Collaborations

The Subtropical Horticulture Research has a long and productive history of collaborative research involving stakeholders.

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Current collaborators and projects:

CALIFORNIA AVOCADO COMMISSION, IRVINE, CA,

Development of New Avocado Rootstock Varieties Resistant to Phytophthora cinnamomi and Salinity Using Molecular Breeding Approaches

CENTEO AGRONOMICO TROPICAL DE INVESTIGACION Y, , ,

Development of Clones of Theobroma cacao With Resistance to Frosty Pod and Black Pod Using Genomics-assisted Breeding Methodology

FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN, INC., CORAL GABLES, FL,

Evaluation of Promising Tropical/Subtropical Fruit and Ornamental Plant Germplasm for South Florida

HAWAII AGRICULTURE RESEARCH CENTER, KUNIA, HI,

Establishment of New Cacao Performance Trials in Hawaii

MARS, INCORPORATED, MOUNT OLIVE, NJ,

Genomic Enhancement of Theobroma Cacao

MONTGOMERY BOTANICAL CENTER, MIAMI, FL,

Conservation Genetics of Pseudophoenix Sargentii and Ekmanii

ARS Support for American Public Garden Association (APGA) Annual Meeting

THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES, ST. AUGUSTINE, ,

Identification of Molecular Markers Associated with Self-incompatibility in Theobroma Cacao

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, TUCSON, AZ,

Determining Cacao Swollen Shoot Virus Diversity and Distribution, Understanding its Epidemiology and Designing Genomic Tools for its Identification

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS, DAVIS, CA,

Microbial Pathogenomics of the Major Cacao Diseases

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, GAINESVILLE, FL,

Optimization of Disease Resistance Phenotyping Methodologies in Cacao, Avocado and Mango

VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVER, BLACKSBURG, VA,

Sequencing, Assembly and Annotation of the Avocado Cultivar VC75 Genome