. L. Teetes Grant Funding

Hatch Projects (Current)

H-6216, Development of Insect-Resistant Sorghums, January 1994 to January 1999, Project Leader; two Research Associates; one on 50% Research and General funds and 50% grant funds; one on 100% grant funds.

H-6782, Insect Resistant and Stress Adaptation in Sorghum Through Genetic Manipulation, November 1996 to November 2001, Co-worker.

Grant Funding (Current)

United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Sorghum/Millet Collaborative Research Support Program (INTSORMIL CRSP). Integrated Insect Pest Management Strategies for Sustainable Sorghum Production. $85,000/yr (1996-2001).

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Competitive Research Awards. Use of Molecular Genetics to Characterize, Improve, and Increase Durability of Greenbug Resistance in Sorghum. $20,000/yr for three years (1995-1998).

Texas Grain and Grass Gene Initiative - TxGrain. Isolation of Sorghum Genes Conferring Resistance to Greenbug Biotypes I and K. $36,526/yr for two years (1998-1999).

Texas Department of Agriculture/Texas Pest Management Association. Development of Methodology to Evaluate IPM Programs in Texas. $19,659/yr for one year (1998).

Grant Funding (Past five years)

United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Collaborative Research Support Program (INTSORMIL/CRSP), Integrated Insect Pest Management Strategies for Sustainable Agricultural Systems. $85,000/yr for 19 years.

United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Texas A&M University, Strengthening Grant Program and Program Support, Winter Sorghum Nursery Program to Support Sorghum/Millet CRSP International Research and Training Capabilities and International Sorghum Nursery Program to Support Collaborative LDC Research and Training Associated with Sorghum/Millet CRSP Activities. $25,000/yr for five years.

University of Nebraska, SADCC/ICRISAT Training Program, Graduate Student Training. $28,570/yr for four years.

Texas Grain Sorghum Producers Board, Sorghum Entomology Research. $50,000/yr for five years.

Texas Pest Management Association, Development of an Environmentally and Economically Sustainable Crop Management System and Manual for Sorghum in Texas. $14,844/yr for two years.

Texas Grain Sorghum Producers Board, IPM/Crop Production Management Manual for Sorghum in Texas. $11,875/yr for two years.

Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Minigrant Program, Developing a Questionnaire and Methodology to Quantify IPM Use by Sorghum Growers. $6,048/yr for one year.

Texas Pest Management Association/Texas Department of Agriculture, IPM Grant Program, Quantifying the Use of IPM by Sorghum Growers. $14,699/yr for one year.

Texas A&M University, Interdisciplinary Research Initiatives Program, Differential Gene Expression in Response to Greenbug Predation by Resistant and Susceptible Sorghum Genotypes. $23,640/yr for one year.

Chemical Industry Grant and Aid, Integrated Pest Management of Arthropod Pests in Sorghum. $5,000/yr for five years.

Grant Proposals Pending or Submitted (Past five years)

USDA, CSREES, National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program. Greenbug Genetic Diversity in Relation to Resistant Sorghum Genotype Durability.

USDA, CSREES, National Needs Graduate Fellowship Program. Plant Biotechnology Fellowship.

USAID, InterCRSP Program. Adaptive Research with InterCRSP NRM Technologies for Regional Transfer in West Africa.

NSF, Major Research Instrumentation Program. Acquisition of Instrumentation "Restriction Landmark Genomic Scanning" in Higher Eukaryotes.

USDA, Fund for Rural America. Deployment of Crop Cultivars Resistant to Greenbug, the Pest that Won’t Go Away.

USDA, Fund for Rural America. Toward Sustainable Control of Greenbug in Dryland Agricultural Regions.

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Advanced Research Program. Greenbug (Schizaphis graminum) Evolution in Response to Host Plant.

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Advanced Research Program. Molecular Dissection of Insect-Plant Coevolution: Cloning Genes Underlying the "Red Queen" Hypothesis.

Texas A&M University, Interdisciplinary Research Initiatives Program. Mitochondrial DNA Variability to Assess Genetic Diversity Among Greenbug Populations.

USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service, Scientific Cooperation Program. Determination of Biological Characteristics of Insects Infesting Sorghum Panicles for Integrated Pest Management and Preventing Introduction from Mali into the U.S.

NSF, PPU, Division of Systematic and Population Biology. The Geographic Structure and Phylogeography of the Greenbug, Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) (Homoptera: Aphididae) on Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench.

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Advanced Technology Program. A Multi-disciplinary Approach to Improve Effectiveness and Enhance Durability of Greenbug Resistant Sorghum.

Texas A&M University, Research Enhancement Program. Integrated Insect Pest Management Strategies for Sustainable Sorghum Production.

USDA, Southern Regional IPM Research Program. Integrated Production Systems for Sorghum.

Texas A&M University, Research Enhancement Program. Biotic and Abiotic Sorghum Stress Alleviation Through Germplasm Enhancement.