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                        Conservation and Utilization of Tropical and Subtropical Tree Fruit, Cacao and Bamboo Genetic Resources
                                    Enhancement of Sorghum Genetic Diversity for Disease Resistance and Key Agronomic Traits
                                    Genetic Improvement of Stress Tolerance in Common Bean through Genetic Diversity and Accelerated Phenotyping
                                    Seed Increase, Evaluation, and Phytosanitary Assessment of Quarantined and Tropically-adapted Genetic ResourcesSearch small
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Collaborations The Tropical Crops and Germplasm Research has a long and productive history of collaborative research involving stakeholders.  Current collaborators and projects:  Evaluation of Improved Cacao (Theobroma cacao) and Coffee Materials for Agronomic Performance and Reaction to Diseases  Evaluation of Cacao Performance Trials in Hawaii  Field Verification and Characterization of Musa Germplasm Maintained in Vitro and Cryopreservation at the Intl Musa Germplasm Transit Centre(ITC)  Identifying New Sources of Resistance to Mango Anthracnose  Breeding and Seed Increase of Soybean for North Carolina
State University  Reducing avocado losses to major challenges by improving resistance selection and disease management using next generation technologies  Increasing Common Bean Productivity in Tanzania  Coffee leaf rust: establishing groundwork to identify pathogen races, host resistance and Biological control in Puerto Rico.  Student Career in Agricultural Research, Learning, and Extension Training (SCARLET)  Developing High-throughput Phenotyping and Genomic Resources for Adaptation to Dryland Conditions in the USDA Tepary Bean Germplasm  Production of Cacao Mild Mosaic Virus-Free Plants from the Cacao Germplasm Collection by Somatic Embryogenesis and Virus Screening  PLANT BREEDING PARTNERSHIP: Transforming Phaseolus breeding via genome-enabled interspecific trait discovery and introgression  Identifying Fusarium Species that are Emerging Pathogens of Coffee Fruit Rot Identifying Coffee Varieties Resistant to Coffee Fruit Rot and Understanding Disease Progression Screening of the NPGS Tepary Bean Collection for Response to the Common Bean Weevil  Quarantine, Germplasm Acquisition/Maintenance, Phytopathology Studies and Clone Evaluation of Theobroma Cacao


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