| PROJECT NAME: | Sustainable Production for Chile Ancho Peppers |
| OBJECTIVE: | The overall objectives of the research are to screen beneficial, symbiotic mycorrhizal fungi isolates from Mexico for:
1) enhanced phosphorus uptake 2) enhanced drought resistance 3) to determine how phosphorus use efficiency and drought resistance mechanisms differ among selected mycorrhizal isolates in the Chile pepper-mycorrhizal fungi symbiosis. The long term goal of this project is to develop more efficient, sustainable commercial systems for production of mycorrhizal fertility and irrigation regimes. We propose to show that selected mycorrhizal isolates improve the efficiency and enhance water relations and nutrient uptake of Chile pepper plants under sustainable production systems in Mexico and the US. |
| P.I.: | Fred Davies, Professor
Department of Horticultural Sciences Texas A&M University Room 202 Horticulture/Forest Science Building College Station, TX 77843-2133 Tel: (409) 845-5341 Fax: (409) 845-0627 e-mail: f-davies@tamu.edu
Mexican Collaborators: Victor Olalde Portugal, CINVESTAV Plant Biology Institute, Irapuato, Mexico |
| AMOUNT: | $5,000 |
| DURATION: | August 1, 1997 through July 30, 1998 |
| PROJECT NAME: | Beef Cattle Germplasm for Mexico |
| OBJECTIVE: | To evaluate tropically adapted beef cattle germplasm in Mexico |
| P.I. : | Bill Holloway, Resident Director of Research, Professor/Animal Science
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station 1619 Garner Field Road Uvalde, TX 78801-6205 Tel: (210) 278-9151 Fax: (210) 278-1570
e-mail: jw-holloway@tamu.edu US Collaborators: David Forbes, Associate Professor, TAES/Uvalde Charles Long, Resident Director of Research Ron Randal, Professor, TAES/Overton
Mexican Collaborators: Francisco Carrete, INIFAP, Durango Mario Valencia, Director, Jalisco Ganaderia Association, Jalisco Francisco Ysunza, Director, Consultoria Pecuniaria Integral and PATROCIPES, Sonora Moises Montano, INIFAP, Vera Cruz |
| AMOUNT: | $10,000 |
| DURATION: | August 1, 1997 through July 30, 1998 |
| PROJECT NAME: | Managing Agroecosystems: An Integrated Model for Agriculture and Conservation in the Mexico/US Border Corridor |
| OBJECTIVE: | To synthesize information on agricultural development and ecological restoration from the study of the La Amistad Biosphere Reserve buffer zone in Costa Rica and Panama to aid in the management of Agroecosystems and natural resources in the Mexico/US.
1) draw upon information from the Costa Rican study site to develop a systems model capable of simulating agricultural production, economic and social conditions for rural families and the status of wildlife populations resulting from current land use practices 2) use information from the Panamanian study site to evaluate the model with regard to its ability to predict these same system attributes in the Panamanian portion of the buffer zone 3) draw upon information and experiences gained during the first year of the current Texas-Mexico Initiatives Project to adapt the model to simulate current land use practices in a selected region of the Mexico/US border corridor 4) use the model to simulate alternative schemes for the management of agroecosystems and natural resources in the Mexico/US border corridor 5) use the modeling approach as a means of initiating a demonstration project to expose international agroecosytem professionals to an integrated model for agricultural development and environmental conservation |
| P.I.: | Bill Grant, Professor
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Texas A&M University Room 210, Nagle Hall College Station, TX 77843 Tel: (409) 845-5702 Fax: (409) 845-3786 e-mail: wegrant@tamu.edu US Collaborators: James Christiansen, Professor, Department of Agricultural Education Richard Conner, Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics Wayne Hamilton, Professor, Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management Tom Lacher, Professor, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Tom Linton, Professor, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Tarla Peterson, Professor, Department of Speech Communication Paul Thompson, Professor, Center for Science and Technology, Policy and Ethics, Department of Philosophy and Humanities Mexican Collaborators: Elizabeth del C. Andade Limas, Unidad Multidisciplinaria Agronomia y Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas, Cuidad Victoria, Mexico |
| AMOUNT: | $15,000 |
| DURATION: | August 1, 1997 through July 30, 1998 |
| PROJECT NAME: | US/Texas-Mexico Project on Pecan Biointensive Integrated Pest Management |
| OBJECTIVE: | To design, demonstrate and disseminate biointensive pecan IPM through the use of the newly discovered pecan nut casebearer sex pheromone in Texas and Mexico using a community-based education approach |
| P.I.: | Marvin Harris, Professor
Department of Entomology Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843 Tel: (409) 845-9757
e-mail: m-harris@tamu.edu US Collaborators:
Cindy Wise, Director, Texas Pecan Growers Association, College Station, TX Mexican Collaborators: Enrique Aranda, Director Graduate Program and Entomologists, Monterey Tech, Mexico Luis Aguirre, Director Sanidad Vegetal and Entomologists, Antonio Narro, Mexico Ernesto Gonzales, President, Pecan Growers of Northern Coahuila, Mexico Ricardo Lozano, Producer and Businessman, Monterey, Mexico |
| AMOUNT: | $5,000 |
| DURATION: | August 1, 1997 through July 30, 1998 |
| PROJECT NAME: | Interaction of Nutrition and Acacia berlandieri on Reproduction in Goats |
| OBJECTIVE: | Characterization and quantification of phenolic amines content of shrub plants grazed by domestic ruminants and how they are influenced by plant-animal interactions will be a valuable tool in designing grazing strategies to increase animal productivity. Thus, specific objectives are: 1) To determine the dietary content of phenolic amines in small ruminants grazing rangelands dominated by phenolic amine containing vegetation and long term effect of defoliation on this variable
2) To determine if female goats consuming diets high in phenolic amines will a) have lower ovulation rate; b have fewer and small CL relative to control and animals, c) have higher circulating cortisol, and d) have these effects exacerbated by poor nutrition. |
| P.I.: | R.D. Randal, Professor
Animal Science Texas Agriculture Experiment Station P.O. Box E
Overton, Texas 75684 US Collaborators: T.D.A. Forbes, Associate Professor, Range and Science, TAES/Uvalde B.A. Clement, Assistant Professor, Veterinary Anatomy and Public Health, Texas A&M University
Mexican Collaborators: |
| AMOUNT: | $5,000 |
| DURATION: | August 1, 1997 through July 30, 1998 |
| PROJECT NAME: | Evaluation of Machinery and Management Practices for Conservation Tillage Systems |
| OBJECTIVE: | The goal of this study is to evaluate alternative residue management systems that leave crop residues and machinery that are compatible with the systems. It will synthesize new management systems and determine the machinery required for sustainable economic systems for very small farms to very larger farms dryland farms as well as irrigated farms. |
| P.I.: | Wayne Le Pori, Professor
Agricultural Engineering Department Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-3667 Tel: (409) 845-3667
e-mail: lepori@tamu.edu Mexican Collaborators: Dr. Ramon Claveran Alonso, Director of the National Research Center for Sustainable Production, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico Dr. Manuel Cabrera, Director of the Institute of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guanajuato, Irapuato, Mexico |
| AMOUNT: | $10,000 |
| DURATION: | August 1, 1997 through July 30, 1998 |