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item Addressing Critical Poultry Industry Challenge through Creating Value for Chicken Breast Meat with Myopathies
item Advancing Methods and Applications in Metagenomics Sequence Analysis
item Agronomic and Engineering Solutions for Conventional and Organic Conservation Agricultural Systems in the Southeastern U.S.
item An Economic Analysis of the Value-Added Utilization of High-Oleic Peanuts as a Poultry Feed Ingredient to Produce Premium Eggs and Poultry Meat
item An Integrated Approach for Plant Genetic Resources Conservation, Characterization, Evaluation, Documentation, and Distribution
item Behavioral and Genetic Approaches to Improved Detection and Mitigation of Arthropod Pests
item Breeding and Deployment of Smut Resistant Peanut Cultivars
item Breeding and Deployment of Smut Resistant Peanut Cultivars
item Characterization of Thecaphora frezzii Isolates in Argentina
item Collaborative Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) Oversight between Oklahoma State University and ARS-Stillwater
item Collaborative Research in Diet Microbiome and Immunity
item Collaborative Research on Machine Learning in Nutrition
item Comparative Aspergillus Population Survey and Microbiome Analysis of Predicted Aflatoxin “Hotspots” in Peanut Fields
item Construction of Graph-based Pangenome for Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus
item Corn-environment Interactions and Their Impact and Aflatoxin Contamination in Different Geographical Corn-growing Regions of Texas
item Detection and Mitigation of Aflatoxin Contamination: New Technologies and Decision Support from the Field to the Shelling Plant
item Developing and Optimizing Pre- and Post- Harvest Technologies to Enhance the Quality of Fruits and Vegetables
item Developing Genetic and Genomic Tools for Peanut Breeding
item Developing Germplasm and Genetic Markers to Breed for Reduced Aflatoxin Contamination in Peanut
item Developing Peanut Smut Resistant Cultivars for Nicaragua
item Development and Evaluation of Cultivars with Improved Disease Resistances to Increase On-Farm Profitability
item Development and Evaluation of Improved Peanut Cultivars
item Development and Release of Improved Peanut Germplasm and Varieties for the U.S. Southern Plains
item Development of Aflatoxin Resistant Corn Lines Using Omic Technologies
item Development of Climate Resilient Germplasm and Management Tools for Sustainable Row Crop Production
item Development of Peanut Cultivars or Germplasm with Improved Yield and Tolerance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses
item Development of Peanut Cultivars with Resistance to Diseases and Improved Water Use Efficiency
item Development of Peanut Cultivars with Resistance to Diseases and Improved Water Use Efficiency
item Development of Rapid, Non-Destructive Hyperspectral Imaging Methodology to Detect, and Quantify Fungal Growth and Aflatoxin Contamination
item Ecology and Management of Insect Pests, Pollinators, and Weeds in Agricultural Landscapes in the Southeastern USA
item Effect of Diet on Gut Microbiome, Gastrointestinal Health, and Immune Function
item Effects of Peanut Consumption on Maternal and Child Health
item Engineering Sustainable 3D Scaffolds for Enhancing Delivery and Growth of Probiotics in the Gut
item Enhancing Marketability and Ensuring Safety for Peanut and Tree Nut Consumers
item Enhancing the Selection and Utilization of Primitive Landraces in Breeding for Climate Resiliency in Cotton Using
item Evaluation and Characterization of Peanut Wild Species, Synthetic Hybrids, and Introgression Lines
item Evaluation of Advanced Breeding Lines and Current Peanut Varieties Performance Under Managed Conditions Across Oklahoma
item Exploiting and Enhancing IgE-Binding Epitopes of the 2S Albumins of Peanuts and Tree Nuts
item Generating Input Features for Modeling Mycotoxin Outbreaks in the USA
item Genomics and Genetic Improvement of Crop Resistance to Multiple Biotic and Abiotic Stresses in Peanut
item Genotyping and Selection of Smut Resistant Peanut Breeding Lines
item Healthy Soils and Bioproducts for Improved Nutrient-Use Efficiency and Ecosystem Services
item High Oleic Peanut Cultivars and Germplasm with Improved Disease Resistance for the Southwestern United States
item High Oleic Peanuts as a Value-Added Feed Ingredient in Juvenile Domesticated Hybrid Striped Bass
item Identification of Molecular Traits of Specific Pulses that Maximize Human Health
item Identifying Aflatoxin Risk in Southeastern Peanuts: High-Throughput Physiological and Hyperspectral Phenotyping of Drought-Resistance
item Impact of Peanuts on Cardiometabolic, Cognitive, and Intestinal Health in Prediabetes Among Racially Diverse Populations
item Impact of Pulse Consumption on Lowering Antimicrobial Resistance in Gut Microbiomes
item Increased Utilization of Peanuts, Peanut Processing Biproducts and Improvement of Peanut Quality Traits
item Integrated Management of Nematodes in Southeastern Field Crops
item Long-Term Peanut Butter Consumption and Brain Health in Humans
item Management of Aflatoxin and Other Mycotoxins in Row Crops such as Maize, Peanut, and Soybean
item Methods for Screening Pythium Pod Rot Resistance
item Optimizing Crop Management Strategies for Enhancing the Sustainability of Integrated Crop and Livestock Agroecosystems in the Gulf Atlantic Coastal Plain of Georgia
item Peanut Consumption and Early Brain Development: A Neuroimaging Study
item Peanut Nutrition
item Peanut Skins as an Antimicrobial Feed Additive to Reduce the Transmission of Salmonella in Turkeys and Turkey Production Environments
item Peanut Warehouse Early Fire Detection Sensor and System Development
item Phenotyping for Pythium Pod Rot Resistance
item Precision Breeding Using Molecular Genetic Tools to Develop Disease Resistant Peanut Cultivars
item Quality Characteristics and Sensor Development for Poultry and Other Agricultural Commodities
item Reducing Aflatoxin Contamination in United States Peanuts
item Reducing Aflatoxin Contamination in United States Peanuts
item Reducing Aflatoxin Contamination in United States Peanuts
item Regeneration, Characterization, and Maintenance of the U.S. Peanut Germplasm Collection
item Return on Investment (ROI) to Agricultural Commodity Research in the United States
item Screening Elite Peanut Breeding Lines for Resistance to Peanut Smut
item Sustainable Climate-Resilient Peanut Cropping Systems
item Synergistic Combination of Polyphenolics with Probiotics for Enhanced Delivery, Persistence and Functionality of Probiotic Bacteria
item Systems for Handling, Processing, and Protecting Peanuts
item The 1,000 Aspergillus Flavus Genomes Initiative: Exploring The Genetic Diversity of Aflatoxigenic Fungi Associated with Peanuts
item The Effects of Unblanched Normal-Oleic Peanuts in the Diets of Layers on Performance, Egg Quality and Nutritional Content
item The Next-Generation of Aflatoxin Control: The Biotechnology and Gemomics Revolution
item Trees for the Future: Coordinated Use of Genetic Tools to Develop Geographic and Climate Adapted Pecan
item Understanding Physiological and Genetic Mechanisms of Two Types of Drought Tolerant Peanuts for Present and Future Adaptation
item Use of Genomic Technology to Enhance Peanut Cultivar Development
item Use of Genomic Technology to Enhance Peanut Cultivar Development
item Use of Novel Peanut Genetic Sources and Natural Plant Defense Mechanisms for Resistance to Fungal Pathogens to Reduce Disease Pressure and Aflatoxin Contamination
item Using Non-GMO Double Stranded RNA (dsRNA) Strategies to Prevent Aspergillus flavus Infection and Aflatoxin Contamination in Corn and Peanut
item Value-Add Thermoplastic Biocomposite Materials
item Wheat Disease Early Warning Advisory System (DEWAS) – Surveillance and Diagnostics
item Wild Thing: Exploring Wild Species to Reduce Aflatoxin Contamination in Cultivated Peanut