Conducted research on automated detection of Fusarium head blight (FHB) damaged wheat kernels. FHB causes yield reductions of up to 50% and crop losses in the U.S. have exceeded $1 billion.
NC-213
The U.S. Quality Grains Research Consortium


NC-213 Executive Committee

Chair
Carol Jones
Oklahoma State University
216 Ag. Hall
Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078
(405) 744-6667 e-mail: jcarol@okstate.edu

Vice Chair
Klein E. Ileleji
Purdue University
225 S. University Street
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
(765) 494-1198 e-mail: ileleji@purdue.edu

Secretary
Senay Simsek
North Dakota State University
Post Office Box 6050
Fargo, North Dakota 58105
(701) 231-7737 e-mail: senay.simsek@ndsu.edu

Past Chair
Brian Adam
Oklahoma State University
413 A.G.H.
Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078
(405) 744-6854 e-mail: brian.adam@okstate.edu

Industry Advisory Committee Chair
Chuck Hill
AgriGold Hybrids
1173 Woods Lane
Jacksonville, Illinois 62650
(217) 473-6063 e-mail: chuck.hill@agrigold.com

Cooperative State Research Service, USDA
Hongda Chen, Ph.D.
USDA/ CSREES
1400 Independence Avenue, SW Mail Stop 2220
Washington, DC 20024
(202)402-6497 e-mail: hchen@crees.usda.gov

Administrative Advisor
F. William Ravlin
Associate Director
OARDC, The Ohio State University
1680 Madison Avenue
Wooster, Ohio 44691
(330)263-3705 e-mail: koshar.3@osu.edu

The Andersons
Joe Needham
The Andersons, Inc.
Post Office Box 119
Maumee, Ohio 43537
(419)891-6334 e-mail: joeneedham@andersonsinc.com

NC-213 Objective Chairs are also a part of the Executive Committee and listed are:

Objective 1:
"To characterize quality attributes and develop systems to measure quality of cereals, oilseeds, and bioprocess coproducts."

Chairs: K.M. Lee, Office of Texas State Chemist, Texas A&M University and Senay Simsek, North Dakota State University

Objective 2:
"To develop methods to maintain quality, capture value, and preserve food safety at key points in the harvest to end product value chain."

Chairs: Leland McKinney, Kansas State University and Charlene Wolf-Hall, North Dakota State University

Objective 3:
"To quantify and disseminate the impact of market-chain technologies on providing high value, food-safe, and bio-secure grains for global markets and bioprocess industries."

Chairs: Brian Adam, Oklahoma State University and Charles Hurburgh, Jr., Iowa State University

 

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