The Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board has worked since its inception to invest available funds in effective and efficient research and promotion programs. The Board voted at their meetings on March 2 and April 2, 2013, to approve a domestic and international promotion program conducted by the USA Rice Council. The Board also allocated $25,000 to the Arkansas Foundation for Agriculture.
The research program is conducted by the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture. The following projects were funded for the 2012 crop year.
CHECKOFF FUNDED PROJECTS
ECOSYSTEMS
| White River Ecosystem |
$404,494 |
| Mississippi Delta Ecosystem |
$391,972 |
| Grand Prairie Ecosystem |
$364,034 |
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| Subtotal |
$1,160,500 |
BREEDING AND PHYSIOLOGY
| Breeding and Evaluation for Improved Rice Varieties |
$340,000 |
| Development of Superior Medium-Grain and Long Grain Rice Varieties for Arkansas and the Mid-South |
$300,000 |
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Development of Aromatic Rice Varieties |
$19,000 |
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Examination of Resistance Stability to Rice Blast
Disease |
$45,000 |
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Quality Analysis for Rice Breeding and Genetics |
$148,000 |
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Arkansas Rice Performance Trials |
$78,000 |
| Race Identification, Genetic Characterization, and Screening for Resistance |
$24,000 |
Determining Fundamental Causes of Rice Grain Quality and Head Rice Yields in
Response to Increased Nighttime Air Temperatures |
$29,000 |
| Rice Breeding Program Pathology Tech Suport |
$118,000 |
Development of Practical Diagnostic Methods for Monitoring Rice Bacterial Panicle Blight Disease and Evaluate Rice Germplasm for Resistance |
$57,000 |
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| Subtotal |
$1,158,000 |
VERIFICATION
| Rice Research and Verification
Program |
$185,000 |
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| Subtotal |
$185,000 |
POST HARVEST
| Integrated Pest Management Programs for On-Farm Rice Storage |
$25,000 |
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| Unraveling Milled Rice Appearance and Quality Traits of Importance to Key Export Markets |
$40,000 |
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| Subtotal |
$65,000 |
ECONOMICS
| Analysis for the Next Farm Bill, Changes to the 2008 Food, Conservation and Energy Act |
$16,000 |
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| Rice Enterprise Budgets and Production Economic Analysis |
$10,000 |
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| Subtotal |
$26,000 |
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| TOTAL CHECKOFF FUNDING |
$2,594,500 |
TRQ FUNDED PROJECTS
BREEDING AND PHYSIOLOGY
| Market-Assisted Selection for Advanced Rice Breeding and Genetics |
$164,000 |
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| Breeding and Evaluation for Hybrid Rice Adapted to Southern USA |
$175,000 |
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|
| Subtotal |
$339,000 |
GENOMICS
| Functional Gene Markers for Rice Grain Quality Under High Nighttime Temperature |
$80,000 |
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| Subtotal |
$80,000 |
ENVIRONMENT
| Development of Best Management Practices and Early Detection Protocols to Assess Grain Arsenic Concentrations in Arkansas Rice |
$68,000 |
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| Subtotal |
$68,000 |
POST HARVEST
| Novel Ultrasonic and Enzymatic Processing of Rice Flour and Rice Bran to Lower Toxic Inorganic Arsenic Levels in Rice Based Ingredients and Products |
$40,000 |
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| Subtotal |
$40,000 |
| Total of TRQ funded Projects |
$527,000 |
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| Total of Checkoff and TRQ funded Projects |
$3,121,5005 |
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