Collaborations

The Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center has a long and productive history of collaborative research involving stakeholders.

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Current collaborators and projects:

BAYER CROPSCIENCE LP., Saint Louis, NC

Spray Drift Characterization of a Remotely Piloted Aerial Application System

COTTON INCORPORATED, CARY, NC

Fusarium Wilt of Cotton: Pathogen Characterization, Virulence & Resistance Mechanism Determination, and Marker Assisted Resistance Breeding

Renewal and Advance of Cotton Genetic Resources Through Use of a Costa Rican Counter Season Nursery

Improving Cotton Fiber Yield and Planting Seed Vigor Under Heat Stress Environments

Continued Development of a Publicly Accessible Comprehensive Cotton Database

COTTON WINTER NURSERY COSTA RICA

Advancement of Cotton Genetic Resources Through Use of a Costa Rican Counter Season Nursery

HUDSONALPHA INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY, HUNTSVILLE, AL

Towards a Pecan Pan-genome: Generating Three Reference, Annotated Genomes for Pecan

INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND PLANT EXPERIMENTAL

Exploiting Genetic Variation of Australian and African Diploid Accessions for American Tetraploid Cotton

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLO, AMES, IA

Develop a Novel Immunogenic Probiotic to Improve Neonatal Gut Health

A Novel Probiotic to Increase Chicken Gut Integrity and Maturation at Early Life to Improve Health and Disease Resistance

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, MANHATTAN, KS

Utilizing Pre-harvest Enumeration and Risk Factors to Predict Ground Turkey Test Results

NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY, LAS CRUCES, NM

Trees for the Future: Coordinated Development of Genetic Resources and Tools to Accelerate Breeding of Geographic and Climate Adapted Pecan Trees

OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, STILLWATER, OK

Studies of Fruit-bud Differentiation for Pecan Breeding Selections

PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

Improving the Molecular Characterization of Hickories at the National Collection of Genetic Resources for Carya

SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, LLC, GREENSBORO, NC

Spray Drift Characterization of Remotely Piloted Aerial Application Systems

TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE STATION, TX

Biohazard Consultation and Review Services

TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE, COLLEGE STATION, TX

Climatic and Environmental Impacts of Pecan Disease Severity to Pecan Bacterial Leaf Scorch Caused by Xylella fastidiosa.

TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH, COLLEGE STATION, TX

Omics-Assisted Breeding Approaches for Sorghum Hybrid Improvement

Enhancing Livestock Production from Rangelands in the Great Plains

Developing Genome Editing Resources for Modifying Genes to Improve Priority Traits in Cotton

Identifying Differential Gene and Protein Expression in Two Pecan Cultivars With Contrasting Nut Size, Shape, and Maturity Timing

Integrating Community Nutrition with Improved Pregnancy Outcomes

Influence of Soil Microbiota and Entomopathogenic Nematodes on Cotton Defensive Chemical Production

The Control of Food Safety Pathogens in Preharvest Poultry

Developing Pecan Database Resources

Maintenance, Distribution, and Utilization of Cotton Genetic Resources

Partners in Crime: Pathobiome of Fusarium Cotton Wilt Pathogen

TEXAS PECAN BOARD, De Leon

Pheromone Components of the Pecan Weevil

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, LUBBOCK, TX

Genetic Analysis and RNA Marker Development for FOV4 Resistance Breeding in Cotton

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, TUCSON, AZ

Exploring the Genetics of Drought Resistance with Field-based Phenomics and Biophysical Process-based Modeling

VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY, PETERSBURG, VA

Remote Sensing Systems for Precision Agriculture to Address Issues in Environmental and Climate Change