Lisa Surber

Grants and Contracts:

• 2004 – 2006
  Developing Improved Hay Barley Varieties for Montana
  Sponsor: Montana Board of Research and Commercialization Technology Amount: $66,232

• 2005 – 2007
  Profitable Calf Backgrounding Integrating Annual Forage Crops
  Sponsor: Four-State Ruminant Consortium
  Amount: $139,023

Awards:

• Recipient of the WSASAS 2005 Outstanding Academic Quadrathlon Advisor
• Recipient of the Montana Nutrition Conference Graduate Student Poster Award 2003
• Nominee for Montana State University Employee of the Year 2003, 2000, 1999
• Recipient of Montana State University Day of Student Recognition Leadership Award - 2001 Outstanding Graduate Student
• Recipient of the Sigma Xi Outstanding Graduate Research Award 2001
• Recipient of a P.E.O. International Scholar Award for Academic Year 2001-2002
• International Barley Genetics Symposium 2000, Adelaide, Australia – First Place Poster Feed Quality Section
• American Society of Animal Science, Western Section 1995 - First Place Graduate Student Competition Paper

Publications:

Abdel-Haleem, H., J.G.P. Bowman, V. Kanazin, H. Talbert, S. Mickelson, L.M.M. Surber, P.Hayes, and T. K. Blake. 2005. The genetics of variation in feed quality in a wide 2- by 6-rowed barley RIL population. Crop Sci. (Submitted).

Abdel-Haleem, H., L.M.M. Surber, J.G.P. Bowman, V. Kanazin, and T. K. Blake. 2005. Mapping and verification of QTL controlling variation for feed quality in a two-rowed barley population. Crop Sci. (Submitted).

Abdel-Haleem, H., L.M.M. Surber, J.G.P. Bowman, and T. K. Blake. 2005. Mapping the genes controlling variation for feed quality in the Steptoe x Morex barley population. Crop Sci. (Submitted).

Bowman, J.G.P., J. J. Kincheloe, N. Taylor, L.M.M. Surber, A.V. Grove, V. Raboy, J. A. Dorsch, and T. K. Blake. 2005. Phytic acid levels in barley for beef cattle. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. (In Preparation).

Bowman, J.G.P., T. K. Blake, L.M.M. Surber, D. L. Boss, and D. Hinman. 2005. Variability and estimation of the energy value of barley for growing beef cattle. J. Anim. Sci. (In Preparation).

Surber, L.M.M., J.G.P. Bowman, P. F. Hensleigh, A. L. Todd, J. J. Kincheloe, S. D. Cash, and M. A. Thompson. 2005. Backgrounding beef steer performance and diet digestibility of barley varieties harvested for forage. Prof. Anim. Sci. (In Preparation).

Surber, L.M.M, B. L. Roeder, P. G. Hatfield, and R. W. Kott. 2005. Feedlot performance and carcass characteristics of spring-born wethers fed fall or spring and processed at different ages. Small. Rumin. Res. (Submitted).

Boles, J. A., J.G.P. Bowman, L.M.M. Surber, and D. L. Boss. 2004. Effects of barley variety fed to steers on carcass characteristics and color of meat. J. Anim Sci. 82: 2087-2091.

Bowman, J.G.P., B. F. Sowell, L.M.M. Surber, and T. K. Daniels. 2004. Nonstructural carbohydrate supplementation of yearling heifers and range beef cows. J. Anim. Sci. 82:2724-2733.

Kaiser, C. R., J.G.P. Bowman, L.M.M. Surber, T. K. Blake, and J. J. Borkowski. 2004. Variation in apparent component digestibility of barley in the rat from the core collection of the USDA National Small Grains Collection. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 113:97-112.

Bowman, J.G.P., T. K. Blake, L.M.M. Surber, D. K. Habernicht, and H. Bockelman. 2001. Feed-quality variation in the barley core collection of the USDA National Small Grains Collection. Crop Sci. 41:863-870.

Surber, L.M.M., and J.G.P. Bowman. 1998. Monensin effects on digestion of corn or barley high concentrate diets. J. Anim. Sci. 76:1945-1954.