Collaborations
Development of Industrial Hemp Fiber and Hurd Standards
ALABAMA A & M UNIVERSITY, NORMAL, AL
Classification of Fiber and Hurd in Industrial Hemp: Integrating Biomechanical and Microscopic Phenotyping
ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY, LORMAN, MS
Intensification of Agroecosystems and its Impact on Soil health and Water Quality
Assessment of Sweetpotato Cultivar Performance and Integrated Pest Management Strategies for Small-Scale Farms in the Mississippi Delta Region
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNA
Optimizing Corn-based Starch Bioplastic Formulations to Enhance the Efficacy of Beneficial Pathogens to Control Agricultural Pests
ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, JONESBORO, AR
Improving Modeling of the Agroecosystem in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
AUBURN UNIVERSITY, AUBURN, AL
Understanding and Mitigating Important Stressors of Bees and other Insect Pollinators in the Mid-South United States
Reproductive Physiology of Ictalurid Catfish
Reproductive Physiology of Ictalurid Catfish
Understanding and Mitigating Important Stressors of Bees and other Insect Pollinators in the Mid- South United States
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY, WACO, TX
Low-Cost Real-Time Greenhouse Gas Emission Sensor Development
Nozzle Testing and Analysis of the Fate of Spray Droplets to Minimize Off-target Drift
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, CLEMSON, SC
Identification of Molecular Markers Associated with Root Traits that Improve Performance in Cotton
COTTON INCORPORATED, CARY, NC
Optimizing Pheromones and Semiochemicals for Monitoring and Management of Lygus lineolaris
Modernization of Cotton Quality Measurement
Modernization of Cotton Quality Measurement
DELTA WILDLIFE INC, STONEVILLE
Estimate the Pesticide and Adjuvant Exposure to Insect Pollinators from Spray Drift
DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF, FAYETTEVILLE, AR
Developing Insecticide Resistance Management Strategies for Insect Pests Infesting Row Crops in Field and Storage Environments
Understanding Stink Bug-soybean Looper Interactions in Soybean in Arkansas and Mississippi
Developing Best Management Practices, Tools, and Technologies to Optimize Sustainable Water Use in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
DON L. KEIM, Leland
Developing Cotton Germplasm for U.S. Growers Resistant to Diseases and Environmental Stresses
FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY, TALLAHASSEE, FL
Indicator Based Approach to Estimate Impact of Land-Use/Land Cover Change on Water Footprint Using Artificial Intelligent (AI) Methods
FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY, FORT VALLEY, GA
Developing Sustainable Strategies to Combat Small Hive Beetle (SHB) Infestation of Honey Bee Hives
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY, KENT, OH
U.S. Hemp Fiber Classification for Textile Applications – Characterizing Fiber Length
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTE, BATON ROUGE, LA
Development of Improved Cytology-Aware Genome Assemblies of Intra-specific Sugarcane Hybrid Cultiivars
Apple Snail (Pomacea maculata) Integrated Pest Management Tactics for Crawfish, Catfish, and Rice Crop Production
MISSISSIPPI SOYBEAN PROMOTION BOARD, STARKVILLE
Assessing Micro-nutrients Applications for Efficient Soybean Production in the Mississippi Delta
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS
Areawide Management of Invasive Ants
Bee Related Viruses in Pest Ants
Evaluating Farmed Insects for Potential Mycotoxin Remediation
Evaluation of Transgenic Crops for Economically Sustainable Control of Insect Pests
Nectar Content and Quantity in Floral and Extrafloral Nectaries in Cotton
Integrated Management of Insect Pests of Southern Row Crops
Climate Stress Effects on Major Row Crops of Mississippi
Maximizing Profitability and Fish Health in Catfish Aquaculture
Strategies to Reduce Risk of Bees to Agroecological Stressors in the Mississippi Delta
Predicting Nitrogen and Sulfur Deficiency in Corn using Optical Sensors and Weed Mapping with UAV Multispectral Sensors
Decision Support Tools to Address Sustainable Water Management Issues in the Mississippi Delta
Development of Best Management Practices and Technologies to Optimize Water Use in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
Hill Area Aquaculture
Biophotonics – Emerging Imaging Technologies for Food Animal Research
Areawide Management of Invasive Ants
Evaluation of Nutrient Uptake, Agronomic Characteristics and Economic Productivity Limitations of Commercial Soybean Cultivars
Mississippi Center for Enhancing Utilization and Safety of Catfish and Other Aquatic Foods
Investigating Agricultural and Environmental Systems
Determination of Round Cotton Module Weights to Improve Data Accuracy for Improvement of Cotton Gin Operations Efficiency and Bale Traceability
Automatic Hole Punch Insertion in Lay Flat Irrigation Tubing
Genomics of Kenaf, Cotton, and Other Malvaceae
Evaluation of Nutrient Cycling, Agronomic Productivity, and Seed Quality of Intensively Managed Soybean Systems
Improving Catfish Health
Identifying and Mitigating the Effects Cotton Pests and Diseases
Identify Agronomic Interventions Need for Climate-smart Agriculture Using Remote Sensing, Cloud Computing, Machine Learning and Big Data Approach
Plastic Contamination Removal Robot for Cotton Fields
Identifying and Mitigating Emerging Disease Threats for Cotton
Breeding Soybeans For Resistance to Mature Soybean Seed Damage
Phenotyping of Soybean for Heat Stress Tolerance
Assessing the Impact of Biotic and Abiotic Stressors on Reniform Nematode Populations in the Mississippi Cotton Production System
Baseline Methane Data and Mitigation Measures: Field and Modeling Approaches
Mississippi Center for Enhancing Utilization and Safety of Catfish and Other Aquatic Foods
The Effect of the Weather on the Honey Bee Health
Development of Best Management Practices and Technologies to Improve the Health of the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer
Resilience of Grain Crops to Chilling and Waterlogging Stress
Biophotonics – Emerging Imaging Technologies for Food Animal Research
Agronomic Feasibility of Tile Drainage Sub-irrigation and Furrow Irrigation Systems for Crop Production Systems in Mississippi Delta
Develop an Evapotranspiration-based Decision Support System for Climate-Resilient Sustainable Water Management Strategies for Mississippi Farms
Strategies to Reduce Risk of Bees to Various Stressors in the Mississippi Delta
Economic Analysis of the Impact of Apple Snails on the U.S. Crawfish Industry
Pollinator Health and Interactions with Nutrition in Southern Crop Ecosystems
Evaluating Parasitic Infection Status and Diversity of Invasive Apple Snails in the Southeastern United States
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, WASHINGTON DC, DC
Genomic Selection is Looming: Building a Robust Genotype-to-Phenotype Platform to Revolutionize Public Cotton Breeding
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY, LAS CRUCES, NM
Evaluate Cotton Germplasm for Environmental Influence Under Extreme Climate Conditions
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, RALEIGH, NC
Deployment of Computer Vision Models for Assessing Diseased Citrus Fruit
Advancing Phenotyping Methods in Plant Breeding Programs
Evaluating Differences in Cotton Fiber Types at Initiation and Determining the Underlying Basis for Those Differences
Establishing a Comprehensive Fiber Hemp Processing Hub for High-Throughput Quality Analysis and Product Prototyping
Building Tools for Specialty Crop Breeding Programs
Machine Learning Integration into Breeding Programs
Characterization of Hemp Hurd for Industry Utilization
NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, FARGO, ND
Impacts of Sunflowers on Honey Bee Colony Survival and Pollination
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY, CORVALLIS, OR
Hemp-based Fiber Materials, Technology, and Commerce as Drivers for Northwest American Indian Tribal Economic Development
PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY, PRAIRIE VIEW
Industrial Hemp Bast Fiber and Hurd Phenotyping
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, BROOKINGS, SD
Low-Cost Infrared Thermometer for Agricultural Applications
SOUTHERN REGIONAL AQUACULTURE CENTER, STONEVILLE, MS
Optimizing Production Systems for Removal of Ammonia
TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE, COLLEGE STATION, TX
Identifying and Mitigating Emerging Disease Threats for Cotton
TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH, COLLEGE STATION, TX
Industrial Hemp Research Data: Developing the Foundation for Data Visualization, Decision Support, and Analytical Tools
Cotton Post-Harvest Trash and By-Product Characterizations
Prescription Irrigation: Constructing the Foundational National Data Alignment Pillar
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, LUBBOCK, TX
Developing Industrial Hemp Fiber Standards
Assessing Crop Ecophysiology for Sustainable Agricultural Production in the Southern High Plains
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TR, ORLANDO, FL
Wireless Monitoring System for Real-time Insect Tracking
UNITED SOYBEAN BOARD, CHESTERFIELD, MO
National USDA Uniform Soybean Tests/Yield, Disease Resistance and Quality Traits Evaluation of Public Breeding Lines
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM, PINE BLUFF, AR
Optimizing Irrigation Water Use in the Arkansas Delta
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE, IRVINE, CA
The Development of a high Throughput Salmonella Pathogenic Screening Assay
The Evaluation of Salmonella Pathogenicity with a Gentamicin Protection Assay
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS, DAVIS, CA
Longitudinal Monitoring Studies on Honey Bee Colonies
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, GAINESVILLE, FL
The Development of Novel RNA Dependent RNA Polymerases, Nucleases, and Transposases by Metagenomics and Protein Engineering
Xenosurveillance of Flies in Wet Markets to Monitor for the Emergence and Spillover Potential of Viral, Bacterial, and Parasitic Pathogens
The Development of Microfluidic and Computational Techniques for Microbial Consortia Optimization
Building Genetic and Trait Resources for Tropical Crops
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS, GA
Genomic and Informatic Development for Genetic and Phenotypic Analysis
Genomic Selection is Looming: Building a Robust Genotype-to-Phenotype Platform to Revolutionize Public Cotton Breeding
Multi-Environment Quantification of Extra-floral Nectar Production in Modern and Obsolete Cotton Cultivars
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, IN, ATHENS, GA
National USDA Uniform Soybean Tests / Root-knot Nematode Screening
Genomic Selection of Channel, Blue and Hybrid Catfish
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, URBANA, IL
Development of a Mass-rearing Honey Bee System Under Controlled Conditions
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI, UNIVERSITY, MS
Toxicology, Chemical Ecology and Management of Invasive Ants
Toxicology, Chemical Ecology and Management of Invasive Ants
Identification of Natural Compounds to Control Pests in Catfish Ponds
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM, COLUMBIA, MO
National USDA Uniform Soybean Tests / Fatty Acid Screening
National USDA Uniform Soybean Tests / Soybean Cyst Nematode Screening
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, ALBUQUERQUE, NM
African Lungfish CTxA: A Toxin That Supports Terrestrialization And Barrier Protection
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, KNOXVILLE, TN
Enhancing Productivity and Profitability on Tennessee Row-Crop Farms through Improved Soil and Plant Health
Effectiveness of Transgenic Crops Expressing Vegetatively-produced Bt Toxins for Heliothine Control
Row Crop Production under Climate Change – Assessment of Sustainable Management Practices for Plant and Soil Health
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON, ARLINGTON
A Novel AI-Driven Smart System for Insecticide-Free Fire Ant Control
USDA ARS Research Apprenticeship Program at University of Texas at Arlington
Real-Time Greenhouse Emission Monitoring Using Intelligence Crop Sensor Network
Moving Agricultural Productivity Forward Using Advanced Computational Technologies
Developing Intelligent Tools for High-throughput Crop Phenotyping
Wireless Monitoring System for Online Insect Tracking Data Analysis
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS, RICHARDSON
Real-Time Greenhouse Emission Monitoring Sensor Development
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER, THE, TYLER, TX
Aqua-FIT: Early Diagnosis of Water Toxicity Driven by Fish-mounted Low-cost and Miniaturized Sensors
Agri-Eye: Embedding Agricultural Intelligence in UAV-based Frameworks for Monitoring Crops
Quanti-Fry: Intelligent Monitoring Framework for Quantification of Fish Eggs and Fry
A Low Cost Acoustic Sensor for Bee Identification
Conversion of Cotton Gin Trash To Liquid Fuels and Other Bioproducts Via Hydro-Pyrolysis and Other Thermochemical Processes
USDA, APHIS, RIVERDALE, MD
Apple Snail (Pomacea Maculata) Integrated Pest Management Tactics for Crawfish, Catfish, and Rice Crop Production
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVER, BLACKSBURG, VA
National USDA Uniform Soybean Tests / Sugar Screening
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY, PULLMAN, WA
Genomic Selection is Looming: Building a Robust Genotype-to-Phenotype Platform to Revolutionize Public Cotton Breeding
The Stoneville, Mississippi has a long and productive history of collaborative research involving stakeholders.
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