Amen Endowment Research Project Areas
- Develop wheat varieties specifically adapted to the dryland area
- Investigate cropping systems for profitable and sustainable production, including agronomy, economics, disease control, weed control, and plant pathology
- Develop practices to conserve and protect soil from wind and water erosion
- Evaluate alternative crops suitable for dryland areas
- Other identified high priority research needs at the discretion of the growers and WSU faculty serving on the endowment committee
Current Projects
- Aaron Esser – Battalion Pro Biological Herbicide Monitoring and Dryland Winter Wheat Nutrient Uptake Analysis
- Clark Neely – Maximizing Wheat Stands and Yields through Improved Seeding Rate and Seed Size Management
- Shikha Singh – Requesting Funds to Purchase a High-Precision Weighing Balance
- Aichatou Dibo Waziri, Kim Garland Campbell, and Mike Pumphrey – Replenishing the Content of Dietary Nutrients of the Wheat Grain
- Zhiwu Zhang – AI-UAV aided preparation of dryland wheat farming against the next epidemics of stripe rust
2023
- Aaron Esser – Feasibility of Battalion Pro as a Tool to Suppress Winter Annual Grassy Weeds in Dryland Cropping Systems
- Drew Lyon – Management of Russian Thistle in Fallow with Soil-Active Residual Herbicides
- Michael Neff & Shahbaz Ahmed – Developing Agronomic Practices and Identification of Winter Tolerant Brassica napus Lines for Dry Land Area
- Karen Sanguinet & Wilson Craine – Water Use and Economic Viability of Important Oilseed Crops for Washington Low Rainfall Zones
2022
- Aaron Esser – Feasibility of Battalion Pro as a Tool to Suppress Winter Annual Grassy Weeds in Dryland Cropping Systems
- Drew Lyon – Management of Russian Thistle in Fallow with Soil-Active Residual Herbicides
- Isaac Madsen – Intercropping for Increased Resource Use Efficiency in the Low Rainfall Region of Eastern Washington
- Michael Neff & Shahbaz Ahmed – Developing Agronomic Practices and Identification of Winter Tolerant Brassica napus Lines for Dry Land Area
- Karen Sanguinet & Wilson Craine – Water Use and Economic Viability of Important Oilseed Crops for Washington Low Rainfall Zones
2021
- Aaron Esser – Feasibility of Battalion Pro as a Tool to Suppress Winter Annual Grassy Weeds in Dryland Cropping Systems
- Drew Lyon – Management of Russian Thistle in Fallow with Soil-Active Residual Herbicides
- Isaac Madsen & Wilson Craine – Water Use and Economic Viability of Important Oilseed Crops for Washington Low Rainfall Zones
- Isaac Madsen – Intercropping for Increased Resource Use Efficiency in the Low Rainfall Region of Eastern Washington
- Michael Neff & Shahbaz Ahmed – Developing Agronomic Practices and Identification of Winter Tolerant Brassica napus Lines for Dry Land Area
- Bruce Sauer – GPS for Challenger 45 Tractor at the Lind Station
2020
- Arron Carter – Developing Winter Wheat Varieties for Late-Planted No-Till Production Under <12″ Annual Precipitation
- Christine Jade Dilla-Ermita, Scot Hulbert, and Tarah Sullivan – Wheat-Genotype Rhizosphere Microbiome: Potential Biological Control Agents Against Root Rot Diseases of Wheat
- Isaac Madsen – Intercropping for Increased Resource Use Efficiency in the Low Rainfall Region of Eastern Washington
- Bruce Sauer – Cost Share for a New Truck
- Aichatou Djibo Waziri and Kim Garland Campbell – Breeding Wheat for Higher Mineral Content in the Endosperm
2019
- Arron Carter – Developing Winter Wheat Varieties for Late-Planted No-Till Production Under <12” Annual Precipitation
- Aaron Esser – Determination of Optimum Seeding Rate for Fall Planted Wheat
- Rebecca McGee – Seeding Rate, Date, and Depth Studies of Winter Pea at Lind
- Mike Pumphrey – Drought Tolerance Breeding for Spring Wheat in Low-Rainfall Areas of Washington
- Karen Sanguinet – Analysis of SALP1 Genes in Wheat to Improve Drought Tolerance
- Haiying Tao – Developing Variable Rate Nitrogen Application Maps for Dryland Wheat Production in Washington
2018
- Arron Carter – Developing Winter Wheat Varieties for Late-Planted No-Till Production Under <12” Annual Precipitation
- Aaron Esser – Determination of Optimum Seeding Rate for Fall Planted Wheat
- Rebecca McGee – Seeding Rate, Date, and Depth Studies of Winter Pea at Lind
- Mike Pumphrey – Drought Tolerance Breeding for Spring Wheat in Low-Rainfall Areas of Washington
- Bruce Sauer – Backhoe Attachment
- Karen Sanguinet – Analysis of SALP1 Genes in Wheat to Improve Drought Tolerance
- Karen Sanguinet and Kim Garland-Campbell – Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Wheat Roots Under Drought
- Haiying Tao – Developing Variable Rate Nitrogen Application Maps for Dryland Wheat Production in Washington
2017
- Ian Burke & Amber Hauvermale – Seed Dormancy and Dormancy Loss Contribute to Adaptability in the Invasive Weed Species, Downy Brome (Bromus tectorum L.) in Dryland Crop Production Areas
- Arron Carter – Selection Strategies for Developing Good Emerging Wheat
- Aaron Esser – Wireworm Damage Assessment and Control in the Dryland Winter Wheat Cropping Region
- Ryan Higginbotham – Determination of Optimum Seeding Rate for Fall Planted Wheat
- Rebecca McGee – Seeding Rate, Date, and Depth Studies of Winter Pea at Lind
- Mike Pumphrey – Drought Tolerance Breeding for Spring Wheat in Low-Rainfall Areas of Washington
- Bruce Sauer – Cost Share for New Weigh Wagon/Seed Cart
- Karen Sanguinet – Analysis of SALP1 Genes in Wheat to Improve Drought Tolerance
- Haiying Tao – Developing Variable Rate Nitrogen Application Maps for Dryland Wheat Production in Washington
2016
- Ian Burke & Amber Hauvermale – Seed Dormancy and Dormancy Loss Contribute to Adaptability in the Invasive Weed Species, Downy Brome (Bromus tectorum L.) in Dryland Crop Production Areas
- Arron Carter – Selection Strategies for Developing Good Emerging Wheat
- Aaron Esser – Wireworm Damage Assessment and Control in the Dryland Winter Wheat Cropping Region
- Stephen Guy & Rebecca McGee – Seeding Rate, Date, and Depth Studies of Winter Pea at Lind
2015
- Ian Burke & Amber Hauvermale – Seed Dormancy and Dormancy Loss Contribute to Adaptability in the Invasive Weed Species, Downy Brome (Bromus tectorum L.) in Dryland Crop Production Areas
- Arron Carter – Selection Strategies for Developing Good Emerging Wheat
- Aaron Esser – Wireworm Damage Assessment and Control in the Dryland Winter Wheat Cropping Region
- Stephen Guy & Rebecca McGee – Seeding Rate, Date, and Depth Studies of Winter Pea at Lind
- Bruce Sauer – Pesticide Storage Building at Lind
2014
- Arron Carter – Developing winter wheat specifically for emergence from deep planting
- Aaron Esser – On-farm testing to improve Adams County Wheat Production
- James Harsh, Melissa LeTourneau, and Linda Thomashow – Micronutrient mobilization by Pseudomonas fluorescents rhizobacteria in dry soil
- Mike Pumphrey, Sindhu Nair and Arron Carter – Enhanced drought tolerance breeding for spring wheat in dryland farming areas of Washington