The Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board has worked since its inception in 1985 to develop and maintain a viable research and promotion program. The Board seeks to maintain as thorough a research program as possible given budget considerations. The research program is conducted mainly through the University of Arkansas. The following projects and contributions were approved for funding by the board at a regularly scheduled meeting held on
March 8, 2010.
ECOSYSTEMS
| White River Ecosystem |
$446,000 |
| Mississippi Delta Ecosystem |
$351,000 |
| Grand Prairie Ecosystem |
$440000 |
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| Subtotal |
$1,237,000 |
BREEDING AND PHYSIOLOGY
| Rice Breeding and Genetics |
$317,000 |
| Rice Breeding and Genetics-Technical Support |
$141,000 |
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Breeding and Evaluation for Improved Rice Varieties |
$348,000 |
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Hybrid Breeding and Evaluation for Improved Rice Varieties |
$90,000 |
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Development of Aromatic Rice Varieties |
$25,000 |
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Examination of Resistance Stability to Rice Blast
Disease |
$37,000 |
| Quality Analysis for Rice Breeding and Genetics |
$147,000 |
Arkansas Rice Performance Trials |
$88,000 |
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| Subtotal |
$1,193,000 |
VERIFICATION
| Rice Research and Verification
Program |
$154,000 |
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|
| Subtotal |
$154,000 |
ENVIRONMENT
| Environmental Implication of Pesticides in Rice Production |
$50,000 |
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| Assessment of the Methane Production Potential and Carbon Footprint of Rice |
$40,000 |
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| Subtotal |
$90,000 |
POST HARVEST
| Editing and Pubilshing the B.R. Wells Rice Research Studies |
$8,000 |
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| Subtotal |
$8,000 |
INFORMATIONAL PROGRAMS
| Editing and Pubilshing the B.R. Wells Rice Research Studies |
$8,000 |
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| Subtotal |
$8,000 |
| Total funds allocated |
$2,722,000 |
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