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Collaborations

The West Lafayette, Indiana has a long and productive history of collaborative research involving stakeholders.


Current collaborators and projects:

BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASK, LINCOLN, NE
  • Thermal perches as warming devices for reducing cold stress in laying hens
  • LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTE, BATON ROUGE, LA
  • Phenotyping and Marker Development for Hessian Fly Resistance in Wheat
  • MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, BALTIMORE
  • Exploration of Watershed/Field Scale Modeling on Hydrologic, Nutrient, and Soil Erosion Processes
  • NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, WASHINGTON DC, DC
  • Thermal Perches as Warming Devices for Reducing Cold Stress in Caged Laying Hens
  • OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE, COLUMBUS, OH
  • Optimizing Phosphorus Removal Structures: Improvements for Existing Structures and Identifying Next-Generation Designs
  • Legacy Phosphorus Assessment in the Western Lake Erie Basin – Phase 2 (2026)
  • PURDUE UNIVERSITY, WEST LAFAYETTE, IN
  • Identifying Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Multitrophic Interactions Between Insect Pests and Cereal Plants
  • Characterizing Formula-fed Veal and Dairy Beef Calf Welfare through Audits and Industry Engagement
  • Fungal Host-pathogen Interactions, Phylogeography and Microbiomes of Cereal Diseases
  • Institutional Biological Safety Committee (IBC) Agreement - Purdue University
  • Identifying Important Pathogenicity Factors in Fungal Pathogens for Developing Novel Soybean Disease Control Strategies
  • Genetic Approaches for Alternative Protein Improvement
  • Genetic Approaches for Protein Improvement (2026)
  • Multitrophic Interactions of Aphids, Viruses, Microbiomes and Cereal Plants
  • Synbiotics Increase Production and Immunity in Heat Stressed Broilers Via the Gut-Brain Axis
  • Utilizing the Purdue University Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
  • Assessment of Sediment and Chemical Transport Processes for Developing and Improving Agricultural Conservation Practices
  • Legacy phosphorus assessment in the Western Lake Erie Basin – Phase 2 (FY25 Purdue)
  • Understanding Mechanisms of Multitrophic Interactions between Aphids, Viruses, Symbionts and Cereal Plants
  • Developing Tools for Genotype Independent Transformation and Gene-Editing in Cereals
  • Thermal Perches as Warming Devices for Reducing Cold Stress in Laying Hens
  • Examination the Effects on Livestock Welfare of Different Dairy Cattle Weaning Strategies and Laying Hen Thermal Stress
  • TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH, COLLEGE STATION, TX
  • Impact Assessment and Integrated Management of Hessian Fly on Wheat Production
  • TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY, BLOOMINGTON
  • Determining the Roles of Fusarium Effector Proteases in Plant Pathogenesis
  • UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, URBANA, IL
  • Improvement of Oat Germplasm for Resistance/Tolerance to Yellow Dwarf Viruses
  • UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, T, LEXINGTON, KY
  • Legacy Phosphorus Assessment in the Western Lake Erie Basin – Phase 2 (FY25 UK)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS, DENTON, TX
  • Developing New Technologies for Improving Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight
  • Developing New Technologies for Improving Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight (2025)
  • USDA, NRCS, PR
  • Legacy Phosphorus Assessment in the Western Lake Erie Basin – Phase II: Examining the Interaction between Soil Chemistry and Hydrology