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item Accessible Cultivar and Processing Strategies for Improved Pulse Flour Quality
item Assessment of Bioavailable Iron from Staple Food Crops and Food Products: A Focus on Pulse Crops
item Automation of Dry Bean Quality and Nutritional Evaluations
item Characterization and Utilization of Genetic Diversity in Soybean and Common Bean and Management and Utilization of the National Rhizobium Genetic Resource Collection
item Collaborative Animal Research Between Cornell University and USDA-ARS
item Cultivar Development: Accelerating Cultivar Release for Several Dry Bean Market Classes Using Genomic Selection
item Defining the Impact of Different Foods or Their Components, in the Context of A Western-Style Diet, on Gut Health
item Developing Accurate and Efficient Laboratory Methods for Testing End-use Qualities of Pulse Crops, Identify Factors Associated with End-use Quality, and Develop Processes to Add Value to Pulses
item Discover Genomic Loci Controlling Agronomic Traits & Develop Tools to Enable Rapid Characterization of Populations & Selection in Breeding Programs
item Dry Bean Breeding and Management Strategies for Tolerance to Sclerotinia White Mold
item Dry Bean Cultivar Development
item Dry Bean Dehulling Method Development
item Dry Bean Genomic Prediction
item Enhancing Genetic Resilience of Common Bean through Plant Breeding
item Enhancing Yield, Disease Resistance, and Agronomic Performance in Edible Legumes
item Food Systems Approach to Understanding the Impact of Pulses on Human Health
item GEMINI : GxExM Innovation in Intelligence for Climate Adaptations
item Genetic Evaluation of Popping Beans
item Genetic Improvement and Nutritional Qualities of Pulse Crops
item Genetic Resource and Information Management for Pulse, Temperate Forage Legume, Oilseed, Vegetable, Grasses, Sugar, Ornamental, and Other Crops
item Genomic Characterization of Seed Filling and Nutritional Features in Edamame and Mature Soybeans
item GxExM Innovation in Intelligence (GEMINI) for Climate Adaptation
item Host Resistance for Managing Pathogens of Common Bean Disease
item Identification of Biological Control Agents in the Northern Great Plains and Evaluation of BCAs For Controlling Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
item Improved Utilization of Pulse Proteins, Carbohydrates, and Processing Wastes for Value-Added Food Ingredients
item Improvement of Sclerotinia Disease Resistance and Management
item Improving Resilience of Dryland Legume Cropping Systems through Enhancement of Beneficial Microbiomes
item Improving Seed Durability, Processing Quality and Consumer Acceptance of Organic Dry Beans Through Breeding for Sustainable Value-added Products
item Improving Seed Durability, Processing Quality and Consumer Acceptance of Organic Dry Beans Through Breeding for Sustainable Value-Added Products
item Increasing Common Bean Productivity in Tanzania
item Management, Storage, and Research of National Seeds of Success Native Seed Collection
item Management, Storage, and Research of National Seeds of Success Native Seed Collection
item Mobilization of White Mold Resistance in Common Bean
item Mobilization of White Mold Resistance in Common Bean
item Mobilization of White Mold Resistance in Common Bean
item Novel and Sustainable Processing Technologies and Healthy Food Ingredients
item NSI - Biocontrol Alternative for Disease Management of Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum Increases Boscalid Fungicide Susceptibility
item NSI - Improved White Mold Resistance in Dry and Snap Beans Through Multi-site Screening Throughout Major Production Areas II
item NSI - Investigating Mitovirus-induced Changes in Pathogenicity, Small RNA Profile, and Transcriptomic Patterns of Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum
item NSI - Validation and Identification of Genetic Determinants of Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum Aggression Across Crop Species
item NSI: Evaluation and Optimization of Genomic Selection for Durable White Mold Resistance in Dry Bean
item NSI: Genetic Variability Associated with the Traits of Fungicide Resistance and Pathogenicity in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
item NSI: Identifying Genetic Determinants of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Aggressiveness Across Crop Species
item NSI: Improved White Mold Resistance in Dry and Snap Beans Through Multi-site Screening Throughout Major Production Areas
item Nutritional Quality and Micronutrient Bioavailability of Foods
item Off-Flavors in Pulse Flours
item OPBEANS SREP: Protein-rich wholesome Popping Beans to Enhance Agricultural Production, Nutrition and Sustainability
item PCHI - Effect of a Pulse-based USDA-diet on Gut Microbial Metabolites and Biomarkers of Healthspan: A Crossover Feeding Study in Older Adults
item PCHI - Improving Environmental and Economic Sustainability Outcomes Through Incorporation of Pulses into Irrigated and Dryland Crop Rotations
item PCHI - Leveraging plant-microbe Interactions to Optimize Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation of Dry Bean
item PCHI - Minimizing Water and Nutrient Footprint for Sustainable Pulses-wheat Cropping Systems and Enhanced Soil Health
item PCHI - Targeted Messaging Highlighting Human Health and Sustainability Benefits to Promote Pulse Consumption
item PCHI – Improving Functional & Nutritional Properties of Pulse Flours by Heat-moisture Treatment & Developing Pasta with Improved Health Benefits
item PCHI – Isolating and Characterizing Protein Fractions from Black Beans and Lentils for use as Novel Oil Structuring Agents
item PCHI: Chickpea Genetic Improvement for Drought and Heat Stress Resilient Grain Yield
item PCHI: Comparative Analysis of the Impact of Type of Pulse Consumed in Human Subjects and Pre-Clinical Models
item PCHI: Controlling Pulse Fermentation to Improve Gut Microbiome Health
item PCHI: Customizing Interventions to Promote Pulse Consumption among Heterogeneous Consumer Segments
item PCHI: Develop Efficient, Genotype-independent, Gene-editing Systems for Common Bean and Chickpea
item PCHI: Developing and Evaluating Chickpea Ingredients as Natural Wheat Dough Improvers for Enhanced Baking Quality and Functional Properties
item PCHI: Developing Chickpea Cultivars with Radically Improved Nitrogen Fixation Rates
item PCHI: Effects of Daily Consumption of Polyphenol-rich Pulses on Skin Health in Women
item PCHI: Effects of Pulse Consumption on Child Health
item PCHI: Effects of Pulse Consumption on Maternal and Child Health
item PCHI: Enhancing Dietary Perception/Acceptance of Pulses in Children through a Nutritional Intervention Program: Bringing Pulses to the Dining Table
item PCHI: Exploring Impact of Pulse Diet on Cardiometabolic Health Outcomes in Overweight/Obesity Older Adults: Role of Inflammation and Gut Microbiome
item PCHI: Field Experiments to Incorporate Pulse Crops in Cropping Systems and Assess Soil Health and Plant Water Use Efficiency - Phase 2
item PCHI: Human Pulse Consumption, the Microbiome, and Meal Satiety
item PCHI: Impact of a Feasible Protein Co-extranction From Three Pulse Crops on Protein and Co-products Properties
item PCHI: Impacts of Pulse Consumption on Human Health, Diet Cost, and Environmental Sustainability
item PCHI: Improving Extraction Yield, Purity, and Functionality of Proteins from Pulse Grains using Enzyme-Assisted Green Extraction
item PCHI: Improving Protein Digestibility in Pulses with Higher-throughput Assays and Sequence-based Prediction
item PCHI: Next-Gen Nitrogen Fixation: Tailoring Rhizobial Inoculants to Winter and Spring Field Pea Systems
item PCHI: Processing Effects on the Composition of Pulses (Beans/Peas/Chickpea/Lentils) and Resulting Benefits in the Prevention of Type-2 Diabetes
item PCHI: Protective Mechanisms of Pulse Consumption in the Development of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Mothers and Offspring Across Life Stages
item PCHI: Pulse-fruit Aggregate Ingredients with Enhanced Taste, Functionality and Health Attributes for Diversified Food Applications
item PCHI: Quantifying, Predicting, and Parallelizing the Examination of Post-digestive Properties of Common Beans
item PCHI: Rapid and in situ Screening for Key Quality Traits in Pulse Crops
item PCHI: Re-structuring Pulse Proteins into Valuable Fibrils via Biocatalysis
item PCHI: Reinventing Nitrogen Fixation in Cultivated Chickpea with Wild-derived Traits
item PCHI: Using Pulse Resistant Starch to Ameliorate Aging-Associated Dysbiosis of the Gut-Microbiome-Brain Axis
item Pinto Bean Flour Quality
item PLANT BREEDING PARTNERSHIP: Transforming Phaseolus breeding via genome-enabled interspecific trait discovery and introgression
item Plant Vigor and Root Growth in Organic Dry Bean Production Systems
item Pulse Crop Health Initiative
item Pulse Flour Lipid Profiling
item Pulse Quality Characteristics for Product Development That Consider Adverse Effects on Human Health
item Release and Dissemination of Promising Common Bean Cultivars to Improve Food Security in Honduras and Guatemala
item Replacing Fallow & Cover Crops with Field Pea and Chickpea in the Semi-arid Northern High Plains: Impacts on Production and Sustainability-Un of NE
item Snap Bean Breeding and Management Strategies for Tolerance to Sclerotinia White Mold
item Southwestern US Wild Germplasm Collection Trip