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Collaborations

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


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