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**Collaborations**
The U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory has a long and productive history of collaborative research involving stakeholders.

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Current collaborators and projects:
                            Commercial Delivery of Therapeutic Solutions for HLB                        
                            Investigation of Verticillium Nonalfalfae as a Potential Bioherbicide for the Invasive Weed Ailanthus Altissima                        
                            Utilizing Nuclear Magnetic Resonance to Determine the Effect of Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation on Soil Properties                        
                            Control Citrus Huanglongbing by Using The Citrus Isolate of Nectarine Marafivirus M and its Expression System                        
                            Development of Next-Generation SuperSour rootstocks with tolerance to HLB                        
                            Transgenic Capable Field Site to Assess HLB-Resistant and Other Improved Citrus                        
                            CAP: Fast selection, assessment, and delivery of HLB-resistant/tolerant citrus variants as new scion and rootstock cultivars                        
                            Cap: Therapeutic Molecule Evaluation and Field Delivery Pipeline for Solutions to HLB                        
                            Cap: Therapeutic Molecule Evaluation And Field Delivery Pipeline For Solutions To HLB                        
                            Areawide Pest Management of Whitefly and Thrips Transmitted Viruses in Fruiting Vegetables in Four Production Regions of Florida                        
                            Canine Detection of Exotic and Emerging Plant Pathogens                        
                            Areawide Pest Management of Whitefly- and Thrips-Transmitted Viruses in Fruiting Vegetables in Four Production Regions of Florida with F1K9                        
                            Areawide Pest Management of Whitefly- and Thrips-Transmitted Viruses in Fruiting Vegetables in Four Production Regions of Florida                        
                            Ensuring A Steady Supply of Warm Water Marine Finfish Seed Stock to Support the Development of the U.S. Aquaculture Industry                        
                            Orange and Orange-like Propagation Project for Long-term Sustainability of the Orange Juice Industry                        
                            Quality Evaluation of Citrus Hybrids Tolerant to HLB for Juice Processing                        
                            Therapeutic Molecule Evaluation and Field Delivery Pipeline for Solutions to HLB                        
                            Areawide Pest Management of Whitefly- and Thrips-Transmitted Viruses in Fruiting Vegetables in Four Production Regions of Florida                        
                            Areawide Pest Management of Whitefly- and Thrips-transmitted Viruses in Fruiting Vegetables in Four Production Regions of Florida with GCC                        
                            Development of Preseason Risk Prediction Models to Facilitate Areawide Pest Management of Whitefly-transmitted Viruses of Vegetables                        
                            Developing a Conservation Biological Control Strategy for Asian citrus psyllid                        
                            CAP: Therapeutic Molecule Evaluation and Field Delivery Pipeline for Solutions to HLB                        
                            Fumigation and Alternatives for Production, Storage, and Trade Conference                        
                            Development of Preseason Risk Prediction Models to Facilitate Areawide Pest Management of Whitefly-transmitted Viruses of Vegetables                        
                            Therapeutic Molecule Evaluation and Field Delivery Pipeline for Solutions to HLB                        
                            Advancing development of improved citrus scion cultivars                        
                            Control Citrus Huanglongbing by Using the Citrus Isolate of Nectarine Marafivirus M and its Expression System                        
                            Collaborative Research to Control Thrips and Orthotospoviruses                        
                            Novel Detection, Sampling, Epidemiology and Modeling Strategies for Plant Pathogens                        
                            Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation for Organic Strawberry Production                        
                            Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation for Enhancing and Advancing the SustainabilitY of Organic Specialty Crop Production Systems (ASD-EASY Organic)                        
                            Novel Production Practices for Sustainable Vegetable Production and Nutritional Value                        
                            Novel, non-transgenic, hybrid citrus varieties with resistance to huanglongbing: evaluation and cultivar development                        
                            Development of Huanglongbing Resistant/tolerant Citrus Through Genomic Approaches                        
                            Use performance of 300 hybrids in established trials to map Huanglongbing tolerance/resistance genes and release superior new rootstocks                        
                            Non-Fumigant Nematode Control in Carrot                        
                            Large-scale Breeding and Evaluation of the Next Generation of Superior Rootstocks for Citrus Production in Regions with Huanglongbing                        
                            CAP: Evaluation of promising, HLB-resistant/tolerant citrus scion hybrids generated by breeding                        
                            Organic Soil Treatment Methods for Nematode Control in California Carrots                        
                            Nanopesticides for Precision Farming                        
                            Soil Amendment Effects on Tomato Bacterial Spot                        
                            Identification, Mapping and Risk Prediction of Whitefly- and Thrips-transmitted Viruses in Fruiting Vegetables in Florida                        
                            Areawide Pest Management of Whitefly- and Thrips-Transmitted Viruses in Fruiting Vegetables in Four Production Regions of Florida with Univ. of FL                        
                            Oxytetracycline (OTC) Injection of Diverse Citrus Germplasm                        
                            Organic Amendment Effects on Strawberry Pathogens                        
                            Engineering Floral Fragrance to New Heights Using a Two-Pronged Approach                        
                            Greenhouse and Field Evaluation of Therapeutic Solutions to Citrus HLB                        
                            Tomato Resistance-breaking Tospoviruses                        
                            University of Florida, IFAS and FAES                        
                            Soil Disinfestation Treatments for Organic Carrot Production                        
                            Expanding Florida Avocado Production through Varietal Selection                        
                            Developing, Harmonizing and Extending IPM strategies for Major Arthropod Groups and New Invasive Pests of Ornamental and Floriculture Production                        
                            Demonstration of New Vegetable Production Techniques for Urban Horticulture                        
                            New tactics to managing concomitant damage by sting nematode and huanglongbing in replanted citrus groves                        
                            Development of Preseason Risk Prediction Models to Facilitate Areawide Pest Management of Whitefly-transmitted Viruses of Vegetables                        
                            Tomato Resistance-breaking Tospoviruses                        
                            Impact of Residue Biochemical Quality on Soil Disinfestation                        
                            Mitigating WA38 Greasiness and Related Quality Defects (Ft Pierce)