Roy Scott Crop Production and Protection General Biological Science Oilseeds & Bioscience Phone: (301) 504-4670 Fax: (301) 504-6191 Room 4-2218 GWCC-BLTSVL 5601 SUNNYSIDE AVENUE BELTSVILLE, MD, 20705-5139 Team Projects (Appropriated | All) 351 projects listed COCOA, COFFEE, AND ALTERNATIVE CROPS RESEARCH GENETIC ENHANCEMENT FOR RESISTANCE TO BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESSES IN HARD WINTER WHEAT DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED PEANUT GERMPLASM AND RESISTANCE TO DISEASE AND NEMATODE PESTS SUGARBEET GERMPLASM DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATIVE GENETIC AND MANAGEMENT APPROACHES TO REDUCING LOSSES CAUSED BY PATHOGENS INTEGRATED AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS FOR THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS IMPROVEMENT OF PRUNUS AND VITIS SCIONS FOR FRUIT QUALITY AND PEST RESISTANCE INCREASING INLAND PACIFIC NORTHWEST WHEAT PRODUCTION PROFITABILITY PECAN CULTIVATION AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT DEVELOP MANAGEMENT TOOLS FOR EARLY STRESS DETECTION AND EFFICIENT AGROCHEMICAL UTILIZATION FOR PROTECTED HORTICULTURE CROPS INTEGRATED ORCHARD MANAGEMENT AND AUTOMATION FOR DECIDUOUS TREE FRUIT PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED SYSTEMS FOR SUBTROPICAL/TROPICAL FRUIT CROP PRODUCTION SUSTAINING PEANUT CROPPING SYSTEMS COMPETITIVENESS PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT RESEARCH FOR HORTICULTURAL CROPS IN THE GULF SOUTH SUSTAINABLE CROPPING SYSTEMS FOR IRRIGATED SPECIALTY CROPS AND BIOFUELS INCREASING INLAND PACIFIC NORTHWEST WHEAT PRODUCTION PROFITABILITY PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION PRACTICES TO MAINTAIN GRASS SEED FARM PROFITS BIOPHOTONICS - THE APPLICATION OF NOVEL IMAGING METHODOLOGIES TO LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION RESEARCH IMPROVING BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SUSTAINABLE FUELS AND CHEMICALS ADVANCED CONVERSION TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUGARS AND BIOFUELS: SUPERIOR FEEDSTOCKS, PRETREATMENTS, INHIBITOR REMOVAL, AND ENZYMES VEGETABLE OIL-BASED FUELS, ADDITIVES AND COPRODUCTS THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSING OF AGRICULTURAL WASTES TO VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS AND BIOENERGY GENOMICS AND ENGINEERING OF STRESS TOLERANT MICROBES FOR LOWER COST PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL FROM LIGNOCELLULOSE GENETIC FOUNDATIONS FOR BIOENERGY FEEDSTOCKS FROM BARLEY TO BIOMASS - THE DEVELOPMENT OF A REGIONAL MULTI-FEEDSTOCK BIOREFINERY ADDING VALUE TO BIOFUELS PRODUCTION SYSTEMS BASED ON PERENNIAL FORAGES IMPROVING SUSTAINABILITY OF RAINBOW TROUT PRODUCTION BY INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED GRAINS, FEEDS, AND TROUT BIOREFINING PROCESSES QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF HIGH BETA-GLUCAN OAT CULTIVARS VALUE ADDED COPRODUCTS FOR IMPROVING THE ECONOMICS AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS OF CORN AND CELLULOSIC FUEL ETHANOL PRODUCTION EXPANDING THE USE OF FATS AND OILS AS REPLACEMENTS FOR FOSSIL-DERIVED FUELS, LUBRICANTS, AND POLYMERS QUALITY OF HARD SPRING AND DURUM WHEAT SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS FOR TROPICAL TREE CROPS METABOLISM AND ANALYSIS OF CEREAL PHYTOCHEMICALS PRODUCTION OF WHEAT GERMPLASM WITH ENHANCED BAKING QUALITY GENOMICS AND PROTEOMICS APPROACHES TO BROADENING RESISTANCE OF SOYBEAN TO PESTS AND PATHOGENS PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PREVENTION OF PEANUT AND TREE NUT ALLERGY PRODUCTION, STABILIZATION AND FORMULATION OF MICROBIAL AGENTS AND THEIR NATURAL PRODUCTS Developing Sustainable Cropping Systems to Improve Water Productivity and Protect Water and Soil Quality in Irrigated Agriculture Developing Sustainable Cropping Systems to Improve Water Productivity and Protect Water and Soil Quality in Irrigated Agriculture IMPROVING WATER QUALITY IN AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS UNDERLAIN BY CLAYPAN AND RESTRICTIVE LAYER SOILS ENHANCING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN SOUTHEASTERN U.S. COASTAL PLAIN AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS ENHANCING WATER CONSERVATION AND CROP PRODUCTIVITY IN IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGIES FOR MANAGING WATER AND SEDIMENT MOVEMENT IN AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS PRESERVING WATER QUALITY AND AVAILABILITY FOR AGRICULTURE IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN PLANT RESISTANCE, BIOLOGY, AND RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT OF CORN PESTS, WITH EMPHASIS ON WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM STERILE INSECT CONTROL OF INVASIVE PESTS, WITH A FOCUS ON MOTHS LANDSCAPE-BASED CROP MANAGEMENT FOR FOOD, FEED, AND BIOENERGY IMPROVED RESISTANCE TO SOYBEAN PATHOGENS AND PESTS CHARACTERIZING, DETECTING, AND ELIMINATING PATHOGENS TO ENABLE THE SAFE INTRODUCTION OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT OF DISEASE AND NEMATODE RESISTANCE IN VEGETABLE CROPS CHARACTERIZATION, ETIOLOGY, AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT FOR VEGETABLE CROPS INTEGRATED CROP, SOIL, AND WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF SUGARCANE FOR BIOENERGY FEEDSTOCK HORTICULTURAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL, AND GENETIC FACTORS AFFECTING SUSTAINABLE CITRUS PRODUCTION Enhanced alfalfa and forage productivity through molecular detection and characterization of plant nematodes Enhanced alfalfa and forage productivity through molecular detection and characterization of plant nematodes Improving bioenergy and forage plants and production systems for the central U.S. Redesigning Forage Genetics, Management, and Harvesting for Efficiency, Profit, and Sustainability in Dairy and Bioenergy Production Systems Redesigning Forage Genetics, Management, and Harvesting for Efficiency, Profit, and Sustainability in Dairy and Bioenergy Production Systems Sustaining Southern Plains Landscapes through Plant Genetics and Sound Forage-Livestock Production Systems Enhanced Alfalfa Germplasm and Genomic Resources for Yield, Quality, and Environmental Protection Enhancement of Turfgrass Germplasm for Reduced Input Sustainability Genetic Enhancement and Management of Warm-Season Species for Forage, Turf and Renewable Energy Develop Improved Plant Genetic Resources to Enhance Pasture and Rangeland Productivity in the Semiarid Regions of the Western U.S. Multifunctional Farms and Landscapes to Enhance Ecosystem Services POPULATION DYNAMICS AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT OF SOYBEAN ROOT PATHOGENS Genetic Improvement of Sorghum for Non-Grain Energy Uses Improvement of Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Cool Season Grasses Curation of the U.S. National Fungus Collections and Associated Information Resources Regulation of Gene Expression in Alfalfa Development and Stress Tolerance Regulation of Gene Expression in Alfalfa Development and Stress Tolerance Management and Characterization of Citrus and Date Genetic Resources and Associated Information Analysis of the Biochemical Pathway and Genetics of Seed Phytate in Barley Genetic Enhancement of Potatoes for Nutritional and Processing Quality and for Resistance to Diseases Enhancement of Small Fruit Germplasm Through Genomic Characterization and Genetic Improvement with Emphasis on Disease Resistance Genetic Improvement of Maize with Enhanced Resistance to Aflatoxin and Insects Disease Resistance Signaling in Cereal Crops Genetics and Genomics of Complex Traits in Grain Crops Enhancement of Small Fruit Germplasm Through Genomic Characterization and Genetic Improvement with Emphasis on Disease Resistance Modification of Soybeans for Food, Feed, and Industrial Applications Functional Genomics for Evaluating Genes and Gene Regulatory Networks of Soybean Quality Traits Generation and Characterization of Novel Genetic Variation in Rice for the Enhancement of Grain Quality and Agronomic Performance Plant Genetic Resource Acquisition and Conservation Strategies, International Germplasm ... for the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System Conservation, Characterization, and Evaluation of Plant Genetic Resources and Associated Information Acquisition of Plant Genetic Resources through Domestic and International Plant Explorations and Associated Capacity-Building Partnerships Conservation, Genetic Analyses, and Utilization of Subtropical/Tropical Fruit Crops, Sugarcane, and Miscanthus Genetic Resources Potato Genetic Resource Management, Characterization, and Evaluation Genetic Characterization, Taxonomy, and Acquisition of Genetic Resources for Carrot, Potato, and Their Related Wild Species Management and Characterization of Pecan (Carya) Genetic Resources and Related Wild Populations Conservation, Genetic Analyses, and Utilization of Cotton Genetic Resources Genetic Enhancement of Potatoes for Nutritional and Processing Quality and for Resistance to Diseases Genetic Improvement of Barley and Oats for Enhanced Quality and Biotic Stress Resistance Functional Genomics for Improving Nutrients and Quality in Alfalfa and Soybean Genetics and Genomics for Improving Spring Wheat with Disease Resistance Temperate Forage Legume Genetic Resource Management, Characterization, and Evaluation Management of Tropical/Subtropical Plant Genetic Resources and Associated Information Molecular Genetice Analysis of Abiotic Stress Tolerance and Oil Production Pathways in Cotton, Bioenergy and Other Industrial Crops Germplasm Regeneration, Characterization, Evaluation and Phytosanitary Assessment of Quarantined and Tropically-Adapted Genetic Resources Genetic Improvement of Wheat and Barley for Resistance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses Develop, Deploy, and Operate GRIN-Global, the Information Management System for Plant Genetic Resources Management and Characterization of Citrus and Date Genetic Resources and Associated Information Genetic Resource Management of National Small Grains Collection and Associated Information Genetic Analyses and Trait Mapping to Exploit Untapped Genetic Diversity in Sorghum Pecan Genetics and Improvement Molecular Biology of Pollen and Pollen-Pistil Interactions in Crop Plants Identification and Analysis of Plant Architectural Genes in Maize Detection and Identification of Soil-borne Plant Pathogens and Mitigation of Soil-borne Diseases Nonchemical Pest Control and Enhanced Sugar Beet Germplasm Via Traditional and Molecular Technologies Stone Fruit Breeding and Development Conservation, Characterization, and Genetic Improvement of Subtropical and Tropical Ornamental Germplasm Development of an International Marker Assisted Selection Program for Cacao Maize Genetic Stock Management and Utilization Management and Evaluation of Woody Landscape Plant Germplasm Resources and Associated Information Genetic Diversity Assessment of Cacao and Other Tropical Tree Crop Genetic Resources Pacific Tropical/Subtropical Fruit and Nut Genetic Resource Management and Sustainable Production Systems Genomic Analyses and Management of Agricultural and Industrial Microbial Genetic Resources and Associated Information Management of Plant Genetic Resources and Associated Information Management of Genetic Resources & Associated Information for Grape, Tree Fruit, Tree Nut, & Other Specialty Crops to Mediterranean Climates Management of Arid Land Plant Genetic Resources and Associated Information Analysis of the Biochemical Pathway and Genetics of Seed Phytate in Barley Using Genetic Diversity of Improve Quantitative Disease Resistance and Agronomic Traits of Corn Germplasm Enhancement of Maize (GEM) Genetic Improvement of Maize and Pearl Millet for Resistance to Insects and Aflatoxin Curation of the U.S. National Fungus Collections and Associated Information Resources Genetic Improvement of Winter Wheat for End-Use Quality and Disease Resistance Alternatives to Methyl Bromide for Vegetable and Floriculture Production POPULATION DYNAMICS AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT OF SOYBEAN ROOT PATHOGENS Genetic Improvement of Sorghum for Non-Grain Energy Uses DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL PRODUCTS FOR PHARMACEUTICAL AND AGROCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS Methods for Rapid Identification and Functional Analysis of Fungi Causing Postharvest Decay of Pome Fruit Integration of Host-Genotype and manipulation of soil biology for Soilborne Disease Control in Agro-Ecosystems Education and visitor services at the U.S. National Arboretum Alternative disease management strategies for soilborne pathogens of cucumber Detection and Management of Pathogens in Strawberry and Vegetable Production Systems CHARACTERIZATION, ETIOLOGY, AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT FOR VEGETABLE CROPS GENOME SEQUENCE-BASED STRATEGIES FOR DETECTION & IDENTIFICATION OF PLANT PATHOGENIC PHYTOPLASMAS & SPIROPLASMAS, & VASCULAR WALLED BACTERIA CEREAL RUST FUNGI: GENETICS, POPULATION BIOLOGY, AND HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS BIOLOGICALLY-BASED INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF FIRE BLIGHT OF APPLE AND PEAR IMPROVED STRATEGIES FOR MANAGEMENT OF SOILBORNE DISEASES OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS BIOCONTROL AGENT PRODUCTION AND DEPLOYMENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF PLANT PATHOGENS MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS IN CEREAL CROPS DISEASE MODELING AND GENETIC APPROACHES TO ENHANCE WHEAT AND GRASS SEED CROP BIOSECURITY DEVELOPMENT OF DISEASE AND NEMATODE RESISTANCE IN VEGETABLE CROPS EMERGING FOREIGN FUNGAL PLANT PATHOGENS: DETECTION, BIOLOGY, AND INTERACTIONS WITH HOST PLANTS BIOLOGY, PATHOLOGY, AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF EMERGING OOMYCETE PATHOGENS MANAGEMENT OF RENIFORM NEMATODE IN COTTON GENETICS OF THE PATHOGEN-HOST-VECTOR INTERACTION IN SELECTED VEGETABLE CROPS NEMATODE AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT OF DECIDUOUS FRUITS FRAMEWORKS FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE DYNAMICS FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT OF CEREALS: PATHOGEN BIOLOGY AND HOST RESISTANCE CONTROL OF VIRUS DISEASES IN CORN AND SOYBEAN HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS IN BARLEY AND WHEAT GENETICS AND MANAGEMENT OF SOYBEAN CYST NEMATODES AND DISEASES FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION GENETICS, POPULATION DYNAMICS, AND MYCOTOXIN PREVENTION IN PEANUT EMERGING DISEASES OF CITRUS, VEGETABLES, AND ORNAMENTALS REDUCTION OF ALLERGENICITY THROUGH FOOD PROCESSING. MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR PLANT-PARASITIC NEMATODES: COVER CROPS, AMENDMENTS, AND INTERNAL MOLECULAR TARGETS EXOTIC AND EMERGING PLANT DISEASES OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS MANAGEMENT AND BIOLOGY OF VIRUS AND NEMATODE DISEASES OF POTATO AND SMALL GRAINS SCLEROTINIA INITIATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING FRUIT DECAY NEW AND EMERGING VIRAL AND BACTERIAL DISEASES OF ORNAMENTAL PLANTS: DETECTION, IDENTIFICATION, AND CHARACTERIZATION BIOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF ROOT DISEASES OF WHEAT, BARLEY AND BIOFUEL BRASSICAS Management of Temperate-Adapted Fruit, Nut, and Specialty Crop Genetic Resources and Associated Information COTTON DISEASE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE COTTON PRODUCTION BIOLOGY, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF VECTOR-BORNE VIRUSES OF SUGARBEET AND VEGETABLE CROPS CHARACTERIZING, DETECTING, AND ELIMINATING PATHOGENS TO ENABLE THE SAFE INTRODUCTION OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES IMPROVED CONTROL OF STRIPE RUST IN CEREAL CROPS HOST PLANT RESISTANCE AND OTHER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR NEMATODES IN COTTON AND PEANUT INVASIVE PATHOGENS OF CITRUS CHARACTERIZATION, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES OF CITRUS TRISTEZA VIRUS AND SPIROPLASMA CITRI ON CITRUS IN CALIFORNIA CHARACTERIZATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF RESISTANCE IN SORGHUM TO FUNGAL PATHOGENS PSEUDOMONAS SYSTEMS BIOLOGY BIOCONTROL OF AFLATOXIN AND OTHER MYCOTOXINS IN MAIZE USING NON-TOXIGENIC STRAINS OF ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF RESISTANCE TO WHEAT FUNGAL PATHOGENS Integrated strategies for advanced management of fruit, nut, and oak tree diseases IMPROVED RESISTANCE TO SOYBEAN PATHOGENS AND PESTS GENOMIC CHARACTERIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF FUNGAL DISEASES OF CACAO EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF PIERCE’S DISEASE AND OTHER MALADIES OF GRAPE BIOBASED INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS FROM FOOD ANIMAL PROCESSING BY-PRODUCTS NOVEL MICROBIAL SENSING AND ELIMINATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR PROTECTION OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES TESTING OF ADVANCED POTATO GERMPLASM FOR BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC RESISTANCES, YIELD AND PROFITABILITY COMPONENTS MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION AND SYSTEMATICS OF AGRICULTURALLY IMPORTANT NEMATODES SYSTEMATICS OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL MICROFUNGI FOR MANAGEMENT OF PLANT DISEASES AND INSECT PESTS Molecular Approaches for Improved Cercospora Leaf Spot Control in Sugarbeet PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR SIGNALING IN VIROID AND BACTERIAL DISEASE MANIPULATION OF PLANT DISEASE RESISTANCE GENES FOR IMPROVED CROP PROTECTION POTATO AND TOMATO DISEASE MANAGEMENT THROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF HOST RESISTANCE AND PATHOGEN VARIABILITY WHEAT VIRUS INTERACTIONS WITH HOST AND VECTOR ELECTRON AND CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY APPLICATIONS TO PESTS AND PLANT PROCESSES IMPACTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY Systematics and Diagnostics of Emerging and Quarantine-Significant Plant Pathogenic Fungi IDENTIFICATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND BIOLOGY OF FOREIGN AND EMERGING VIRAL AND BACTERIAL PLANT PATHOGENS MANAGEMENT OF DISEASES OF SACCHARUM HYBRIDS THROUGH DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF RESISTANT GERMPLASM NOVEL DISEASE CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR CELLULAR AND SUB-CELLULAR PATHOGENS Effective Disease Management Through Enhancement of Resistant Sugarcane GENETIC EXCHANGE AND GENE FLOW RISKS FROM PLANTS IN AGRICULTURE BIOPRODUCTS FROM AGRICULTURAL FEEDSTOCKS MAINTAINING QUALITY AND EXTENDING SHELF AND SHIPPING LIFE OF FRESH FRUIT WITH NO OR MINIMAL SYNTHETIC PESTICIDE INPUTS FUNCTIONALIZATION OF VEGETABLE OILS FOR USE IN THE POLYMER, OLEOCHEMICAL, AND LUBRICANT INDUSTRIES MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF PHYTOCHROME SIGNALING AND GENE REGULATION IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GENES IMPORTANT DURING SEED DEVELOPMENT IN LEGUMES ENHANCED INSECT RESISTANCE AND CROP MANAGEMENT FOR REDUCTION OF MYCOTOXINS IN MIDWEST CORN Molecular Resources for the Improvement of Tropical Ornamental and Fruit Crops POSITIONAL CLONING IN MAIZE OF GENES THAT REGULATE PLANT ARCHITECTURE FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS OF PLANT ARCHITECTURE MOLECULAR DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS OF POLLEN AND POLLEN-PISTIL INTERACTIONS IN CROP PLANTS DEVELOP METHODS TO ASSESS AND IMPROVE POULTRY AND EGG QUALITY TRANSGENE MANAGEMENT THROUGH SITE-SPECIFIC RECOMBINATION MOLECULAR GENETICS OF ETHYLENE BIOSYNTHESIS CHARACTERIZATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF PLANT RESISTANCE TO WATER-DEFICIT AND THERMAL STRESSES SENSING METHODS & INSTRUMENTATION FOR RAPID DETERMINATION OF MOISTURE CONTENT... AND OTHER QUALITY ATTRIBUTES OF GRAINS, SEEDS, & NUTS IMPROVED FOOD QUALITY IN DRY BEANS USING GENETIC AND MOLECULAR APPROACHES IMPROVE FIBER QUALITY AND INDUSTRY PROFITABILITY THROUGH ENHANCED EFFICIENCIES IN COTTON GINNING PRESERVATION, ENHANCEMENT, AND MEASUREMENT OF GRAIN QUALITY AND MARKETABILITY PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES TO PREVENT WEIGHT GAIN AND OBESITY RELATED METABOLIC DISEASES ENHANCED UTILIZATION OF CARBOHYDRATES AND POLYSACCHARIDES FROM CITRUS PROCESSING WASTE STREAMS MODIFICATION OF NATURAL POLYMERS BY NOVEL PROCESSES PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PREVENTION OF PEANUT AND TREE NUT ALLERGY CHEMISTRY OF NATURAL PRODUCTS FOR NUTRACEUTICAL USE, PEST MANAGEMENT AND CROP DEVELOPMENT IDENTIFYING AND MANIPULATING DETERMINANTS OF PHOTOSYNTHATE PRODUCTION AND PARTITIONING OPTIMIZATION OF THE NUTRITIONAL, FUNCTIONAL, AND SENSORY PROPERTIES OF RAW AND PROCESSED LEGUMES, GRAINS, AND SPECIALTY CROPS Molecular analysis of effects of environment on wheat flour quality and allergenic potential GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF BARLEY PHYSIOLOGICAL, BIOCHEMICAL AND GENETIC REGULATION OF CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM IN CEREAL TISSUES METABOLISM AND ANALYSIS OF CEREAL PHYTOCHEMICALS IMPROVEMENT OF BARLEY SEED QUALITY THROUGH MOLECULAR AND FUNCTIONAL GENOMIC ANALYSIS OF GENE EXPRESSION IMPROVED UTILIZATION OF PROTEINACEOUS CROP CO-PRODUCTS AND RESIDUES NOVEL STARCH-BASED MATERIALS VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES AND POLYMER COMPOSITE APPLICATIONS OF NANO-MATERIALS DERIVED FROM AGRICULTURAL BYPRODUCTS AND FEEDSTOCKS SUCROSE ACCUMULATION AND RETENTION IN SUGARBEETS DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION OF NEW OILSEED CROPS AND PRODUCTS FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS OF CEREAL DISEASE DEFENSE DETERMINATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF UNINTENDED EFFECTS IN GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD CROPS GENOMICS APPROACHES FOR IMPROVING NUTRITIONAL QUALITY OF FOOD CROP SPECIES GENOMIC APPROACHES TO IMPROVING TRANSPORT AND DETOXIFICATION OF SELECTED MINERAL ELEMENTS IN CROP PLANTS IMPROVED PROCESSES FOR CUCUMBERS, CABBAGE, SWEETPOTATOES, AND PEPPERS TO MAKE HIGH QUALITY, NUTRITIOUS PRODUCTS AND REDUCE POLLUTION MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF DEVELOPMENT TO IMPROVE COTTON FIBER PROCESSING METHODS TO MODIFY THE LEVELS OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS IN MILK AND CHEESE MOLECULAR APPROACHES TO ENHANCE PLANT NUTRIENT CONTENT, SHELF-LIFE AND STRESS TOLERANCE FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS OF AGRONOMIC TRAITS IN DEVELOPING SEED AND POLLEN IN MAIZE AND SORGHUM BIO-BASED LUBRICANTS FROM FARM-BASED RAW MATERIALS PRODUCTION OF WHEAT GERMPLASM WITH ENHANCED BAKING QUALITY QUALITY OF HARD SPRING AND DURUM WHEAT ENHANCE WHEAT QUALITY, FUNCTIONALITY AND MARKETABILITY IN THE WESTERN U.S. CRANBERRY GENETIC IMPROVEMENT AND INSECT PEST MANAGEMENT VALUE ADDED COPRODUCTS FOR IMPROVING THE ECONOMICS AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS OF CORN AND CELLULOSIC FUEL ETHANOL PRODUCTION Improvement and Utilization of Natural Rubber- and Castor Oil-producing Industrial Crops Molecular Tools to Minimize Risk in Genetically Engineered Crops Physiological and Genetic Basis of Cotton Acclimation to Abioticstress EVALUATION OF THE QUALITY AND SAFETY OF TRANSGENIC SOYBEANS PHYSIOLOGICAL/BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH GENETIC ALTERATION OF SOYBEAN QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS THAT DETERMINE CROP RESPONSE TO IRRIGATION, DISEASE AND PRODUCTION PRACTICES MICROSTRUCTURED AND HEALTH-FUNCTIONALIZED FOOD PROTEINS SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES TO LOWER THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF FOOD PROCESSING USING FLUID MILK AS A TEMPLATE COORDINATED ANALYSIS OF SOYBEAN BREEDING GERMPLASM VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS FROM COTTONSEED IDENTIFYING THE NEXT GENERATION OF MALTING BARLEY THROUGH IMPROVED SELECTION CRITERIA AND QUALITY ANALYSIS OF BREEDING LINES QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF HIGH BETA-GLUCAN OAT CULTIVARS FUNCTIONAL FOOD DEVELOPMENT BY MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY EVALUATION AND MAINTENANCE OF FLAVOR, NUTRITIONAL AND OTHER QUALITY ATTRIBUTES OF FRESH AND FRESH-CUT PRODUCE OPTICAL AND MECHANICAL INSTRUMENTATION FOR QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF SMALL GRAINS IMPROVING STABILITY AND HEALTHFULNESS OF U.S. COMMODITY VEGETABLE OILS AND PRODUCTS Improved Utilization of AG Products Through Identification of Nitrogen-containing Bioactive Components Important to Quality & Human Health NEW BIOACTIVE AND BIOBASED PRODUCTS FROM PLANT CELL WALL POLYSACCHARIDES IN SUGAR BEET PULP, CITRUS PEEL AND OTHER ... PROCESSING RESIDUES ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PROCESSES AND NEW APPLICATIONS FOR ANIMAL HIDES AND LEATHER ENHANCING QUALITY, UTILITY, SUSTAINABILITY, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF COTTON AND ITS BYPRODUCTS THROUGH IMPROVEMENT IN HARVEST/GIN PROCESSING Quality based inspection and sorting of specialty crops using imaging and physical methods DISCOVERY AND UTILIZATION OF BIOACTIVE COMPONENTS FROM NEW CROPS AND AGRICULTURAL CO-PRODUCTS WOOL AND KERATIN FROM WOOL FOR BIO-BASED VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS IMPROVING HUMAN HEALTH USING FUNCTIONAL FOOD INGREDIENTS FROM BY-PRODUCTS OF GRAIN MILLING INDUSTRIES USING INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AMYLOSE HELICAL INCLUSION COMPLEXES FOR FOOD AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS ENHANCING PROFITABILITY & SUSTAINABILITY UPLAND COTTON, COTTONSEED, & COTTON BYPROD THROUGH IMPRVMNTS IN HARVESTING, GINNING, & MECH PROCESS GENETIC AND BIOCHEMICAL BASIS OF SOFT WINTER WHEAT QUALITY IMPROVE GRAIN SORGHUM END-USE QUALITY & UTILIZATION BY IDENTIFYING THE PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS RELATED TO FOOD & FEED... BIOCHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF HARD WINTER WHEAT QUALITY FOR END-USE QUALITY IMPROVED POTATO MARKET QUALITY THROUGH GERMPLASM PROCESSING EVALUATIONS AND OPTIMIZED STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES SYSTEMS TO ASSESS, MONITOR, AND PRESERVE PEANUT QUALITY AND SAFETY BIOACTIVE CONSTITUENTS AND SPECIALTY FOOD FIBERS AS VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS FROM CITRUS PROCESSING WASTE METABOLOMIC AND MICROBIAL PROFILING OF TROPICAL/SUBTROPICAL FRUITS AND SMALL FRUITS FOR QUALITY FACTORS AND MICROBIAL STABILITY GENETIC, METABOLIC, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS REGULATING DECIDUOUS TREE FRUIT QUALITY IMPROVEMENT & MAINTENANCE OF FLAVOR & SHELF-LIFE, FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS & BIOCHEM/BIOACTIVE PROCESS, & USE OF GENETIC/GENOMIC RESOURCE IDENTIFICATION AND MANIPULATION OF POSTHARVEST PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR PROCESSES CONTROLLING POTATO NUTRITIONAL AND MARKET QUALITY Postharvest quality and processing of sugarcane and sweet sorghum for sugar and ethanol production GENETIC AND BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS DETERMINING FRESH PRODUCE QUALITY AND STORAGE LIFE COTTON-BASED NONWOVENS MOLECULAR APPROACHES TO PEST AND PATHOGEN RESISTANCE IN SUGAR BEET, BETA VULGARIS L. NEW AND IMPROVED ASSESSMENTS OF COTTON QUALITY INFLUENCE OF STRUCTURE AND MOISTURE ON COTTON FIBER PROPERTIES GENETIC ENGINEERING OF FLORAL BULB CROPS FOR VIRUS AND NEMATODE RESISTANCE NOVEL TECHNOLOGY FOR RENEWABLE RESOURCE UTILIZATION GENETIC ENHANCEMENT OF SOYBEAN SEED VALUE BY BIOTECHNOLOGY PRODUCTION AND VALUE ENHANCEMENT OF BIOSURFACTANTS AND BIOPOLYMERS DERIVED FROM AGRICULTURAL LIPIDS AND COPRODUCTS TECHNOLOGIES FOR QUALITY MEASUREMENT AND GRADING OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES GENOMICS AND PROTEOMICS APPROACHES TO BROADENING RESISTANCE OF SOYBEAN TO PESTS AND PATHOGENS EXPANDING THE USE OF FATS AND OILS AS REPLACEMENTS FOR FOSSIL-DERIVED FUELS, LUBRICANTS, AND POLYMERS BIOREFINING PROCESSES PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES FOR PRODUCING BIOFUELS AND COPRODUCTS FROM LIGNOCELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCKS GENOMICS AND ENGINEERING OF STRESS TOLERANT MICROBES FOR LOWER COST PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL FROM LIGNOCELLULOSE GENETIC FOUNDATIONS FOR BIOENERGY FEEDSTOCKS ENHANCEMENT OF BLUEBERRY, STRAWBERRY, AND BRAMBLES THROUGH MOLECULAR APPROACHES USING FUNCTIONAL AND APPLIED GENOMICS TO IMPROVE STRESS AND DISEASE RESISTANCE IN FRUIT TREES DISTRIBUTED-SCALE PYROLYSIS OF AGRICULTURAL BIOMASS FOR PRODUCTION OF REFINABLE CRUDE BIO-OIL AND VALUABLE COPRODUCTS ADDING VALUE TO BIOFUELS PRODUCTION SYSTEMS BASED ON PERENNIAL FORAGES FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS FOR IMPROVING NUTRIENTS AND QUALITY IN ALFALFA AND SOYBEAN CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF COTTON FOR VALUE ADDED APPLICATIONS NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES FOR PRODUCING RENEWABLE CHEMICALS AND POLYMERS FROM CARBOHYDRATES DERIVED FROM AGRICULTURAL FEEDSTOCKS PRODUCTION OF QUALITY POWER AND/OR HEAT FOR ON-FARM OPERATIONS FROM BARLEY TO BIOMASS - THE DEVELOPMENT OF A REGIONAL MULTI-FEEDSTOCK BIOREFINERY ENGINEERING ENZYMATIC REDIRECTION OF NATURAL CROP OIL PRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL OIL PRODUCTION ESTABLISH PUBLIC DISPLAY GARDENS FOR WOODY AND HERBACEOUS LANDSCAPE PLANTS REDUCING ASTRINGENCY, BITTERNESS, AND UNDESIRABLE FLAVORS OF POLYPHENOLIC-RICH FRUIT JUICES AND FUNCTIONAL BEVERAGES THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSING OF AGRICULTURAL WASTES TO VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS AND BIOENERGY RICE AS A SOURCE AND DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR NUTRIENTS AND LIPOPHILIC BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS VEGETABLE OIL-BASED FUELS, ADDITIVES AND COPRODUCTS ARID LAND PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES CONSERVATION, EVALUATION, AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT GENETIC AND CULTURAL PRACTICE IMPROVEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE COTTON PRODUCTION NEW SUSTAINABLE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES TO PRODUCE HEALTHY, VALUE-ADDED FOODS FROM SPECIALTY CROPS AND THEIR CO-PRODUCTS FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT OF WHEAT AND BARLEY ADVANCED CONVERSION TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUGARS AND BIOFUELS: SUPERIOR FEEDSTOCKS, PRETREATMENTS, INHIBITOR REMOVAL, AND ENZYMES SUGARBEET GERMPLASM ENHANCEMENT, BREEDING, AND GENETICS CONSERVATION, MANAGEMENT AND GENETIC ENHANCEMENT OF SORGHUM GENETIC RESOURCES AND ASSOCIATED INFORMATION IMPROVING BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SUSTAINABLE FUELS AND CHEMICALS TAXONOMY AND GENETIC DIVERSITY ASSESSMENT OF LANDSCAPE TREES AND SHRUBS GENETICS, GENETIC RESOURCE EVALUATION, AND GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF LANDSCAPE TREES AND SHRUBS GENETICS AND GENOMICS OF GRAPE GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, AND QUALITY SMALL FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL GENETIC RESEARCH FOR THE MID-SOUTH IMPROVEMENT OF PRUNUS AND VITIS SCIONS FOR FRUIT QUALITY AND PEST RESISTANCE ENHANCEMENT OF SUGARCANE GERMPLASM FOR DEVELOPMENT OF CULTIVARS AND SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION GENETIC ENHANCEMENT FOR RESISTANCE TO BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESSES IN HARD WINTER WHEAT GENOMICS, GERMPLASM DEVELOPMENT AND IPM OF HOP PRESERVATION AND QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES RESEARCH TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR PRESERVING PLANT GENETIC DIVERSITY IN EX SITU GENEBANKS Pacific Fruit Genetic Resource Management and Sustainable Production Systems GENETIC ENHANCEMENT OF QUALITY CONSTITUENTS IN SOLANACEOUS VEGETABLES RESPONSE OF DIVERSE RICE GERMPLASM TO BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESSES DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GENETIC RESOURCES FOR AGRONOMIC AND QUALITY TRAITS USING GENOMIC TOOLS Commercialization of New Industrial Crop Germplasm and Cropping Systems CONSERVATION AND UTILIZATION OF THE GENETIC RESOURCES OF APPLES, GRAPES, AND TART CHERRIES DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED PEANUT GERMPLASM AND RESISTANCE TO DISEASE AND NEMATODE PESTS COCOA, COFFEE, AND ALTERNATIVE CROPS RESEARCH STAFFING AND OPERATION FOR NATIONAL CLONAL REPOSITORIES FOR PLANT GERMPLASM INFORMATION TRANSFER - GENETIC RESOURCES HEADQUARTERS-HELD FUNDS FOR GERMPLASM RESOURCES EVALUATION EVALUATION OF GERMPLASM OF HORTICULTURAL AND SUGARCROPS POTATO RESEARCH FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT OF WHEAT AND BARLEY FLORICULTURE AND NURSERY RESEARCH INITIATIVE SMALL FRUIT AND NURSERY RESEARCH FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT OF WHEAT AND BARLEY NATIONAL PLANT DISEASES RECOVERY SYSTEM WHEAT STRIPE RUST INITIATIVE SUGARBEET GERMPLASM DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATIVE GENETIC AND MANAGEMENT APPROACHES TO REDUCING LOSSES CAUSED BY PATHOGENS Projects HEADQUARTERS COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS - CROP PRODUCTION AND PROTECTION (CPP) Appropriated (D)   Accession Number: 407777 Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon will take you to the publication reprint.) QTL analysis of saturated fatty acids in a population of recombinant inbred lines of soybean - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Jiang, G., Wang, X., Green, M., Scott, R.A., Hyten, D., Cregan, P.B. 2012. QTL analysis of saturated fatty acids in a population of recombinant inbred lines of soybean. Molecular Breeding. 30:1163-1179. Field evaluation of putatively resistant soybean selections against the soybean aphid - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Hesler, L.S., Dashiell, K.E., Prischmann, D.A., Diers, B.W., Scott, R.A. 2012. Field evaluation of putatively resistant soybean selections against the soybean aphid. Journal of Crop Improvement. 26:76-78. Inheritance of soybean aphid resistance from soybean PI 71506 - (Peer Reviewed Journal) Van Nurden, A., Scott, R.A., Hesler, L.S., Tilmon, K., Glover, K., Carter, C. 2010. Inheritance of soybean aphid resistance from soybean PI 71506. Journal of Crop Improvement. 24(4):400-416. DOI: 10.1080/15427528.2010.511104. Program Teams Bioenergy (213) Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics and Genetic Improvement (301) (co-leader) Plant Biological and Molecular Processes (302) Plant Diseases (303) Quality and Utilization of Agricultural Products (306)         Last Modified: 05/19/2013