2002 ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORTS
Published: January 2003
MARKETING AND DELIVERY OF
QUALITY
CEREALS AND OILSEEDS
Officers
Chairman............................................................................................ Lloyd
Bullerman, University of Nebraska, NE
Vice
Chairman......................................................................................................... Dirk
Maier, Purdue University, IN
Secretary.................................................................................................... Marvin
Paulsen, University of Illinois, IL
Past
Chairman.. Mark E. Casada, USDA,
ARS, Grain Marketing & Production Research Center, Manhattan, KS
Industry Advisory Committee Chairman............. Jim Stitzlein,
Consolidated Grain & Barge Co., New Berlin, IL
CSREES/USDA Representative............................................... Damanna
Ramkishan (Ram) Rao, Washington, D.C.
Administrative
Advisor/Coordinator............................................. F.
William Ravlin, OARDC/OSU, Wooster, OH
Participating
Stations Representatives
Arkansas
Agricultural Experiment Station, Fayetteville.......................................................................... Wade
Yang
Illinois
Agricultural Experiment Station, Urbana................................................................................. Karen
Bender
Indiana
Agricultural Experiment Station, (Purdue) W. Lafayette....................................................... Dirk
E. Maier
Iowa
Agricultural Experiment Station, Ames...................................................................... Charles
R. Hurburgh, Jr.
Kansas
Agricultural Experiment Station, Manhattan................................................................. Timothy
J. Herrman
Michigan
Agricultural Experiment Station, East Lansing.................................................................. Perry
K.W. Ng
Montana
Agricultural Experiment Station, Bozeman................................................................. Florence
V. Dunkel
Nebraska
Agricultural Experiment Station, Lincoln.................................................................. Lloyd
B. Bullermancv
North
Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Fargo.............................................................. Charlene
Wolf-Hall
Ohio
Agricultural Research & Development Center, Wooster...................................................... Richard
C. Pratt
Texas
Agricultural Experiment Station, College Station.............................................................. Lloyd
W. Rooney
Wisconsin
Agricultural Experiment Station, Madison......................................................... Sundaram
Gunasekaran
Beltsville
Agricultural Research Center (BARC), Beltsville.................................................. Stephen
R. Delwiche
Market and
Trade Economics, ERS/USDA, Washington, D.C...................................................... Demcey
Johnson
Grain
Inspection, Packers, and Stockyard Administration, USDA, Kansas City................................. Steve
Tanner
National
Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, ARS/USDA, Peoria........................... Donald T.
Wicklow
Grain
Marketing and Production Research Center, ARS/USDA, Manhattan......................... Donald E. Koeltzow
Center For
Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville................................... Terry
Arbogast
Consolidated
Grain & Barge Company, New Berlin.............................................................................. Jim
Stitzlein
The
Andersons, Inc, Maumee........................................................................................................... Robert
Smigelski
OBJECTIVE A Determine
the effects of genetic traits, abiotic environmental conditions, and handling
practices on the quality of cereals and oilseeds.
LIST OF PROJECTS
| Objective ID |
Procedure |
Title or Objectives |
Authors |
| A |
1a |
Maintain a database of grain quality information. |
Hurburgh, Jr., C.R.
Brumm, T.J.
|
| A |
1a |
Determine the effects of genetic traits, climatic factors,
agronomic practices, pest populations, machine harvesting, and drying on the
quality of cereals and oilseeds. |
Pratt, R.C.
Thomison, P.R.
Beuerlein, J.E.
|
| A |
1a |
Evaluate physical, chemical and processing properties of sorghum and
develop improved food quality sorghums. |
Rooney, L.W.*
Betran, J.
Waniska, R.D.
Jones, E.
|
| A |
1a |
Improve corn resistance to Aspergillus flavus and aflatoxin. |
Wicklow, D.T. |
| A |
2 |
System modeling of grain handling operations. |
Maier, D.E.
Herrman, T.
Berruto, R.
McGill, J.M.
|
| A |
1b, 2a |
Pre-harvest Prediction of Kansas Wheat Protein Content |
Herrman, T.J.
Loughin, T.
Knapp, M.
|
| A |
2a |
Improve hard white (HDWH) wheat yield and quality through identifying the
blend of two varieties (Trego and Betty) that optimizes agronomic and processing
performances. |
Herrman, Tim
Shroyer, Jim
Lee, Kyung Min
Lingenfelser, Jane
|
| A |
2a |
Investigate the microbial ecology and epidemiology of Aspergillus flavus in Midwestern crop field soils and the biocontrol potential of sclerotial mycoparasites. |
Wicklow, D.T.
McAlpin, C.E.
|
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OBJECTIVE B Assess
the effects of microbial growth, insect infestation and handling on quality of
cereals and oilseeds.
LIST OF PROJECTS
| Objective ID |
Procedure |
Title or Objectives |
Authors |
| B |
1a |
Develop and evaluate automatic grain aeration control strategies for
maintaining grain quality and controlling insects during storage. |
Casada M.E.
Arthur, F.H
|
| B |
1b |
To screen food grade lactic acid bacteria for antifungal activity and to
determine the effects of Lactobacillus rhamosus and Bacillus pumilus on
mold growth and mycotoxin production by Fusarium species. |
Bullerman, L.B. |
| B |
1a, 2a |
Monitoring stored grain quality |
Maier, D.E.
Ileleji, K.E.
Bhat, C.
Woloshuk, C.P.
Mason, L.J.
|
| B |
1a |
Detection and population estimation of stored product insects. |
Shuman, D. |
| B |
2 |
Pesticide alternatives for protection of stored cereal products. |
Silhacek, D.L.
Murphy, C.
|
| B |
2 |
Cigarette beetle, Lasioderma serricorne (Fabricius): Spatial relationship
between trap catch and distance from an infested product. |
Arbogast, R.T.
Kendra, P.E.
Chini, S.R.
|
| B |
2a |
Evaluate resistance of Northern Great Plains-grown hard red
spring, hard red winter, hard white, and soft white wheat varieties to
Montana strains of storage insects. |
Dunkel, F.V.
Broughton, M.
Talbert, L.
Bruckner, P.
Habernicht, D.
Bullerman, L.
|
| B |
2b, 2c |
Study the effect of low
temperature on mortality of Indian meal moth (Plodia
interpunctella) and to use this information to determine stored grain
management strategies that will reduce problems with Indian meal moth. |
Wilcke, W.F.
Morey, R.V.
Kaliyan, N.
Carrillo, M.
|
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OBJECTIVE C Quantify
and define quality of cereals and oilseeds for various end-use markets.
LIST OF PROJECTS
| Objective ID |
Procedure |
Title or Objectives |
Authors |
| C |
|
Quantify and define quality of cereals and oilseeds for various end use
markets. |
Jackson, D.S. |
| C |
1a |
Conduct basic and applied research in the biochemistry and technology
of grain sorghum to identify and evaluate the biochemical components that govern
processing, digestibility, and susceptibility to mold. |
Bean, S.R.
Chung, O.K.
|
| C |
1a |
Develop fast reliable methods for the identification of quality traits of
wheat starches. |
Bechtel, D.B. |
| C |
1a |
Evaluate kernel characteristics, milling properties, and dough and bread
making properties of hard winter wheat progenies.
|
Chung, O.K.
Seabourn, B.W.
Caley, M.S.
Park, S.H
|
| C |
1a |
Optimize performance of near infrared analyzers |
.Hurburgh, Jr.,
C.R. |
| C |
1a |
Develop near infrared calibrations to measure soybean
subunits.
|
Hurburgh, Jr.,
C.R.
Rippke, G.R.
|
| C |
1a |
Develop methods to characterize cereal proteins and/or protein
fractions.
Develop methods to identify components related to end-use properties. |
Lookhart, G.L. |
| C |
1a |
Examine milling properties, dough characteristics, protein functionality,
and baking properties of soft white wheat. |
Ng, Perry K.W. |
| C |
1a |
Investigate the role of the albumin proteins and other water-soluble
components of wheat flour on quality and functionality. |
Tilley, M |
| C |
1b |
Develop rapid and objective procedures and instrumentation for assessment
of wheat quality and safety. |
Delwiche, S.R. |
| C |
1b |
To develop methods to automatically detect and measure physical defects
and morphological factors of corn and soybean kernels that relate to quality and
end-use.
|
Paulsen, M.R.
Singh (Bajaj),
M
|
| C |
1b |
Develop sensors, instrumentation, and procedures for objective grading,
on-line measurement, and end-use property assessment of single kernels or bulk
samples.
|
Pearson, T.C.
Dowell, F.E.
Armstrong, P.R
|
| C |
2a |
Enable
feed manufacturers to improve product quality, optimize processing
performance, and maximize profitability |
Herrman, T.J.
Behnke, K.C.
Fairchild, F.J.
Loughin, T.
Yan, Z.
|
| C |
2a |
Impact of
Storage on Wheat Milling Performance
|
Herrman, T.J.
Gwirtz, J.
Lee, K.M.
|
| C |
3a |
The overall objective of this project is to identify methods of measuring the
storability of shelled corn
|
Stroshine, R.L.
Seitz, L.M.
Paulsen, M.R.
|
| C |
3a |
Identify fungi-grain interrelationships which may regulate invasion
and damage of grain by storage fungi, and identify volatiles associated with
unacceptable odors in grain. |
Seitz, L.M. |
| C |
3c |
To determine the effects of food processing on fumonisins, moniliformin,
deoxynivalenol and zearalenone. |
Bullerman, L. B. |
| C |
3c |
To evaluate methods to treat Fusarium head
blight (FHB) infected barley in order to prevent Fusarium growth and mycotoxin production during
malting. |
Wolf-Hall, C.E. |
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OBJECTIVE D Determine
the economic impact of improving the quality of cereals and oilseeds.
LIST OF
PROJECTS
| Objective ID |
Procedure |
Title or Objectives |
Authors |
| D |
1 |
Grain Facility System Analysis to Improve Adoption of Value-Enhanced
Grain Handling and Marketing in the U.S. |
Herrman, T.J.
Maier, D.
|
| D |
4a |
Development of quality system certification for the grain market |
Hurburgh, Jr.,
C.R. |
| D |
4a |
Develop producer training and awareness materials that encourage
the development of higher value grain markets in Iowa. |
Jarboe, D.H.
Hurburgh, Jr., C.R.
Ginder, R.G.
Hanna, H.M.
|
| D |
4a, 4b |
Examine the institutional issues raised by the Starlink™ incident and
develop recommendations for developing effective institutional mechanisms
for promoting transparency in grading of genetically modified crops |
Busch,
L.
Ng, PK
|
| D |
|
Accomplishments during FY 2002. |
Tilley, K.A. |
| D |
4a |
Development of a pilot electronic information and certification system
for value added soybeans |
Bender, K.L. |
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