GRANTS

GOVERNMENT

 USDA-ARS.  Center for Food safety and Post-harvest Technology- Intervention methods to enhance safety and quality of foods.

 USDA-IFAFS (2002-06). Value added fruits and vegetables- Enhance the value of farm produce by research, training, and education (UArk and others).

 USDA-IFAFS (2003-06) Produce food safety training and curriculum development for the SE- Train extension personnel, farmers, and others in Good Agricultural and handling Practices for Fresh fruits and vegetables (NCSU and others).

 USDA-CBG (2003-05) w/UAPB, US and Vietnam catfish differences for market potential- Study the quality traits of catfish and Vietnam fillets to develop marketing models.

 USDA-DOE (2004-06), Stability of feedstocks and biodiesel from MS crops (under MAFES/MSU-DOE Biodiesel project).

 USDA-Rural Development (2005-06). Development of Freshwater Prawn products.

MISSISSIPPI AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY EXPERIMENT STATION/MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY

 MAFES Value added (2001-2003), Screening vegetables for industrial and medicinal production in Mississippi Tomato quality and lycopene.

 MSU/MAFES-SRI (2004-06).  Catfish microbial attachment.

 MSU-OGS (2004-05), Graduate recruiting minority: $ 650

 INDUSTRY

 Catfish Farmers of America, CFA (2002-2008), Catfish off-flavor: Intervention methods for off-flavor reduction/elimination.

 Robot-Coupe (2004)-, Evaluation of hand v. Machine cut salads for shelf life and quality.

 Tasker Products (2006).  Evaluation of antimicrobial system for catfish products.

 Marel/Catfish industry (2005-06). Evaluation of X-ray bone detector for catfish products.