Collaborations

The Tropical Crops and Germplasm Research has a long and productive history of collaborative research involving stakeholders.

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Current collaborators and projects:

CENTEO AGRONOMICO TROPICAL DE INVESTIGACION Y

Evaluation of Improved Cacao (Theobroma cacao) and Coffee Materials for Agronomic Performance and Reaction to Diseases

HAWAII AGRICULTURE RESEARCH CENTER, KUNIA CAMP, HI

Evaluation of Cacao Performance Trials in Hawaii

INTERNATIONAL PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES INSTITU

Field Verification and Characterization of Musa Germplasm Maintained in Vitro and Cryopreservation at the Intl Musa Germplasm Transit Centre(ITC)

MARS,INC., CHICAGO, IL

Quarantine, Germplasm Acquisition/Maintenance, Phytopathology Studies and Clone Evaluation of Theobroma Cacao

MIGAL GALILEE RESEARCH INSTITUTE LTD.

Identifying New Sources of Resistance to Mango Anthracnose

NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, RALEIGH, NC

Accelerating Soybean Variety Development through the User of Winter Nursery Facilities in Puerto Rico

REGENTS OF THE UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSI, RIVERSIDE, CA

Reducing avocado losses to major challenges by improving resistance selection and disease management using next generation technologies

SOKOINE UNIVERSITY TANZANIA

Increasing Common Bean Productivity in Tanzania

SYNERGISTIC HAWAII AGRICULTURE COUNCIL, HILO

Coffee leaf rust: establishing groundwork to identify pathogen races, host resistance and Biological control in Puerto Rico.

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

Student Career in Agricultural Research, Learning, and Extension Training (SCARLET)

TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH, COLLEGE STATION, TX

Developing High-throughput Phenotyping and Genomic Resources for Adaptation to Dryland Conditions in the USDA Tepary Bean Germplasm

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, TUCSON, AZ

Production of Cacao Mild Mosaic Virus-Free Plants from the Cacao Germplasm Collection by Somatic Embryogenesis and Virus Screening

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, IN, ATHENS, GA

PLANT BREEDING PARTNERSHIP: Transforming Phaseolus breeding via genome-enabled interspecific trait discovery and introgression

UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, SAN JUAN, PR

Identifying Coffee Varieties Resistant to Coffee Fruit Rot and Understanding Disease Progression

Identifying Fusarium Species that are Emerging Pathogens of Coffee Fruit Rot

Screening of the NPGS Tepary Bean Collection for Response to the Common Bean Weevil