{"id":12,"date":"2016-07-11T21:42:08","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T04:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/khot-precision-agriculture\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2024-09-27T16:27:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T23:27:28","slug":"grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/khot-precision-agriculture\/grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<section id=\"builder-section-1468298527654\" class=\"row single gutter pad-top\">\n<div style=\"\" class=\"column one \">\n<header>\n<h2>Grant Awards<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<h4><strong>Federal Agencies<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>USDA NRCS\/Conservation Innovation Grants<\/em>: Promoting Widespread Adoption of Weather\u2010driven Precision Irrigation Scheduling in Northwestern Washington (Z. Wilhelm*, L. R. Khot, R. T. Peters; 2024 \u2013 2027)<\/li>\n<li>NSF EAGER: A joint research and innovation partnership toward securing an AI-enabled future in agricultural production and climate resilience (A. Kalyanaraman*, L. R. Khot, K. Rajagopalan, P. Pesantez Cabrera, J. Jobe; 2024 \u2013 2026)<\/li>\n<li><em>NSF\/USDA-NIFA <\/em>AI Institute: Agricultural AI for Transforming Workforce and Decision Support (AgAID) (A. Kalyanaraman (PD, Lead PI), <strong>L. R. Khot<\/strong> (WSU Lead PI), A. Fran (OSU), M. Marathe (UVA), J. Viers (UC-Merced), et al.; 2021-2025).<\/li>\n<li><em>NSF\/USDA-NIFA Cyber Physical Systems<\/em>: Field-specific weather-driven automated frost mitigation of specialty crops (<strong>L. R. Khot<\/strong>, D. Brown, J. Zagrodnik, G.-A. Hoheisel; 2021-2025).<\/li>\n<li><em>U.S. Department of Energy\/ PNNL Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory:\u00a0<\/em>TWIN Ecosystems (S. Norberg<strong>*<\/strong>, <strong>L. R. Khot<\/strong>, R. T. Peters; 2021-2024).<\/li>\n<li><em>NIOSH\/UW PNASH<\/em>:\u00a0Engineering solutions to reduce pesticide exposure and waste on Northwest fruit farms (E. J. Kasner (UW),<strong> L. R. Khot* (WSU Lead)<\/strong>, G.-A. Hoheisel, 2023-2026).<\/li>\n<li><em>NSF\/USDA-NIFA Cyber Physical Systems<\/em>:\u00a0Localized, geospatial sensing of canopy and fruit microclimate for real-time management of sunburn in apple (<strong>L. R. Khot*<\/strong>, R. T. Peters, M. Salazar-Gutierrez; 2019-2022).<\/li>\n<li>FFAR:\u00a0New Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research: Towards production of residue-free healthy fruit crops (<strong>L. R. Khot*<\/strong> [Mentoring collaborators: G.-A. Hoheisel, M. Moyer, B. Bears, M. Grieshop];\u00a02018-2021).<\/li>\n<li><em>USDA\/ NIFA\/ AFRI<\/em>: Technology for trade: New tools and new rules for water use efficiency in agriculture and beyond. (J. Yoder, K. Rajagopalan, C. Stockle, <strong>L. R. Khot<\/strong>, R. T. Peters et al.; 2018-2022).<\/li>\n<li><em>USDA-SCRI<\/em>: Solid Set Canopy Delivery Systems: an efficient, sustainable and safer spray technology for tree fruit. (M. Grieshop [MSU Lead], <strong>L. R. Khot<\/strong>\u00a0[WSU lead], G.-A. Hoheisel et al;\u00a02016-2019).<\/li>\n<li><em>USDA-SCRI<\/em>: Steam-generated supplementary heat thermotherapy as an immediate treatment for prolonging productivity of HLB-infected citrus trees (R. Ehsani [UF Lead], <strong>L. R. Khot [WSU lead]<\/strong>;\u00a02015-2019).<\/li>\n<li><em>USDA-ARS Northwest Centre for Small Fruit Research:<\/em> Precision sub-surface irrigation to regulate wine grape physiology (P. Jacoby, S. Sankaran, M. Keller, T. Peters,<strong> L. R. Khot<\/strong>;\u00a02014-2015).<\/li>\n<li><em>USDA-ARS Research Agreement: <\/em>Investigation of laser-guided variable-rate spray technology in Washington state apple orchards (L. R. Khot*, G.-A. Hoheisel, Q. Zhang; 2018 \u20132024).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>State Agencies<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Washington State Conservation Commission: <\/em>Site-specific intervention-driven emissions reduction strategies for climate-smart dairy farming: research and demonstration (<strong>L. R. Khot*<\/strong>, F. Leal-Yepes at Cornell University; 24-25)<\/li>\n<li><em>Washington State Department of Agriculture:<\/em> Weather and geospatial data-guided irrigation and fertilization management decision support tool (R. T. Peters*, <strong>L. R. Khot,<\/strong> K. Rajagopalan; 2024 \u2013 2025)<\/li>\n<li><em>Washington State Department of Ecology: Walla Walla OpenET (<\/em><strong>L. R. Khot*<\/strong>; 2024 \u2013 2025)<\/li>\n<li><em>Washington State Department of Agriculture Specialty Crop Block Grant: Adapting a carbohydrate-based fruitlet thinning model for WA state apple production<\/em> (L. Kalcsits, <strong>L. R. Khot<\/strong>; 2023-2026).<\/li>\n<li><em>Washington State Department of Agriculture Specialty Crop Block Grant: Utilizing machine learning for site-specific Washington State perennial crop weather forecasting<\/em> (<strong>L. R. Khot*, <\/strong>C. Mass; 2021-2024).<\/li>\n<li><em>Washington State Department of Labor and Industries<\/em>: Integrating Air Quality Sensors in AgWeatherNet <strong>Phase 1 and 2<\/strong> (<strong>L. R. Khot*<\/strong>, E. Kasner, J. Gordon Nunez; 2022-2023; 2023-2024).<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"float: none;background-color: #ffffff;color: #717171;cursor: text;font-family: 'Open Sans','Lucida Sans','Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: 0px\"><em>WSDA-SCBG<\/em>: Alternative pest management technologies for tree fruit and wine grapes (<strong>L. R. Khot*<\/strong>, G.-A. Hoheisel, M. Moyer; 2018-2021).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><em>WSDA-SCBG<\/em>: Novel sensing for potato postharvest quality and loss management in bulk storages. (S. Sankaran, <strong>L.R. Khot<\/strong>, B. Schroeder; 2017-2020).<\/li>\n<li><em>WSDA-SCBG<\/em>: Deep sub-surface micro-irrigation to increase water use efficiency in Washington vineyards (P. Jacoby, L. R. Khot, H. Sadeghi, S. Sankaran;\u00a02015-2018).<\/li>\n<li><em>WSDA-SCBG [Specialty Crop Block Grant]<\/em>: Rapid detection technologies for in-field and post-harvest apple bitter pit management (L. R. Khot, S. Sankaran, A. Dhingra, K. Lewis;\u00a02014-2017).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Commodity Commissions<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>WTFRC [Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission]-Technology. <\/em>Smart apple orchard: Technology testbed and demonstration site (<strong>L. R. Khot*<\/strong>, B. Sallato, S. Mantle, R. T. Peters, A. Kalyanaraman; 2024 \u2013 2027).<\/li>\n<li><em>Dairy Management Institute: Smart sensing solutions for dairy farming<\/em> (L. R. Khot*, F. Leal-Yepes at Cornell University; 2023 \u2013 2024).<\/li>\n<li><em>WTFRC [Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission] -Apple<\/em>: Efficient heat stress management for improved apple fruit quality. (<strong>L. R. Khot*<\/strong>, B. Sallato, C. Torres, R. T. Peters; 2021-2024).<\/li>\n<li><em>WTFRC [Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission] -Apple<\/em>: Reliable soil diagnostic technology for smart nutrient management. (B. Sallato, <strong>L. R. Khot*<\/strong>; 2021-2024).<\/li>\n<li><em>WTFRC [Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission] -Technology:<\/em> Smart Orchards Year 1-4+ optional connectivity. (S. Mantle, <strong>L. R. Khot<\/strong>; 2020-2024).<\/li>\n<li><em>WTFRC [Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission] -Cherry<\/em>: Towards identification of LCD linked volatile biomarkers. (<strong>L. R. Khot*<\/strong>, S. Harper, B. Sallato; 2021-2022).<\/li>\n<li><em>WTFRC [Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission] -Apple<\/em>: Data to model apple airblast spraying drift exposure levels. (<strong>L. R. Khot*<\/strong>, G.-A. Hoheisel, H. Thistle; 2018-2019).<\/li>\n<li><em>WTFRC [Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission] -Apple<\/em>: Database of airblast sprayer metrics for use in mechanistic drift model. (<strong>L. R. Khot*<\/strong>, G.-A. Hoheisel, H. Thistle; 2018-2019).<\/li>\n<li><em>Washington Blueberry Commission<\/em>: Modeling blueberry cold hardiness in Washington. (G.-A. Hoheisel, L. W. DeVetter, <strong>L. R. Khot<\/strong>, T. Coffey; 2017-2020).<\/li>\n<li><em>BIOAg [Center for Sustainable Ag and Natural Resources]<\/em>: Rapid sensing of dairy manure nutrients for precision applications in agricultural production (P. Ndegwa, L. R. Khot, G. Kafle; 2016-2017).<\/li>\n<li><em>SWWRC [State of Washington Water Research Center 104B program]<\/em>: Low energy precision (\/spray) applications: unmanned aerial system based rapid evaluation for crop and site specific system adaptation in the Pacific Northwest\u00a0(L. R. Khot, T. R. Peters, H. Neibling;\u00a02016-2017).<\/li>\n<li><em>WTFRC [Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission] -Apple<\/em>: Effectiveness of foliar calcium applications in bitter pit management (L. Kalcsits, S. Sankaran, L. R. Khot;\u00a02015-2017).<\/li>\n<li><em>OBC [Oregon Blueberry Commission]<\/em>: Assessment of application technologies specific to the Western Pacific Northwest Blueberries\u00a0(V. Walton, G.-A. Hoheisel, L. R. Khot;\u00a02015-2017).<\/li>\n<li><em>WSGWRC [Washington State Grape and Wine Research Program]<\/em>: Assessment of application technologies in wine grapes (G.-A. Hoheisel, M. Moyer, L. R. Khot; 2014-2018).<\/li>\n<li><em>Yamaha Precision Agriculture Inc. and Digital Harvest Inc.<\/em> sponsored demo &amp; presentations of unmanned helicopter technology to WA Stakeholders and WSU Researchers, Event cost sponsorship\u00a0(2015).<\/li>\n<li><em>WWF [Washington Wheat Foundation]<\/em>: Equipment grant to purchase a 2D light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system for rapid field phenotyping of spring and winter wheat varieties\u00a0(S. Sankaran, L. R. Khot, A. Carter, M. Pumphrey;\u00a02014-2015).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Internal Competitive Grants<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>W<em>SU Office of Commercialization<\/em>&#8211; <em>Commercialization Gap Fund<\/em>: Pneumatic solid set canopy delivery system for pesticide applications in perennial specialty crops (<strong>L. R. Khot*<\/strong>, M. Grieshop, G.-A. Hoheisel, R. Ranjan, R. Sinha; 2021-2022)<\/li>\n<li><em>WSU-Emerging Research Issues<\/em>: Adapting satellite-based methods for estimating water use and crop-water stress to high resolution images from small UAS (R. T. Peters, <strong>L. R. Khot<\/strong>, C. Stockle; 2017-2019).<\/li>\n<li><em>WSU-Emerging Research Issues<\/em>: In-field sensing and decision support system to prevent cherry fruit cracking due to rainwater (L. R. Khot, T. Peters, Q. Zhang, D. Granatstein;\u00a02014-2016).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Private\u00a0Industry\/Workshop\/Gifts<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Capstan Ag Systems, Inc, KS: Assessment of CapstanAg rate and spray control technology (G.A. Hoheisel*, <strong>L. R. Khot<\/strong>; 2020)<\/li>\n<li>Innov8Ag: Imagery Data Analysis (2020-2021)<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft AI for Earth Grant: Smart devices, edge and cloud computing for abiotic stress monitoring in fresh market tree fruit crops. (R. Ranjan, A. Basavaraj, <strong>L R. Khot*<\/strong>; 2020)<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft AI for Earth Grant: Cloud based advanced machine learning tools for efficient grapevine irrigation management (A. Chandel, <strong>L R. Khot*<\/strong>; 2020)<\/li>\n<li>2-Day UAS in Agriculture Workshop, November 15-16, 2018.<\/li>\n<li>WSU Drone Data Analytics Workshop, May 24, 2018.<\/li>\n<li>2-Day UAS in Agriculture Workshop, November 8-9, 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Desert Air Solutions, Mattawa, WA (Sun Hwang &amp; Steve Kim). In-kind UAS equipment donation.\u00a0 (2016).<\/li>\n<li>Borton Fruits, Yakima, WA. In-kind cash to support WSDA-SCBG project \u2018Rapid detection technologies for in-field and post-harvest apple bitter pit management\u2019.\u00a0(2015).<\/li>\n<li>Wilbur-Ellis Co. (Pacific Northwest Division). Lunch Sponsorship for CPAAS Open house and Ag Tech Day 2015.\u00a0(2015).<\/li>\n<li>Yamaha Precision Agriculture Inc. and Digital Harvest Inc. sponsored demo &amp; presentations of unmanned helicopter technology to WA Stakeholders and WSU Researchers. (2015).<\/li>\n<li>Digital Harvest Inc.; In-kind equipment support to WSU-ERI project \u2018In-field sensing and decision support system to prevent cherry fruit cracking due to rainwater\u2019.\u00a0(2015).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>International Collaborations<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>India &#8211; National Agricultural Higher Education Project (funded by World Bank): Climate Smart Precision Agriculture and Water Management. (MPKV India Team: S. D. Gorantiwar, M. G. Shinde et al.; WSU Team: <strong>L. R. Khot*<\/strong>, C. Stockle, R. T. Peters, Q. Zhang, D. Brown; 2018-2021).<\/li>\n<li>Chile<em> Comisi\u00f3n Nacional de Investigaci\u00f3n Cient\u00edfica y Tecnol\u00f3gica. <\/em>The digital agriculture network to strengthen agricultural resilience under climate change. (PUC Chile PI: Dr. F. Meza et al.; WSU Team: C. Stockle, <strong>L. R. Khot<\/strong>, R. T. Peters; <span style=\"float: none;background-color: #ffffff;color: #717171;cursor: text;font-family: 'Open Sans','Lucida Sans','Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: 0px\">2018-2019).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> <\/p>\n<h2>Grant Awards<\/h2>\n<h4><strong>Federal Agencies<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><em>USDA NRCS\/Conservation Innovation Grants<\/em>: Promoting Widespread Adoption of Weather\u2010driven Precision Irrigation Scheduling in Northwestern Washington (Z. Wilhelm*, L. R. Khot, R. T. Peters; 2024 \u2013 2027)<br \/> NSF EAGER: A joint research and innovation partnership toward securing an AI-enabled future in agricultural production and climate resilience (A. Kalyanaraman*, L. R. Khot, K. Rajagopalan, P. Pesantez Cabrera, J. Jobe; 2024 \u2013 2026)<br \/> <em>NSF\/USDA-NIFA <\/em>AI Institute: Agricultural AI for Transforming Workforce and Decision Support (AgAID) (A. Kalyanaraman (PD, Lead PI), <strong>L. R. Khot<\/strong> (WSU Lead PI), A. Fran (OSU), M. Marathe (UVA), J. Viers (UC-Merced), et al.; 2021-2025).<br \/> <em>NSF\/USDA-NIFA &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/khot-precision-agriculture\/grants\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-default\">&raquo; More &#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1351,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-builder.php","meta":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/khot-precision-agriculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/khot-precision-agriculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/khot-precision-agriculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/khot-precision-agriculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/khot-precision-agriculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/khot-precision-agriculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":755,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/khot-precision-agriculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/khot-precision-agriculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/khot-precision-agriculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=12"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/khot-precision-agriculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}