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
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NC-213 Objective Chairs
| Objective | Description |
Co-Chair |
Co-Chair |
| 1. | To characterize quality attributes and develop systems to measure quality of cereals, oilseeds, and bioprocess coproducts. | Senay Simsek-- North Dakota State University |
M.K. Lee-- Office of State Chemist, Texas A&M University |
| 2. | To develop methods to maintain quality, capture value, and preserve food safety at key points in the harvest to end product value chain. | Leland McKinney--Kansas State University | Charlene Wolf-Hall-- North Dakota State University |
| 3. | To quantify and disseminate the impact of market-chain technologies on providing high value, food-safe, and biosecure grains for global markets and bioprocess industries. | Brian Adam--Oklahoma State University | Charles Hurburgh, Jr.-- Iowa State University |