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**Collaborations**
The Daniel K. Inouye U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center has a long and productive history of collaborative research involving stakeholders.

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Current collaborators and projects:
                            Fumigation Treatments to Eliminate Invasive Pests of Concern in U.S.-Korea Trade                        
                            Development of Ethyl Formate and Irradiation Combination Treatment and its Application on Spotted Wing Drosophila and Mealybugs                        
                            Systems Approach for the Management of Coffee Berry Borer in Hawaii and Puerto Rico with Emphasis on Biological Control (Cenicafe, Colombia)                        
                            Developing Biologically-based Approaches for Coffee Leaf Rust (CLR) Management                        
                            Genetic Improvement and Evaluation of Coffee and Cacao in Hawaii                        
                            Transfer and Evaluation of Coffee Germplasm for the United States                        
                            Simultaneous Applications of SIT and MAT to Enhance Pest Bactrocera Management                        
                            Rapid Ohia Death - Testing and Research Support                        
                            Coordinated Approach to Coffee Leaf Rust                        
                            CoffeeMD: Using AI to Identify and Remediate Coffee Pests, Diseases, and Nutrient Deficiencies                        
                            Assessing the Risk of Rapid Ohia Death to New Zealand and the South Pacific                        
                            Development of User Friendly Ethylene Antagonists for Floricultural Crops                        
                            Plant Safety, Horticultural Benefits, and Disease Efficacy of Essential Oils for use in Organically Grown Fruit Crops: From the Farm to the Consumer                        
                            Develop Molecular Diagnostic Tools to Determine Strainand Mating Status of Fruit Fly Incursions                        
                            Strengthening the K-12 Pipeline in Agricultural Career Pathways                        
                            Sustainable and Profitable Production of Specialty Crops in a Changing Environment                        
                            Investigating Natural Compounds from Tropical Plants with Medicinal Activity                        
                            Systems approaches to eliminate pests of concern to the Hawaii Ornamental Export Industry                        
                            Genetic Technologies for Detection, Characterization, and Control of Plant Viruses in Hawaii                        
                            3.0271.01 Integrative Identification Methods for Bactracera Fruit Flies                        
                            Demonstrating Bioeconomy Technologies for the Tropics                        
                            Advanced Technologies for Tropical Invasive Pest Management in Hawaii                        
                            Optimizing Bacterial Probiotic Establishment for Medfly Sterile Insect Technique                        
                            Systems Approach for the Management of Coffee Berry Borer in Hawaii and Puerto Rico with Emphasis on Biological Control (UH-Manoa)                        
                            Identification of Giant African Snail Odors to Aid Detector Dog Training                        
                            Systems Approaches to Improve Production and Quality of Specialty Crops Grown in the U.S. Pacific Basin                        
                            Postharvest Treatments and Functional Nutrients Studies of Hawaii Tropical Commodities                        
                            Improved Detection and Control of Tropical Invasive Insect Pests                        
                            Microbial Indicators of Soil Health and Plant Productivity for Hawaii Agroecosystems                        
                            Preharvest and Postharvest Technologies to Improve Production, Disease Management and Quality of Papaya and Other Tropical Fruit                        
                            Development of Protein Food Odor-based Chemical Lure for Female Oriental Fruit Fly                        
                            Developing Phylogenomic-based Diagnostic Tools for Species Identification Across Diptera                        
                            Systems Approach for the Management of Coffee Berry Borer in Hawaii and Puerto Rico with Emphasis on Biological Control (Puerto Rico)                        
                            Areawide - Integration of Coffee Berry Borer Studies in Puerto Rico                        
                            Systems Approach for the Management of Coffee Berry Borer in Hawaii and Puerto Rico with Emphasis on Biological Control (Puerto Rico)                        
                            Develop Molecular Diagnostic Tools to Determine Strain and Mating Status of Fruit Fly Incursions                        
                            Develop Molecular Diagnostic Tools to Determine Strain and Mating Status of Fruit Fly Incursions                        
                            Identification of Giant African Snail Odors to Aid Detector Dog Training                        
                            Advancing Male Annihilation Technique for Invasive Cuelure-Responding Fruit Flies                        
                            Systems Approach for the Management of Coffee Berry Borer in Hawaii and Puerto Rico with Emphasis on Biological Control                        
                            Development of Protein Food Odor Based Chemical Lure for Female Oriental Fruit Fly                        
                            Optimizing Bacterial Probiotic Establishment for Medfly Sterile Insect Technique                        
                            Integrative Identification Methods for Bactrocera Fruit Flies (Year 3)                        
                            Development of Host Fruit Odor Based Chemical Lure for Female Oriental Fruit Fly