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    Butterflies Propagation

    Principal Investigator: Aubrey Moore   
      Project Contact: Aubrey Moore
      Email: amoore@uguam.uog.edu
      Phone: 735-2086
      Project Status: Ongoing
    Start Date: April 2, 2014
    Original End Date: September 30, 2016

    Funding

    Funding Source Funding Year Funding Amount
    2014 $21,212.00

      Issue Statement

      The objective of this project is to implement the action plan for the Guam eight-spot butterfly, an endangered species.

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    Carbon Sequestration and Distribution in Soils of Eroded Landscapes

    Principal Investigator: Mohammad Golabi   
      Project Contact: Mohammad Golabi
      Email: mgolabi@uguam.uog.edu
      Phone: 735-2134
      Project Status: Completed
    Start Date: October 1, 2006
    Original End Date: September 30, 2009

    Funding

    Funding Source Funding Year Funding Amount
    National Institute of Food and Agriculture 2006

      Issue Statement

      The purpose of this project is to introduce conservation techniques to maintain adequate soil surface to reduce the rain impact. Also the objective of this project is to evaluate the effect of composted organic waste on improving soil organic matter content for enhancing soil quality for agricultural sustainability and preventing soil erosion.

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        USDA-NIFA Focus Areas: Environmental Stewardship, Food Security
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    CariPac Deg Phase IV

    Principal Investigator: James McConnell   
      Project Contact: James McConnell
      Email: mcconnel@uguam.uog.edu
      Phone: 735-2129
      Project Status: Ongoing
    Start Date: September 1, 2013
    Original End Date: August 31, 2016

    Funding

    Funding Source Funding Year Funding Amount
    National Institute of Food and Agriculture 2013 $81,008.00

      Issue Statement

      The project's goal is to increase the online presence of the Tropical Agricultural Science Program.

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        USDA-NIFA Focus Areas: Agricultural Systems, Environmental Stewardship, Food Security
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    CariPac RIIA Phase IX

    Principal Investigator: Mari Marutani   
      Project Contact: Mari Marutani
      Email: marutani@uguam.uog.edu
      Phone: 735-2131
      Project Status: Ongoing
    Start Date: September 1, 2013
    Original End Date: August 31, 2016

    Funding

    Funding Source Funding Year Funding Amount
    National Institute of Food and Agriculture 2013 $132,125.00

      Issue Statement

      The project involves curricula designs and materials development of agriculture and food science at the UOG. The project focuses on recruitment and retention of agriculture and food science students in this region.

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        USDA-NIFA Focus Areas: Nutrition & Health
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    Characterization of the Species Corynespora cassiicola and its Impact on Quarentine Regulations

    Principal Investigator: Robert Schlub   
      Project Contact: Robert Schlub
      Email: rlschlub@uguam.uog.edu
      Phone: 735-2089
      Project Status: Completed
    Start Date: June 1, 2007
    Original End Date: September 30, 2008

    Funding

    Funding Source Funding Year Funding Amount
    National Institute of Food and Agriculture 2007

      Issue Statement

      The purpose of this research is to evaluate morphological characteristics such as growth rate/color on media, VCG s, spore size, and stroma formation of select isolates of Corynespora cassiicola. To identify molecular markers for clades with highly virulent isolates.

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    Children’s Healthy Living Program Year 4

    Principal Investigator: Robert Barber Jr.    Co-Principal Investigator: Rachael Leon Guerrero   
      Project Contact: Robert Barber Jr.
      Email: bbarber@uguam.uog.edu
      Phone: 735-2087
      Project Status: Ongoing
    Start Date: April 1, 2015
    Original End Date: March 31, 2017

    Funding

    Funding Source Funding Year Funding Amount
    National Institute of Food and Agriculture 2015 $403,383.00

      Issue Statement

      The goal of this program is to build social or cultural, political or economic, and physical or built environments that will promote active play and intake of healthy food to prevent young child obesity in the Pacific Region including Alaska, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Freely Associated States of Micronesia, Guam and Hawaii.

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        USDA-NIFA Focus Areas: Nutrition & Health, Youth, Families, & Communities
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    Children’s Healthy Living Program for Remote Underserved Minority Populations in the Pacific Region

    Principal Investigator: Rachael Leon Guerrero   
      Project Contact: Rachael Leon Guerrero
      Email: rachaeltlg@triton.uog.edu
      Phone: 735-2004
      Project Status: Ongoing
    Start Date: April 1, 2011
    Original End Date: March 31, 2017

    Funding

    Funding Source Funding Year Funding Amount
    USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture 2011

      Issue Statement

      The goal of this project is to set up the capacity for Pacific Island populations to prevent child obesity through a multi-level approach including training public health nutrition work force; conducting public health nutrition research; communicating health related information to the public; developing nutrition monitoring and surveillance systems; and building social, cultural, physical, and built environments to sustain changes.

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    Citrus Pests

    Principal Investigator: Ross Miller   
      Project Contact: Ross Miller
      Email: rmiller@uguam.uog.edu
      Phone: 735-2141
      Project Status: Ongoing
    Start Date: September 1, 2015
    Original End Date: August 31, 2016

    Funding

    Funding Source Funding Year Funding Amount
    USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service $22,823.00



    CNMI Invasives

    Principal Investigator: Ross Miller   
      Project Contact: Ross Miller
      Email: rmiller@uguam.uog.edu
      Phone: 735-2141
      Project Status: Ongoing
    Start Date: September 1, 2015
    Original End Date: August 31, 2016

    Funding

    Funding Source Funding Year Funding Amount
    USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 2015 $20,000.00

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    Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle

    Principal Investigator: Roland Quitugua   
      Project Contact: Roland Quitugua
      Email: rolandq@uguam.uog.edu
      Phone: 735-2080 735-2093
      Project Status: Completed
    Start Date: September 30, 2014
    Original End Date: September 19, 2015
    CNAS Division: Division of Agriculture and Life Sciences

    Funding

    Funding Source Funding Year Funding Amount
    Department of the Navy 2014 $299,403.00

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