Find ARS Research Projects Search by Keyword International Subject of Investigation Air Alfalfa Almond Animal research, general Annual grasses, other Apple Apricot Arboreta and botanical gardens Atmosphere, general/other Bacteria Banana Barley Beans (dry) Beans (fresh, fresh-processed) Bedding/garden plants Beef cattle, general/other Beef cattle, live animal Bees, honey, and other pollinators, general Berries and cane fruits, other Biological Cell Systems Blueberry Broadleaf forests of the North Broadleaf forests of the South Canola Carrot Cassava (or manioc) Castor Catfish Cheese Chemurgic Crops Cherry Citrus, general/other Climate Cocoa Coffee Cole crops (includes cabbage, kale, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, Conifer forests of the West Cool season perennial grasses (includes bluegrass, bromegrass, fescue) Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480) Cotton, other Cottonseed (for meal, oil, etc.) Cranberry Crawfish Cross-commodity research--multiple animal species Cross-commodity 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systems Sheep and wool, general/other Sheep, live animal Shellfish Soft red wheat Soft white wheat (includes club, western) Soil Soil and land, general Solanaceous and related crops, general/other (for potato use 1310) Solar radiation Soybean Spiders, mites, ticks, and other arthropods Strawberry Striped bass Sugar beet Sugar cane Sugar crops, general/other Summer annual grasses (includes forage sorghums, sudangrass, sorghum) Sunflower Sweet potato Sweet sorghum Sweetcorn Swine, general/other Swine, live animal Table grapes The family and its members The farm as an enterprise Tilapia Tomato Trees, forests, and forest products, general Trefoil Tropical/subtropical fruit, general/other Trout Turf (includes bentgrass, bermudagrass, bluegrass, dichondra, fescue) Turkey, live animal Upland cotton Vegetables, general/other Viroids, mycoplasmas, spiroplasmas, etc. Viruses Walnut Warm season perennial grasses (includes dallisgrass, bluestems) Water resources Watersheds Watersheds and river basins, general Weather Weeds Wetland and riparian systems Wheat, other Wild animals Wildlife and natural fisheries, general/other Wildlife habitats Wine grapes Winter annual grasses (includes annual ryegrass) Winter annual legumes (includes subterranean clover, arrowleaf clover) Wood and wood products Wool fiber Apple A DIAGNOSTIC TOOLBOX FOR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF APPLE POSTHARVEST NECROTIC DISORDERS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOLBOX FOR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF APPLE POSTHARVEST NECROTIC DISORDERS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOLBOX FOR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF APPLE POSTHARVEST NECROTIC DISORDERS (KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT CONTRIBUTION) A DIAGNOSTIC TOOLBOX FOR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF APPLE POSTHARVEST NECROTIC DISORDERS (PLANT AND FOOD CONTRIBUTION) A DIAGNOSTIC TOOLBOX FOR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF POSTHARVEST APPLE NECROTIC DISORDERS ACS3 GENOTYPE OF APPLE (MALUS X DOMESTICA) AND ITS EFFECT ON 1-MCP TREATMENT EFFICACY ASSESSMENT OF GENETIC EROSION IN FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY IN BRASSICA GERMPLASM COLLECTIONS Best Practices for Predator Releases: Lacewings, Beetles, and Mites BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF OLIVE FRUIT FLY IN FRANCE BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF ANTARCTIC YEASTS BIOLOGICAL, MICROCLIMATE, AND TRANSPORT PROCESSES AFFECTING PEST CONTROL APPLICATION TECHNOLOGY BIOLOGICALLY-BASED INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF FIRE BLIGHT OF APPLE AND PEAR BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY, & MANAGEMENT OF BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG IN ORCHARD CROPS, SMALL FRUIT, GRAPES, VEGETABLES, & ORNAMENTALS - CORNELL UNIV BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY, & MANAGEMENT OF BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG IN ORCHARD CROPS, SMALL FRUIT, GRAPES, VEGETABLES, & ORNAMENTALS - OREGON UNIV BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY, & MANAGEMENT OF BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG IN ORCHARD CROPS, SMALL FRUIT, GRAPES, VEGETABLES, & ORNAMENTALS - PENN ST UNIV BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY, & MANAGEMENT OF BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG IN ORCHARD CROPS, SMALL FRUIT, GRAPES, VEGETABLES, & ORNAMENTALS - RUTGERS UNIV BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY, & MANAGEMENT OF BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG IN ORCHARD CROPS, SMALL FRUIT, GRAPES, VEGETABLES, & ORNAMENTALS - UNIV OF MD BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY, & MANAGEMENT OF BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG IN ORCHARD CROPS, SMALL FRUIT, GRAPES, VEGETABLES, & ORNAMENTALS - VA POLYTECH BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY, & MANAGEMENT OF BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG IN ORCHARD CROPS, SMALL FRUIT, GRAPES, VEGETABLES, & ORNAMENTALS - WASH ST UNIV BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY, & MANAGEMENT OF BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG IN ORCHARD CROPS, SMALL FRUIT, GRAPES, VEGETABLES, & ORNAMENTALS -NC STATE UNIV BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY, & MANAGEMENT OF BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG IN ORCHARD CROPS, SMALL FRUIT, GRAPES, VEGETABLES, & ORNAMENTALS -U OF DELAWARE BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY, AND MANAGEMENT OF BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG IN ORCHARD CROPS, SMALL FRUIT, GRAPES, VEGETABLES, AND ORNAMENTALS BIORATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF INSECT PESTS OF TEMPERATE TREE FRUITS BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG (BMSB) BIOLOGICAL CONTROL BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG (BMSB) IPM WORKING GROUP: CONTINUITY, NEW PRIORITIES, AND CONSUMERS -CFDA #10.303 BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG PHEROMONE LURES - AGBIO INC. BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG PHEROMONE LURES - ALPHA SCENTS, INC. BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG PHEROMONE LURES - HERCON ENVIRONMENTAL BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG PHEROMONE LURES - ISCA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG PHEROMONE LURES - SCENTRY BIOLOGICALS, INC. BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG PHEROMONE LURES - STERLING INTERNATIONAL, INC. BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG PHEROMONE LURES - TRECE, INC. CHARACTERIZATION OF GENOMIC DIVERITY AND EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS OF THE USDA-ARS MALUS GERMPLASM COLLECTION CHARACTERIZING, DETECTING, AND ELIMINATING PATHOGENS TO ENABLE THE SAFE INTRODUCTION OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES Commercial Testing of Early Scald Risk Assessment Tools CONSERVATION AND UTILIZATION OF THE GENETIC RESOURCES OF APPLES, GRAPES, AND TART CHERRIES CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE OF UV TECHNOLOGY CRYOPRESERVATION AND CRYOTHERAPY OF TROPICAL CROPS DEFINING METABOLISM ASSOCIATED WITH APPLE CO2 INJURY DEVELOPMENT DETERMINE FACTORS IN CONTROLLING PRECISION SPRAY APPLICATION TO NURSERIES AND FRUIT TREES DEVELOP SOFTWARE FOR MODELS PREDICTING PEST ACTIVITY FOR INTELLIGENT SPRAYER DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT OF A RELIABLE PHEROMONE LURE FOR BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG DEVELOPMENT OF A RELIABLE PHEROMONE LURE FOR BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG DEVELOPMENT OF ACTIVE PACKAGING MATERIALS, PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES, AND PRESERVATIVE METHODS FOR FOOD SAFETY AND PRESERVATION DEVELOPMENT OF AN EFFICIENT TISSUE-SPECIFIC TRANSGENE REMOVAL AND CONTAINMENT SYSTEM IN PLANTS DEVELOPMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING FRUIT DECAY DEVELOPMENT OF LINE-SCAN CHEMICAL IMAGING TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTION OF FOOD CONTAMINANTS AND ADULTERANTS DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING QUALITY AND SAFETY OF PROCESSED FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS, RICE, & FISH BY-PRODUCTS DEVELOPMENT OF PEST, DISEASE RESISTANCE, AND STRESS TOLERANCE IN APPLE ROOTSTOCKS DISCOVERY, BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF NATURAL ENEMIES OF INSECT PESTS OF CROP AND URBAN AND NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS FOR INTELLIGENT SPRAY APPLICATION IN FLORAL AND ORNAMENTAL NURSERY CROP PRODUCTION EFFECTS OF ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY ON EVAPORATION RATES OF PHEROMONE ENHANCING BIOLOGICAL CONTROL TO STABILIZE WESTERN ORCHARD IPM SYSTEMS EPICUTICULAR CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO ETHYLENE REGULATION IN APPLE EVALUATION AND MAINTENANCE OF FLAVOR, NUTRITIONAL AND OTHER QUALITY ATTRIBUTES OF FRESH AND FRESH-CUT PRODUCE EVALUATION OF GERMPLASM OF HORTICULTURAL AND SUGARCROPS FRUIT METABOLIC RESPONSES TO CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE 0XYGEN AND/OR CARBON DIOXIDE STRESS GENETIC & TRANSCRIPTOMIC ANALYSIS OF POSTHARVEST DECAY RESISTANCE IN M. SIEVERSII & IDENTIFICATION OF PATHOGENICITY EFFECTORS IN P. EXPANSUM GENETIC AND BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS DETERMINING FRESH PRODUCE QUALITY AND STORAGE LIFE GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF FRUIT QUALITY TRAITS IN THE USDA MALUS GERMPLASM COLLECTION MAINTAINED IN GENEVA, NEW YORK GENETIC CONTROLS OF APPLE FRUIT-SPECIFIC AUXIN GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF FRUIT CROPS THROUGH FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS AND BREEDING GENETIC, METABOLIC, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS REGULATING DECIDUOUS TREE FRUIT QUALITY GENOME SEQUENCE-BASED STRATEGIES FOR DETECTION & IDENTIFICATION OF PLANT PATHOGENIC PHYTOPLASMAS & SPIROPLASMAS, & VASCULAR WALLED BACTERIA Greater System Efficiency Fruit Quality via Soil Microbiology IDENTIFICATION OF GENETIC FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR APPLE FRUIT POSTHARVEST CO2 INJURY IDENTIFICATION OF NEUROPEPTIDES AND RECEPTORS IN CODLING MOTH AND SWD IDENTIFYING FIRE BLIGHT RESISTANCE IN M. SIEVERSII FOR SCION BREEDING Implementing Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation for Soilborne Disease Control in Strawberries and Apple Nurseries INTEGRATED APPROACH TO PROCESS AND PACKAGE TECHNOLOGIES INTEGRATED ORCHARD MANAGEMENT AND AUTOMATION FOR DECIDUOUS TREE FRUIT PRODUCTION Integrating Codling Moth Granulovirus into Conventional Orchards Integration of Host-Genotype and manipulation of soil biology for Soilborne Disease Control in Agro-Ecosystems INTELLIGENT SPRAY APPLICATIONS IN ORNAMENTAL NURSERIES IN MIDWEST AND NORTHEAST REGION STATES INTELLIGENT SPRAY APPLICATIONS IN ORNAMENTAL NURSERIES IN OREGON AND WESTERN STATES INTELLIGENT SPRAY APPLICATIONS IN ORNAMENTAL NURSERIES IN TENNESSEE AND SOUTH CENTRAL REGION STATES INTELLIGENT SPRAY SYSTEMS FOR FLORAL AND ORNAMENTAL NURSERY CROPS INTERVENTION TECHNOLOGIES FOR MINIMALLY PROCESSED FOODS KINETICS OF SEED DETERIORATION IN DIVERSE LINES OF RYE, WHEAT AND TRITICALE MANIPULATING HOST- & MATE-FINDING BEHAVIOR OF PLUM CURCULIO: DVLPMNT OF A MULTI-LIFE STAGE MGMNT STRATEGY FOR A KEY FRUIT PEST -CFDA #10.309 MANIPULATING HOST- & MATE-FINDING BEHAVIOR OF PLUM CURCULIO: DVLPMNT OF A MULTI-LIFE STAGE MGMNT STRATEGY FOR A KEY FRUIT PEST -CFDA #10.309 MANIPULATING HOST- & MATE-FINDING BEHAVIOR OF PLUM CURCULIO: DVLPMNT OF A MULTI-LIFE STAGE MGMNT STRATEGY FOR A KEY FRUIT PEST -CFDA #10.309 MANIPULATING HOST- & MATE-FINDING BEHAVIOR OF PLUM CURCULIO: DVLPMNT OF A MULTI-LIFE STAGE MGMNT STRATEGY FOR A KEY FRUIT PEST -CFDA #10.309 MANIPULATING HOST- AND MATE-FINDING BEHAVIOR OF THE PLUM CURCULIO: DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-LIFE STAGE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY MANIPULATION OF ETHYLENE RESPONSES IN APPLE AND PEAR FRUIT MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN USDA-ARS EBCL AND THE JOINT GENOMIC CENTER SOFIA UNIVERSITY "ST. KLIMENT OHRIDSKI" Methods for Rapid Identification and Functional Analysis of Fungi Causing Postharvest Decay of Pome Fruit MODELING PARTICLE FILM EFFECTS ON PHOTOSYNTHESIS MODELING PARTICLE FILM EFFECTS ON PHOTOSYNTHESIS MOLECULAR FINGERPRINTING OF MICROBIAL POPULATIONS IN PHYTOPLASMA-DISEASED PLANTS MONITORING ADULT LEAFROLLERS AND CODLING MOTH WITH ONE NON-PHEROMONE LURE MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT TOOLS FOR BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG IN APPLE MONITORING THE SEED HEALTH IN CONVENTIONAL LONG-TERM EX SITU STORAGE NEW SUSTAINABLE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES TO PRODUCE HEALTHY, VALUE-ADDED FOODS FROM SPECIALTY CROPS AND THEIR CO-PRODUCTS Non-Fumigant Strategies for Soilborne Disease Control in California Strawberry Production Systems Non-Fumignat Strategies for Soilborne Disease Control in California Strawberry Production Systems NON-FUNDED COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ARS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ADVANCED SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE (UC SOLAR) Olfactory Proteins as Targets for Enhanced Codling Moth Control PEST RISK ANALYSES FOR TEMPERATE FRUIT FLIES IN EXPORTED FRUITS PEST RISK ANALYSES FOR TEMPERATE FRUIT FLIES IN EXPORTED FRUITS PEST RISK ANALYSES FOR TEMPERATE FRUIT FLIES IN EXPORTED FRUITS PHYTOPLASMAS CAUSING DISEASES OF TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL PLANTS IN PUERTO RICO AND THE CARIBBEAN REGION PLANT COLLECTION AND DIVERSITY ANALYSES OF MALUS FUSCA PRESERVATION AND QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES Quality based inspection and sorting of specialty crops using imaging and physical methods RAPID AND ACCURATE DIAGNOSTIC DETECTION/IDENTIFICATION OF EXOTIC PHYTOPLASMAS INFECTING GRAPEVINE, APPLE, AND STONE FRUITS RESEARCH TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR PRESERVING PLANT GENETIC DIVERSITY IN EX SITU GENEBANKS SEQUENCING AND ASSEMBLY OF THE PRUNUS DOMESTICA CV. IMPROVED FRENCH GENOME STAFFING AND OPERATION FOR NATIONAL CLONAL REPOSITORIES FOR PLANT GERMPLASM STRESS GENE PROMOTERS IN FRUIT TECHNOLOGIES FOR QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES TECHNOLOGIES FOR QUALITY MEASUREMENT AND GRADING OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES TECHNOLOGY FOR PRESORTING APPLES IN THE ORCHARD Testing Biomarker-Based Tools for Scald Risk Assessment During Storage TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS OF APPLE FRUIT DEVELOPMENT AND DISORDERS USING FUNCTIONAL AND APPLIED GENOMICS TO IMPROVE STRESS AND DISEASE RESISTANCE IN FRUIT TREES WHOLE FARM ORGANIC MANAGEMENT OF BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG AND OTHER PENTATOMIDS THROUGH HABITAT MANIPULATION         Last Modified: 05/21/2013