Collaborative research - IARCs

research institutions or scientists to carry out small-scale, cooperative research with IARC"s. The Cooperative State Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture will implement the project. Collaborative research will focus on: (1) specific problems encountered by IARC"s (e.g., biochemical screening of seeds); (2) development of new knowledge to allow IARC"s to enhance the scope of their programs (e.g., regarding the heritable variation within a plant species in extracting and using irrigation water); and (3) development of research methodology, including laboratory work (e.g., development of a rapid and inexpensive technique for quantitatively determining all sulfur-containing acids as a help in developing pulse crop varieties that are relatively high in amino acids). Research problems are expected to be resolved within 2 years and no grant will extend longer than 3 years. Participating IARC"s will include both the 13 sponsored by the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and selected others not sponsored by CGIAR.