The Texas Water Resources Institute announces funding for 10 projects through the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station (TAES) Water Resources Research Grants program. Thirty-four proposals were submitted, and the top 10 were selected.
This year’s funded projects cover a variety of topics, including water quality protection, saltcedar control, irrigation system improvement, and water flow technology.
Through this program, $74,712 in TAES grants funds were awarded. These projects begin in March 2004 and run through August 2004. Details about each of the projects can be found here.
Funded projects include:
- “Bacterial Source Tracking Using the BIOLOG Automated Identification System,” Richard Weaver, Soil and Crop Sciences Department
- “Biological Control of Saltcedar at Lake Meredith, Texas,” Jerry Michels, Jr., Amarillo AREC
- “Diallel Analyses for Physiologic Traits Related to Water Use Efficiency in Sorghum,” William Payne and Maria Balota, Amarillo AREC
- “Fixation of Excess Soil Phosphorus to Decrease Phosphorus in Runoff Water,” Vincent Haby, Vernon Agricultural Research and Extension Center (AREC)
- “Increasing the Water Use Efficiency of Vegetable Production Systems in the Lower Rio Grande Valley through Improved Irrigation Scheduling Techniques,” John Jifon, Weslaco AREC
- “Integration of Fertigation and Soil Moisture Content for Automation of a Subsurface Drip Irrigation System,” Daniel Leskovar, Uvalde AREC
- “North Plains Research Field Drip Irrigation System,” Thomas Marek and John Sweeten, Amarillo AREC
- “Quantifying Competitive Use of Water by Grasslands and Woodlands in the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone,” James Heilman, Soil and Crop Sciences Department, and M. Keith Owens, Uvalde AREC
- “Using Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy to Characterize Soil Properties,” Cristine Morgan, Soil and Crop Sciences Department
- “Utilization of Geographic Information Systems in Water Resources Management and Planning in the Paso Del Norte Region,” Zhuping Sheng, El Paso AREC
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