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**Collaborations**
The Center for Grain and Animal Health Research has a long and productive history of collaborative research involving stakeholders.

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Current collaborators and projects:
                            Novel Insecticide Delivery and Formulation for Resistance Management in Zoonotic Disease Vectors                        
                            Evaluation of Sustainable Packaging Solutions for Humanitarian Aid                        
                            Effects of Sorghum Polyphenols on Human Microbiome in vitro and of Mice in vivo                        
                            Evaluation of Grain Protectants on Grain Shrink Characteristics During Storage                        
                            Exploring Alternative Uses for Muscid Antimicrobial Effectors                        
                            Impact of Timing of Virus Acquisition on Bluetongue Virus Coinfection                        
                            Drought Stress Tolerance Trait Discovery in Wheat                        
                            Effects of Repellent and Sublethal Insecticide Exposure on Culicoides Biting Midge Behavior and Susceptibility to Bluetongue Virus                        
                            Attract-and-kill and Mating Disruption of the Stored Product Quarantine Threat Khapra Beetle                        
                            Impact of Flower Nectar on Mosquito Longevity and Virus Transmission                        
                            Development of Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) Measurements for Single Seed Oil and Protein of Sorghum and Flax                        
                            Developing Semiochemical Tools for a New Putative Postharvest Seed Crop, Silphium Integrifolium                        
                            Haplotype-informed Prediction of Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) Resistance in U.S. Wheat Breeding Programs                        
                            Environmental Stress Tolerance in Wheat                        
                            Influence of Environment and Plant Growth on Sorghum Grain Composition and End-use Quality                        
                            Maximizing Adoption by Demonstrating the Compatibility of Insecticide Netting with Diverse Pest Management Tactics at Food Facilities                        
                            Imaging and Hyper Spectral Analysis of Sorghum and Other Grains for Grain Composition and Properties Affecting Processing and End-use Quality                        
                            Wheat Pathology Research                        
                            Modeling for Postharvest Grain Quality and Insect Control                        
                            Effect of Natural and Controlled Fermentation on the Functional Properties of Sorghum                        
                            Genomic Analysis of Pest Resistance Genes in US Winter Wheat                        
                            Mammalian Responses to Arboviruses and Sorghum Polyphenols                        
                            Novel Insecticide Delivery and Formulation for Resistance Management in Zoonotic Disease Vectors                        
                            Immunogenomics of Insects                        
                            Relationships Between Sorghum Physical Grain Attributes, Grain Composition and End-use Quality                        
                            Mobilizing the Genetic Resources of Ancient Grains                        
                            Characterization and Improvement of Wheat FHB Resistance Using Genomic Tools                        
                            Exploring the Biology and Ecology of Dipteran Pests to Improve Management and Mitigation Strategies                        
                            Molecular Network in Wheat - Hessian Fly Interactions                        
                            Assessing Arbovirus Effects on Sensory Function and Behavior of Female Culicoides Sonorensis Midges                        
                            Use of the Sorghum Association Panel to Develop a Phenotypic Dataset and Phenotyping Protocols for Grain Quality and Agronomic Traits                        
                            Genomic Plus Phenomic Modeling of Breeding Populations from Ancient Ancestors of Wheat                        
                            Development and Characterization of Sorghum with Improved End-use Quality                        
                            Impacts of Climate Change on Integrated Pest Management of Stored Product Insects                        
                            Methods for Evaluation of Whole Wheat Flour                        
                            Effects of Grain Properties and Fermentation Approaches on Fermentation Efficiency and Co-product Quality                        
                            Novel Resistance Phenotyping Strategies for Hessian Fly of Wheat                        
                            Develop Genetic Resources and Analytic Tools for Improvement of FHB Resistance in Wheat                        
                            Effect of Sorghum on Reducing Stress Feeding Behavior, Inflammation and Improve Swine Muscle Composition                        
                            Attachment and/or Entry Mechanisms of Bluetongue Virus into Bovine Red Blood Cells                        
                            Determination of Biochemical Functions of Hessian Fly Effectors                        
                            The Role of House Flies in Harboring and Disseminating Antimicrobial-Resistant (AMR) Bacteria at Kansas Cattle Operations                        
                            Robotic Delivery (SKUNK) for Pest Management in Food Processing Facilities                        
                            Tools for High-throughput Rheological Evaluation of Breeding Germplasm                        
                            Characterization of Phenolic Compounds in Sorghum Bicolor                        
                            Develop Functional Markers for Wheat Biotic and Abiotic Stress                        
                            Modeling Phosphine Gas Movement in Grain Bunkers                        
                            Collaborative Animal Research between Kansas State University and ARS                        
                            Impact of Sorghum Pericarp Color and Grain Composition in Pet Food Applications                        
                            Use of Sorghum Flour in Production of Gluten-free Cookies for Incorporation into Ice Cream                        
                            Relationship Between Physical and Chemical Properties of Sorghum and Susceptibility to Stored Product Insects                        
                            Investigating the Behavioral and Chemical Ecology of Insect-microbe Interactions and Their Ramifications for Food Quality in the Post-harvest                        
                            Localization, Functions and Interacting Targets of Hessian Fly Effectors in Wheat                        
                            Evaluation of Sorghum Bioactive Compounds as Anti-bacterial Agents in Legionella and Listeria Infections                        
                            Comparative Chemosensory Genomics of Stored Product Insects                        
                            Smart Traps for Enhanced Disease Vector Surveillance                        
                            Functional Properties of Sorghum Biomolecules Related to Human Health Benefits                        
                            Vector-Enhanced Arboviral Vaccines                        
                            Developing Automated Monitoring Solutions for Detection and Identification of Insect Pests of Grain                        
                            Optimized Sorghum Fermentation on Production of Antioxidants and Value-added Products from Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS)                        
                            Impacts of Single Kernel NIR Sorting on Hard Winter Wheat Quality, Flour Functionality and Applications                        
                            New Uses for Low Falling Number Hard Winter Wheat and Mechanism Study                        
                            Evaluate and Compare Current Amylose Quantification Methods for Grain Sorghum                        
                            Developing a Rapid Response Protocol for Phosphine Resistance Management at Food Facilities by Leveraging Tools at or Close to Market                        
                            Characterization of Cellular Receptors for Bluetongue Virus                        
                            Mass Spectroscopy Analysis of High Polyphenol Sorghum Brans                        
                            Effect of Soil Sulfur Content on Sorghum Protein Quality                        
                            Development of High Extensibility Wheat for Flatbreads and Blending                        
                            Evaluation of Wheat Rust Resistance in South Texas                        
                            Screening for Resistance to Wheat Rusts in Southern Texas                        
                            Identify Key Alleles for Improving Sorghum Grain Nutrition                        
                            The Role of Endosymbionts in the Biology and Vectorial Capacity of Culicoides spp., Vectors of Human and Animal Disease                        
                            Evaluation of Sorghum Bioactive Compounds in Cancer Metabolic Pathways                        
                            Bacterial & Human Metabolism of High-polyphenol Varietals of Sorghum Bicolor, and Effects on Human Colon Cancer Cells                        
                            NIFA CAP for Innovation in Genomic Technology to Accelerate Breeding                        
                            Exploring Insecticide Resistance Mechanisms and Effects on House Fly Behavior and Biology                        
                            Evaluation of Sorghum Extracts as Anti-bacterial Agents against Staphylococcus aureus                        
                            Sorghum Bioactive Compounds in Mouse Disease Models                        
                            Heritable Viruses in Insects                        
                            Phenolic Extracts from USDA-ARS Sorghum Novel Lines and Inhibition of the Inflammasomes                        
                            Characterization of Defective Viral Genomes of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus