About Us

The ARS-led National Sclerotinia Initiative supports 20 different projects aimed at neutralizing white mold’s economic threat to seven different crops: sunflower, soybean, canola, edible dry beans, chickpeas, lentils and dry peas.  This consortium of federal and state university scientists includes 10 land grant universities and five crop commodity groups, and is led by the Agricultural Research Service, the USDA’s chief scientific research agency.

Sclerotinia Initiative Information

• By-laws of the National Sclerotinia Initiative
• Sclerotinia Initiative Strategic Plan