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Tommy Carter
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Email: Thomas.Carter at ARS.USDA.GOV
Biography

Projects as Lead Investigator

Year Project Name
2020 Flood Tolerant Varieties for NC - Building on Success
2019 Yield Potential of Commercial Varieties Under Drought- Identifying and Overcoming Weaknesses via the Public Breeding Pipeline (1920-172-0133)
2019 Flood Tolerant Varieties for NC - Building on Success
2018 Yield Potential of Commercial Varieties Under Drought - Identifying and Overcoming Weaknesses Through Public Breeding Advances (1820-172-0118-C)
2018 Flood Tolerant Varieties for NC - Building on Success
2018 Continuation of Off-Season Winter Nursery & NC-Dilday Seed Increase
2017 Continuation of Off-Season Winter Nursery & NC-Dilday Seed Increase
2016 Drought, Heat, and Flood Tolerant Varieties for the Midwest and South: Building on Success (Year 3 of 1420-532-5613)
2015 Drought, Heat, and Flood Tolerant Varieties for the Midwest and South: Building on Success (Year 2 of 1420-532-5613)
2014 Drought, Heat, and Flood Tolerant Varieties for the Midwest and South: Building on Success (Year 1 of 1420-532-5613)
2013 Large Scale Identification of Economically Important Wild Soybean Diversity and Transfer to Applied Breeding (1320-532-5608)
2013 Drought Tolerant Varieties for the Midwest and South: Building on Success (Year 3 of 1213)
2012 Drought Tolerant Varieties for the Midwest and South: Building on Success (Year 2 of 1213)
2011 Drought Tolerant Varieties for the Midwest and South: Building on Success (Year 1 of 1213)
2009 Drought Stress Tolerance for the Midwest and South: Soybean Variety Improvement (Year 2 and 3 of 8213)

Projects as Co-Investigator

Year Project Name
2021 Determining the Repercussions of Declining Test Weight on Seed Composition & Value
2019 Discover Sources, Genes and Develop U.S. Adapted Germplasm with Improved Protein Quantity and Quality Utilizing Diversity in Cultivated and Wild soybeans (1920-152-0103-A)
2019 Improving Seed Protein Through Management and Understanding Nitrogen Metabolism (Year 2 of 1820-152-0139)
2019 Genetic Improvement of Flood Tolerance and Best Management Practices for Sustainable Soybean Production (Year 3 of 1720-172-0129)
2018 Genetic Improvement of Flood Tolerance and Best Management Practices for Sustainable Soybean Production (Year 2 of 1720-172-0129)
2017 Genetic Improvement of Flood Tolerance and Best Management Practices for Sustainable Soybean Production (Year 1 of 1720-172-0129)
2016 Increasing Soybean Yield with Exotic Germplasm (Year 3 of 1420-532-5650)
2016 Characterization and Deployment of the High Stearic Acid Soybean Oil Trait (Year 3 of 1420-632-6605)
2015 Increasing Soybean Yield with Exotic Germplasm (Year 2 of 1420-532-5650)
2015 Characterization and Deployment of the High Stearic Acid Soybean Oil Trait (Year 2 of 1420-632-6605)
2015 Development of High Yielding Soybean Cultivars and Germplasm with Higher Seed Protein Content and Improved Amino Acid Composition (Year 2 of 1420-532-5638)
2014 Identifying novel oil and protein genes in wild soybean and graduate education of a North Carolinian in soybean breeding
2014 Survey of the importance to soybean growers and first purchasers of purple seed stain and Phomopsis seed decay in North Carolina
2014 Increasing Soybean Yield with Exotic Germplasm (Year 1 of 1420-532-5650)
2013 Expanding the Genetic Base of U.S. Soybean Production to Improve Productivity (Year 3 of 1232)
2013 Novel Yield Genes from Cultivated and Wild Japanese Soybean: Gene Cloning and Introgression into Elite Breeding Lines (Year 3 of 1248)
2012 Development of high protein high yielding varieties for the export market
2012 Continuation of off-season winter nursery for soybean breeding in North Carolina
2012 Expanding the Genetic Base of U.S. Soybean Production to Improve Productivity (Year 2 of 1232)
2012 Novel Yield Genes from Cultivated and Wild Japanese Soybean: Gene Cloning and Introgression into Elite Soybean Breeding Lines (Year 2 of 1248)
2011 Novel Yield Genes from Cultivated and Wild Japanese Soybean: Gene Cloning and Introgression into Elite Soybean Breeding Lines (Year 1 of 1248)
2011 Expanding the Genetic Base of U.S. Soybean Production to Improve Productivity (Year 1 of 1232)
2011 Development of high protein high yielding varieties for the export market