Collaborations

The Sunflower Improvement Research has a long and productive history of collaborative research involving stakeholders.

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Current collaborators and projects:

DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER, SAINT LOUIS, MO

NSI: Exploiting Small Cysteine-rich Antifungal Peptides for Management of White Mold Disease in Soybean

GRAND FARM RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INITIATIVE,, FARGO

Evaluation of Sclerotinia Head Rot Resistance in Experimental Sunflower Germplasm Lines and Mapping Populations

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, MANHATTAN, KS

Red Sunflower Seed Weevil Responses to Conspecific and Host Volatiles

MARSHALL UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION, HUNTINGTON

Sunflower Pollinator Foraging on Non-Helianthus Plants

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, EAST LANSING, MI

NSI: Improved White Mold Resistance in Dry and Snap Beans Through Multi-site Screening Throughout Major Production Areas

NSI: Developing Soybean Varieties with Resistance to Sclerotinia Stem Rot

NSI: Evaluation and Optimization of Genomic Selection for Durable White Mold Resistance in Dry Bean

NATIONAL SUNFLOWER ASSOCIATION, MANDAN, ND

Extending the USDA Sunflower Breeding Program to Address Producer Outcomes.

NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, FARGO, ND

Integrated Pest Management of Sunflower Insects

Identification of Biological Control Agents in the Northern Great Plains and Evaluation of BCAs For Controlling Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

NSI: White Mold Resistance-QTL: Identification, Interactions and Fine Mapping in Common Bean - ND State University

Developing Bioinformatic Pipelines and Models for Genomics-assisted Breeding

QTL Mapping of Sclerotinia Head Rot Resistance and Pyramiding of Basal Stock Rot QTL in Sunflower

Management and Distribution of Seed of Released ARS Sunflower Germplasm

Application of Sensors and Image Analysis to Improve Phenotyping Throughput of Sunflower Germplasm

Predictive Crop Performance Research Initiative

Mobilization of White Mold Resistance in Common Bean

Mapping Basal Stalk Rot Resistance and Oxalic Acid Tolerance Traits in Two Sunflower Recombinant Inbred Line Populations

Perennial Crops for Sustainable Agriculture in the Northern Plains

Insect Responses to Intraspecific Floral Trait Variation in Asteraceae

NSI: Improving Resistance of Spring Canola to Sclerotinia Stem Rot

NSI: Development of RNA Fungicides for Management of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum on Canola

NSI: Introgression and Pyramiding of Sclerotinia Stem Rot Disease Resistant Gene(s) into Canola Cultivars

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE, COLUMBUS, OH

NSI: Less is More: Removing R-gene Mediated Susceptibility to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in Soybean

OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY, CORVALLIS, OR

NSI: White Mold Resistance-QTL: Identification, Interactions and Fine Mapping in Common Bean

Mobilization of White Mold Resistance in Common Bean

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE, BERKELEY, CA

Developing Methods to Enable Efficient Sunflower Transformation and Gene Editing

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, THE, BOULDER, CO

Developing Knowledge and Tools to Optimize Sunflower Breeding for Sclerotinia Resistance and Improved Microbiome-Related Traits

Genetic Marker Development for Hull Hardness and Oil Content in Sunflower

Next Generation Sequencing of the USDA Sunflower Breeding Program and Identification of Red Sunflower Seed Weevil Resistance Genes

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS, MN

NSI: Identifying Genetic Determinants of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Aggressiveness Across Crop Species

NSI: Characterizing and Bioengineering Soybean Phenylpropanoid Pathway Genes for Resistance Against Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum

SOCIEDAD EXPORTADORA GRANEROS WINTER NURSERY

Winter Nursery and Seed Production for Rapid Germplasm Enhancement

Winter Nursery and Seed Production for Rapid Germplasm Enhancement

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS, DAVIS, CA

NSI: Tapping Wild Cicer Genetic Diversity for Trait Identification and Breeding of Resistance to Sclerotinia Disease in Chickpea

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER, City of Boulder

Uniting Long-term Field Experiments and Modern Genomics to Prepare Sunflower for the Future

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, STORRS, CT

NSI: Genetic Variability Associated with the Traits of Fungicide Resistance and Pathogenicity in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, GAINESVILLE, FL

NSI: Manipulating Endogenous Host Pathways to Enhance White Mold resistance in Brassicaceae

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM, MADISON, WI

NSI: Enhanced Sclerotinia Stem Rot Resistance in Soybean through the Manipulation of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Virulence Determinants

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY, PULLMAN, WA

NSI: Systems View of Pathogenesis and Host Defense Response at Specific Infection Stages of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum