The nature of research is that you can't always predict what the outcome will be, but the continuous application of scientific investigation has yielded compounded benefits. By providing the research infrastructure and access to UC faculty, the SBC facilitates new discoveries and tools that will be the basis of tomorrow's agriculture. At the same time, some of our partners have large research programs of their own, and the SBC's primary service to them is through our educational, outreach and public service programs. With respect to specific research projects, the cooperators will receive the benefit of the knowledge gained or products developed.