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The Center for Agricultural Resources Research has a long and productive history of collaborative research involving stakeholders.

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Current collaborators and projects:
                            Reimbursement for Potato PVP Accessions Cryopreserved and Maintained as Tissue Culture as Specified under the Plant Variety Protection                        
                            Evaluating Carbon Regulation of Grazing Lands Across the USA                        
                            Framework for Cooperation on Sugar Beet Research                        
                            Evaluating and Incorporating Resistance to Important Diseases and Pests of Sugar Beet from Crop Wild Relatives                        
                            LTAR Network Strategic Planning and Visioning                        
                            Developing Canopy Temperature Based Methodologies to Inform Irrigation Decisions                        
                            Great Plains Wheat Stem Sawfly Coalition - Univ Nebraska                        
                            Long-term Tillage Influence Soil Quality and Carbon Cycling in Dryland Cropping System                        
                            Cryopreservation of Shrimp Germplasm                        
                            Collaborative Research with the Center for Plant Conservation to Determine Responses to Long-term Storage Conditions                        
                            RNA Integrity as a Powerful Metric of Aging in Preserved Seed Collections of Wild Rare Plant Species                        
                            Evaluating the Agricultural Ecosystems Services (AgES) Watershed Versus Other Models in Snow-dominated Systems                        
                            Cooperative Research for Joint Projects in Basic and Applied Research with Regional or National Importance                        
                            Soil C Cycling in Irrigated Agroecosystems                        
                            Rangeland Modeling: Spatial and Temporal Variability of Livestock Grazer and Ecosystem Interactions                        
                            Integrating Field Measurements and Models to Evaluate Solar Induced Fluorescence as a Predictor of Dryland Crop Productivity                        
                            Maintaining and Refining Animal GRIN                        
                            The Chemistry and Effectiveness of Plant Vitrification Solutions for Use in Cryopreservation                        
                            Seed Quality and Germination Tests of Seeds Stored at NLGRP                        
                            Development of Educational Materials for the Conservation and Use of Plant Genetic Resources                        
                            Development of Data and Tools to Support Precision Dryland Farming                        
                            DayCent Model Development and Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizer Assessment                        
                            Process Modeling, Machine Learning, and Computational Tools for Watershed Modeling from Fire to Field                        
                            Understanding Soil and Environmental Effects on Crop Species and Rangeland Ecosystems Under Water Limitation                        
                            Great Plains Wheat Stem Sawfly Coalition - Colorado State Univ                        
                            NextGenEEF: Evaluation and Testing of Biodegradable Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizers                        
                            Genomics-assisted Disease Resistance Gene Mining of the Sugar Beet Wild Relative Beta corolliflora                        
                            Improving Irrigated and Dryland Agriculture Via Xylem, Stomata, and Leaf Traits                        
                            Plant Genetic Resources for Tropical Crop Collections                        
                            Evaluating Adaptive Management Strategies for Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs In The Context of Plague, Climate, and Livestock Forage Production                        
                            Grass-Cast: Decision Support to Enhance Ecosystem Services in Rangelands                        
                            Post-fire Runoff Response in Mulched Montane Catchments                        
                            Enhancing Educational Outcomes for Plant Genetic Resources Conservation and Use                        
                            Developing Ecophysiological Components for Post-Fire Hydrologic Models                        
                            Knowledge Enhancement of Shortgrass Steppe Ecology and Management                        
                            Adaptation Strategies for Livestock Grazing in a Changing Climate                        
                            Techniques for Enhancing Pollinator CRP Plantings in Arid and Semi-arid Regions: Curtis Ranch agreement                        
                            Natural Carbon Sinks in Grass and Cropland                        
                            Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Rangelands on the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests & Thunder Basin National Grassland                        
                            Improving Sustainability in Cropping Systems of Semi-arid Regions                        
                            Remote Sensing and Spatial Simulation of Agricultural Watersheds                        
                            Techniques for Enhancing Pollinator CRP Plantings in Arid and Semi-arid Regions: John Wright Agreement                        
                            Using Landscape Features, Plot Measurements, and Remote Sensing Data to Improve Predictions of Fuels Treatment Longevity in the Colorado Front Range                        
                            Great Plains Wheat Stem Sawfly Coalition - Kansas State Univ                        
                            Long-Term Beef Manure Influences Soil Quality, Carbon Dynamics, and Corn Productivity                        
                            Improving Soil Quality and Productivity of Eroded Crop Land Using Animal Beef Manure                        
                            Long-Term Cover Crops Influence Soil Quality and Carbon Content in Cropping System                        
                            Long-term Tillage Influence Soil Nutrient Dynamics and Soil Quality in Dryland Cropping System                        
                            Residue Removal Study and Manure Addition to Maintain Soil Quality and Sustainability                        
                            Long-term Oil Seed Production Influence Soil Quality and Carbon Content in Dryland Cropping System                        
                            Longevity of Seeds Stored for the SOS BLM Program                        
                            Genebanking Seeds of U.S. Native Species for the Seeds of Success (SOS) National Collection                        
                            Cryopreservation of Shrimp Spermatophore                        
                            Great Plains Wheat Stem Sawfly Coalition - Montana State Univ                        
                            Enhancing Knowledge of Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Among Native Agricultural Producers and Other Working-Land Managers and Partners in Montana                        
                            Colorado South Platte River Basin CEAP - Establishment of Monitoring and Modeling Foundation                        
                            Metrics, Management, and Monitoring: An Investigation in Rangeland and Pasture Soil Health and Their Drivers - Fort Collins                        
                            Great Plains Wheat Stem Sawfly Coalition - North Dakota State University                        
                            Improve Irrigation Management with Remote Sensing Technology                        
                            Improve the Usage of Remote Sensing and Advanced Machine Learning Algorithms for Crop Management                        
                            Regeneration of Y Chromosome in Holstein Cattle                        
                            Plant Exploration to Collect Citrus in Vietnam                        
                            Plant Exploration in the Central Highlands and Mountainous Area of Northern Vietnam to Collect Malus doumeri Germplasm                        
                            Duroc Genetic Diversity                        
                            Geospatial Analysis and Modeling of Agrohydrological Variability in the Water-limited Great Plains                        
                            Rangeland Modeling in the Western Great Plains                        
                            Feedbacks to Ecosystem Function and Production from Precipitation Variability and Prairie Dogs in the Thunder Basin Region of Wyoming                        
                            Collaboration on Plant Pathogen Strain Identification (CPPSI)                        
                            Identifying Mechanisms of Rangeland Drought Resilience: Management Strategies for Sustainable Ecosystem Health                        
                            Lake Champlain Legacy Phosphorus Assessment - Phases 1 and 2                        
                            Livestock Responses to Adaptive Grazing Management in High Plains Rangelands                        
                            Enhancing Climate Literacy, Adaptation, and Mitigation among Working-land Managers and Partners in the Northern Plains                        
                            Characterization of Soil Microbiome in Diverse Biochar-Amended Soils and Ecosystems                        
                            Agreement with Agricultural Marketing Services (AMS) to Store PVP Seed Material                        
                            WEPS - Enhance Functionality, Integrate Data and Compatibility                        
                            Contribution of Legacy P to Watershed Outcomes - Phase 1                        
                            WEPS Workplan 2024 With NRCS                        
                            Collection of Sheep Germplasm in the Mid-Atlantic Region                        
                            Genotypic Analyses of the USDA-National Plant Germplasm System Apple Collection