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Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics and Genetic Improvement
(National Program 301) in ND
Sugarbeet and Potato Research
- Effect of Cercospora Leaf Spot on Sugarbeet Root Storage
- Optimizing Nondulation in Chickpea for Enhanced Nitrogen Fixation
- Field Experiments to Incorporate Pulse Crops in Cropping Systems and Assess Soil Health and Plant Water Use Efficiency
- PCHI:Gut Microbiota Dependent and Independent Impacts of Dietary Pulses on Pre/Postprandial Metabolism and Inflammation in Overweight/Obese Humans
- Understanding the Pulse-Gut Relationship and Its Role in Modifying Systemic Inflammation and Insulin Sensitivity in Humans
- PCHI: Pulse Resistant Starch: Interplay Between Processing the Microbiome and Health
- Using Native Rhizobia to Improve Salt-Tolerance in Field Pea
- Impact of Storage on Functionality and Nutritional and Phytochemical Compositions of Pea, Lentil, and Chickpea
- Identification and Introgression of Resistance to Cercospora Leaf Spot and Root Maggot for Sugarbeet Improvement
- PCHI: Assessment of Soil Health and Nitrogen Economy in Lentil and Pea Cropping Systems
- PCHI: Assessment of Soil Health and Nitrogen Economy in Lentil and Pea Cropping Systems
- Developing the Next Generation of Flavonoid Enhanced Dry Beans
- Improving Pulse Protein Properties for Expanded Functionality Using Naturally Derived Polymeric Polyphenols
- PCHI: Effects of Extraction Methods on Lentil and Dry Beans Extract Composition and Structural Modification
- Effects of Roasting Parameters on the Functional and Organoleptic Properties of Lentil Flours
- Developing and Utilizing Functionally Enhanced Pulse Proteins as Novel Food Ingredients
- Thermal and Nonthermal Processing of Pulse Protein Concentrates: Impact on Functionality and Nutritional Value
- Pulse Consumption Improves Gut Health, Metabolic Outcomes, and Bone Biomarkers of Post Menopausal Women
- Protective Effects of Dietary Pulse Flours on the Transgenerational Influence of Maternal Obesity
- National Consumer Survey of Pulse Consumption and Views
- New Strategies for Management of Cercospora Leaf Spot and Rhizomania Diseases of Sugarbeet
- New Technologies to Study Virus-host Interactions to Identify Strategies for Sugarbeet Viral Disease Management
- PCHI: Quantifying, Predicting, and Parallelizing the Examination of Post-digestive Properties of Common Beans
- PCHI: Using Pulse Resistant Starch to Ameliorate Aging-Associated Dysbiosis of the Gut-Microbiome-Brain Axis
- PCHI: Chickpea Genetic Improvement for Drought and Heat Stress Resilient Grain Yield
- PCHI: Human Pulse Consumption, the Microbiome, and Meal Satiety
- PCHI: Effects of Pulse Consumption on Maternal and Child Health
- PCHI: Understanding Environmental Controls on Pea Protein
- PCHI: Understanding Environmental Controls on Pea Protein
- PCHI: Pulse-fruit Aggregate Ingredients with Enhanced Taste, Functionality and Health Attributes for Diversified Food Applications
- PCHI: Developing Chickpea Cultivars with Radically Improved Nitrogen Fixation Rates
- PCHI: Supercritical Fluid Extrusion for Improvement of Flavor and Functionality of Pulse Flours and Protein Concentrates
- PCHI: Screening of Field Pea Accessions for Combined and Superior Drought-tolerance and Enhanced Nitrogen Fixation in Semi Arid Climates
- Replacing Fallow & Cover Crops with Field Pea and Chickpea in the Semi-arid Northern High Plains: Impacts on Production and Sustainability-Un of NE
- Replacing Fallow & Cover Crops with Field Pea and Chickpea in the Semi-arid Northern High Plains: Impacts on Production and Sustainability-Un of WY
- PCHI: Develop Efficient, Genotype-independent, Gene-editing Systems for Common Bean and Chickpea
- Understanding of Storage Diseases in Sugarbeet and Assessing the Quality Problems in the Factory Processing
- PCHI - Improving Environmental and Economic Sustainability Outcomes Through Incorporation of Pulses into Irrigated and Dryland Crop Rotations
- PCHI - Pea Protein Consumption to Promote Gut Health in Humans
- PCHI – Improving Functional & Nutritional Properties of Pulse Flours by Heat-moisture Treatment & Developing Pasta with Improved Health Benefits
- PCHI - Enzymatic Modification of Pulse Proteins to Improve Technical and Health Functionalities for Diversified Food Applications
- PCHI - Leveraging plant-microbe Interactions to Optimize Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation of Dry Bean
- PCHI - Targeted Messaging Highlighting Human Health and Sustainability Benefits to Promote Pulse Consumption
- PCHI – Isolating and Characterizing Protein Fractions from Black Beans and Lentils for use as Novel Oil Structuring Agents
- PCHI - Enhancing Winter Pea Production in the Annually Cropped, Rainfed Region of the Inland Pacific Northwest
- PCHI - Effect of a Pulse-based USDA-diet on Gut Microbial Metabolites and Biomarkers of Healthspan: A Crossover Feeding Study in Older Adults
- PCHI - Minimizing Water and Nutrient Footprint for Sustainable Pulses-wheat Cropping Systems and Enhanced Soil Health
- Using Comparative Genomics to Identify Genes Associated with Sucrose Production in Sugarbeet
- Improving Sugarbeet Productivity and Sustainability through Genetic, Genomic, Physiological, and Phytopathological Approaches
- SSBRI Improving sugar beet production through greater understanding of light-mediated crop-weed interactions
- PCHI: Optimizing Nodulation in Chickpea for Enhanced Nitrogen Fixation - Phase 2
- SSBRI Using Nanotechnology to Enhance Fungicide Efficacy and Duration for Sugarbeet Disease Control
- SSBRI Integrating Cover Crops into High Plain and Intermountain West Sugar Beets for Management of Herbicide-Resistant Weeds
- SSBRI Non-destructive Sugar Beet Yield Estimation Using Ground Penetrating Radar for Breeding and Harvest Management
- SSBRI Intelligence On-farm Sugarbeet Weed Management Solution Based on Edge AI and Unmanned Automation Systems (UAV and UGV)
- SSBRI A Comprehensive Model for Cercospora Leaf Spot Risk Management
- SSBRI Disrupting Beet Curly Top Virus Transmission by Targeting Critical Genes in Beet Leafhopper Using Nanoparticle-Mediated RNAi Delivery
- SSBRI Novel Palmer Amaranth Management Tools Using RNA-targeting with FANA Antisense Oligonucleotides
- PCHI: Field Experiments to Incorporate Pulse Crops in Cropping Systems and Assess Soil Health and Plant Water Use Efficiency - Phase 2
- SSBRI Molecular Evolution of Beet Necrotic Yellow Vein Virus and Rhizomania Disease Epidemiology Compromising the Host Resistance in Sugar Beet
- PCHI: Rapid and in situ Screening for Key Quality Traits in Pulse Crops
- PCHI: Processing Effects on the Composition of Pulses (Beans/Peas/Chickpea/Lentils) and Resulting Benefits in the Prevention of Type-2 Diabetes
- PCHI: Enhancing Pea Protein Functionality through Glycation Following a Novel and Efficient Upcycling Approach
- PCHI: Maternal Supplementation of Pea Fiber to Protect Against Obesity and Hypertension in Offspring
- PCHI: Impact of Structural Modification Techniques on Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Protein’s Ability to Modulate Human Gut Microbiota
- PCHI: Re-structuring Pulse Proteins into Valuable Fibrils via Biocatalysis
- PCHI: Improving Extraction Yield, Purity, and Functionality of Proteins from Pulse Grains using Enzyme-Assisted Green Extraction
- PCHI: Impacts of Pulse Consumption on Human Health, Diet Cost, and Environmental Sustainability
- PCHI: Comparative Analysis of the Impact of Type of Pulse Consumed in Human Subjects and Pre-Clinical Models
- PCHI: Controlling Pulse Fermentation to Improve Gut Microbiome Health
- PCHI: Protective Mechanisms of Pulse Consumption in the Development of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Mothers and Offspring Across Life Stages
- SSBRI Genetic Dissection of Sugarbeet Respiration Rate and Root Firmness to Identify Genes for Reducing Post-harvest
- Sugarbeet Harvester
- Pulse Crop Health Initiative
Cereal Crops Research
- Improvement of Durum and Bread Wheat for Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight, Stem Rust, and Hessian Fly
- Coordination of the International Oat Nursery (ION)
- Investigation of the Genetics of Disease Resistance in Spring and Durum Wheat
- Genomic Analysis of Septoria Nodorum Blotch Susceptibility Genes in Wheat
- Genomic Analysis of Yield and End-use Quality Traits in Hexaploid Oats
- Improvement of Barley Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight, Stripe Rust, and Hessian Fly
- Small Grains Pangenome Assembly and Annotation
- Oat Pangenome Project Data Sharing Agreement
- Localization and Identification of Barley Resistance Genes to Spot Form Net Blotch
- Leveraging high-throughput genotyping and phenotyping technologies to accelerate wheat improvement
- Sequencing and Assembly of Cereal Wild Relatives’ Genomes
- Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms of Stress Tolerance in Cereals
- Centralized Genomic Selection Resources in Spring Wheat
- Characterization and Identification of Barley Resistance Genes to Spot Form Net Blotch
- Characterization and Identification of Broad-spectrum Resistance to Spot Form Net Blotch of Barley
- Improvement of Disease and Pest Resistance in Barley, Durum, Oat, and Wheat Using Genetics and Genomics
- Genetic Analysis and Improvement of Wheat for Resistance to Foliar Disease
Sunflower and Plant Biology Research
- Winter Nursery and Seed Production for Rapid Germplasm Enhancement
- Understanding How Sunflower Soil Microbiome Impacts Resistance to Sclerotinia Stalk Rot
- Assessing the Importance of Plant Spacing Heterogeneity (Skips, Doubles, Gaps) on Yield, and Heritability of Seedling Emergence in Field Conditions
- Integrated Pest Management of Sunflower Insects
- QTL Mapping of Sclerotinia Head Rot Resistance and Pyramiding of Basal Stock Rot QTL in Sunflower
- Developing Knowledge and Tools to Optimize Sunflower Breeding for Sclerotinia Resistance and Improved Microbiome-Related Traits
- Perennial Crops for Sustainable Agriculture in the Northern Plains
- Genetic Marker Development for Hull Hardness and Oil Content in Sunflower
- Extending the USDA Sunflower Breeding Program to Address Producer Outcomes.
- Sunflower Pollinator Foraging on Non-Helianthus Plants
- Developing Bioinformatic Pipelines and Models for Genomics-assisted Breeding
- Red Sunflower Seed Weevil Responses to Conspecific and Host Volatiles
- Predictive Crop Performance Research Initiative
- Application of Sensors and Image Analysis to Improve Phenotyping Throughput of Sunflower Germplasm
- Next Generation Sequencing of the USDA Sunflower Breeding Program and Identification of Red Sunflower Seed Weevil Resistance Genes
- Insect Responses to Intraspecific Floral Trait Variation in Asteraceae
- Sunflower Yield, Crop Quality, and Interactions with Biotic and Abiotic Stressors
