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The Small Grain and Food Crops Quality Research has a long and productive history of collaborative research involving stakeholders.

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Current collaborators and projects:
                            Replacing Fallow & Cover Crops with Field Pea and Chickpea in the Semi-arid Northern High Plains: Impacts on Production and Sustainability-Un of NE                        
                            PCHI - Targeted Messaging Highlighting Human Health and Sustainability Benefits to Promote Pulse Consumption                        
                            Integrating Metabolome and Phytohormone Analyses to Investigate Postharvest Physiology of Potato                        
                            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                        
                            Pulse Quality Characteristics for Product Development That Consider Adverse Effects on Human Health                        
                            PCHI - Improving Environmental and Economic Sustainability Outcomes Through Incorporation of Pulses into Irrigated and Dryland Crop Rotations                        
                            PCHI: Supercritical Fluid Extrusion for Improvement of Flavor and Functionality of Pulse Flours and Protein Concentrates                        
                            Thermal and Nonthermal Processing of Pulse Protein Concentrates: Impact on Functionality and Nutritional Value                        
                            PCHI: Impact of Structural Modification Techniques on Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Protein’s Ability to Modulate Human Gut Microbiota                        
                            PCHI: Using Pulse Resistant Starch to Ameliorate Aging-Associated Dysbiosis of the Gut-Microbiome-Brain Axis                        
                            Understanding the Pulse-Gut Relationship and Its Role in Modifying Systemic Inflammation and Insulin Sensitivity in Humans                        
                            National Consumer Survey of Pulse Consumption and Views                        
                            PCHI – Improving Functional & Nutritional Properties of Pulse Flours by Heat-moisture Treatment & Developing Pasta with Improved Health Benefits                        
                            Dough Rheology, Baking Performance and Bread Sensory Quality of Pulse-fortified Whole Wheat Flours                        
                            Developing and Utilizing Functionally Enhanced Pulse Proteins as Novel Food Ingredients                        
                            PCHI - Leveraging plant-microbe Interactions to Optimize Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation of Dry Bean                        
                            PCHI:Gut Microbiota Dependent and Independent Impacts of Dietary Pulses on Pre/Postprandial Metabolism and Inflammation in Overweight/Obese Humans                        
                            PCHI: Understanding Environmental Controls on Pea Protein                        
                            PCHI: Assessment of Soil Health and Nitrogen Economy in Lentil and Pea Cropping Systems                        
                            Evaluation of Postharvest Processing Quality among New Public Potato Clones                        
                            PCHI - Enzymatic Modification of Pulse Proteins to Improve Technical and Health Functionalities for Diversified Food Applications                        
                            PCHI: Pulse-fruit Aggregate Ingredients with Enhanced Taste, Functionality and Health Attributes for Diversified Food Applications                        
                            Mitigating Potato Seed Decay and Associated Economic Losses Using Enhanced Suberization Strategy                        
                            Understanding Postharvest Physiology of Potato by Genomics, Phenomics, Bioinformatics                        
                            Developing the Next Generation of Flavonoid Enhanced Dry Beans                        
                            Refining Molecular Mechanisms that Control Potato Meristem Dormancy and Tuber Sprouting via Omics                        
                            Impact of Agronomic and Post-harvest Management Practices on Potato Quality                        
                            PCHI: Improving Extraction Yield, Purity, and Functionality of Proteins from Pulse Grains using Enzyme-Assisted Green Extraction                        
                            PCHI: Understanding Environmental Controls on Pea Protein                        
                            Identifying the Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Wound-Healing Processes to Improve Postharvest Quality of Potato                        
                            PCHI: Optimizing Nodulation in Chickpea for Enhanced Nitrogen Fixation - Phase 2                        
                            PCHI: Assessment of Soil Health and Nitrogen Economy in Lentil and Pea Cropping Systems                        
                            Optimizing Nondulation in Chickpea for Enhanced Nitrogen Fixation                        
                            Monitoring Potato Plant, Root and Tuber Growth via Non-Destructive Means to Identify Key Factors Impacting Climate Adaptability of Cultivars                        
                            Integrating Advanced Monitoring Techniques to Mitigate Environmental Factors in Storage Systems to Reduce Postharvest Losses                        
                            Evaluating Bruising in Storage among Fresh-market and Processing Varieties                        
                            PCHI: Rapid and in situ Screening for Key Quality Traits in Pulse Crops                        
                            Pulse Consumption Improves Gut Health, Metabolic Outcomes, and Bone Biomarkers of Post Menopausal Women                        
                            Integration of Advanced Technologies for Documenting the Impact of Climate-Induced Stress on Whole Potato Plant Growth and Development                        
                            Utilizing Essential Oils to Control Tuber Sprout Growth – Evaluating Methods to Scale-up for Industrial Applications                        
                            Understanding Pressure Bruise Susceptibility of Russet Potato Cultivars Using X-ray Ct and Cell Wall Analyses                        
                            PCHI - Enhancing Winter Pea Production in the Annually Cropped, Rainfed Region of the Inland Pacific Northwest                        
                            Field Experiments to Incorporate Pulse Crops in Cropping Systems and Assess Soil Health and Plant Water Use Efficiency                        
                            PCHI: Field Experiments to Incorporate Pulse Crops in Cropping Systems and Assess Soil Health and Plant Water Use Efficiency - Phase 2                        
                            PCHI - Minimizing Water and Nutrient Footprint for Sustainable Pulses-wheat Cropping Systems and Enhanced Soil Health                        
                            PCHI: Enhancing Pea Protein Functionality through Glycation Following a Novel and Efficient Upcycling Approach                        
                            Impact of Crop Growth Environment and Postharvest Storage Conditions on Physiological Age of Seed Tubers and Their Yield Performance                        
                            Protective Effects of Dietary Pulse Flours on the Transgenerational Influence of Maternal Obesity                        
                            PCHI: Protective Mechanisms of Pulse Consumption in the Development of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Mothers and Offspring Across Life Stages                        
                            PCHI: Effects of Pulse Consumption on Maternal and Child Health                        
                            Impact of Storage on Functionality and Nutritional and Phytochemical Compositions of Pea, Lentil, and Chickpea                        
                            PCHI - Effect of a Pulse-based USDA-diet on Gut Microbial Metabolites and Biomarkers of Healthspan: A Crossover Feeding Study in Older Adults                        
                            Using Native Rhizobia to Improve Salt-Tolerance in Field Pea                        
                            Improving Pulse Protein Properties for Expanded Functionality Using Naturally Derived Polymeric Polyphenols                        
                            PCHI: Maternal Supplementation of Pea Fiber to Protect Against Obesity and Hypertension in Offspring                        
                            PCHI: Controlling Pulse Fermentation to Improve Gut Microbiome Health                        
                            PCHI: Re-structuring Pulse Proteins into Valuable Fibrils via Biocatalysis                        
                            PCHI: Pulse Resistant Starch: Interplay Between Processing the Microbiome and Health                        
                            PCHI - Pea Protein Consumption to Promote Gut Health in Humans                        
                            PCHI – Isolating and Characterizing Protein Fractions from Black Beans and Lentils for use as Novel Oil Structuring Agents                        
                            PCHI: Quantifying, Predicting, and Parallelizing the Examination of Post-digestive Properties of Common Beans                        
                            PCHI: Developing Chickpea Cultivars with Radically Improved Nitrogen Fixation Rates                        
                            PCHI: Chickpea Genetic Improvement for Drought and Heat Stress Resilient Grain Yield                        
                            PCHI: Effects of Extraction Methods on Lentil and Dry Beans Extract Composition and Structural Modification                        
                            PCHI: Processing Effects on the Composition of Pulses (Beans/Peas/Chickpea/Lentils) and Resulting Benefits in the Prevention of Type-2 Diabetes                        
                            PCHI: Human Pulse Consumption, the Microbiome, and Meal Satiety                        
                            PCHI: Develop Efficient, Genotype-independent, Gene-editing Systems for Common Bean and Chickpea                        
                            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 WY                        
                            Effects of Roasting Parameters on the Functional and Organoleptic Properties of Lentil Flours