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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general Other beef cattle products Other cultured finfish Other cultured shellfish Other dairy cattle products Other Pollinators Other poultry products Other products of the forest Other swine products Oysters Papaya Parks and urban green space Pasture Pasture and forage crops, general/other Peach Peanut Pear Peas (dry) Peas (fresh, fresh-processed) Pecan People and communities, general/other Peppers Perennial grasses, other Pesticides (includes herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, etc.) Pineapple Pinyon-juniper Plant research, general Plum Potato Potted plants Poultry meat Poultry, general/other Raisin grapes Rangelands and grasslands, general Rangelands, other Raspberry Red clover Remote sensing equipment and technology Research equipment and methods, general/other Rhizomes, tubers, bulbs, and root crops, general/other (for potato use 1310) Rice River basins Rubber, gum, and resin plants, other Rye Salmon Seeds and other plant propagules Sewage and waste disposal facilities and 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 Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480) ADVANCED CONVERSION TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUGARS AND BIOFUELS: SUPERIOR FEEDSTOCKS, PRETREATMENTS, INHIBITOR REMOVAL, AND ENZYMES ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT CROPPING SYSTEMS FOR THE SHORT GROWING SEASONS AND COLD, WET SOILS OF THE UPPER MIDWEST AFLATOXIN CONTROL IN PISTACHIOS, ALMONDS, AND FIGS: BIOCONTROL USING ATOXIGENIC STRAINS AFLATOXIN GENETIC RESISTANCE IN MAIZE Aflatoxin Mitigation Using Biocontrol in Maize and gGroundnut in Zambia AGRICHEMICAL LEACHING FROM NURSERY CONTAINERS DURING WINTER MONTHS Agricultural Crop Improvement through Genomic and Molecular Research on Mechanisms of Plant Growth and Adaption to a Changing Environment AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS MEASUREMENTS OF GREENHOUSE GASES AMYLOSE HELICAL INCLUSION COMPLEXES FOR FOOD AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS AN ADAPTIVE FRAMEWORK FOR NON-TARGET RISK ASSESSMENT OF RNAI-BASED, INSECT RESISTANT GM CROPS Analyses of Corn Samples for Mycotoxins Analysis of Clinal Variation in Maize: Implementation of an Experimental Framework for Studying Crop Adaptation ANALYSIS OF CLINAL VARIATION IN MAIZE: IMPLEMENTATION OF AN EXPERIMENTAL FRAMEWORK FOR STUDYING CROP ADAPTATION Analysis of F.I.R.S.T. soybeans from crop year 2012 for amino acids Analysis of the Biochemical Pathway and Genetics of Seed Phytate in Barley ANIMAL WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN CT CROPPING SYSTEMS IN THE TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION OF N. ALABAMA ANNOTATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE TOMATO FRUIT METABOLOME AREA-WIDE MANAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL PESTS Assembly and Annotation of Lygus Lineolaris (Tarnished Plant Bug) Genome ASSESSING INTERPLANT MOVEMENT OF EUROPEAN CORN BORERS ASSESSING THE RISK OF EUROPEAN CORN BORER ADAPTATION TO TRANSGENIC MAIZE Assessment of Biochemical Factors Involved in Selection of Isolates for Biocontrol of Aflatoxin Contamination of Corn ASSESSMENT OF GENETIC EROSION IN FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY IN BRASSICA GERMPLASM COLLECTIONS ASSOCIATION MAPPING IN CROP PLANTS BACTERIAL ENDOSYMBIONTS THAT FACILITATE GRANIVORY IN OMNIVOROUS INSECTS BALANCING PRODUCTION GAINS AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF NITROGEN FERTILIZER MANAGEMENT PRACTICES BASELINE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF TARNISHED PLANT BUG TO THE INSECT GROWTH REGULATOR, NOVALURON BIO-BASED LUBRICANTS FROM FARM-BASED RAW MATERIALS BIOBASED POLYMERS FROM AGRICULTURAL BIOMASS BIOCONTROL AGENT PRODUCTION AND DEPLOYMENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF PLANT PATHOGENS BIOCONTROL OF AFLATOXIN AND OTHER MYCOTOXINS IN MAIZE USING NON-TOXIGENIC STRAINS OF ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS BIOHYDROGEN AND SUCCINIC ACID PRODUCTION Biological Control of Aflatoxins in Burkina Faso for Improved Food Security BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF WHITE GRUBS INFESTING TURF BY THE APPLICATION OF METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF WHITE GRUBS INFESTING TURF BY THE APPLICATION OF METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE BIOLOGICALLY-BASED TECHNOLOGIES FOR MANAGEMENT OF CROP INSECT PESTS IN LOCAL AND AREAWIDE PROGRAMS BIOLOGY, PATHOLOGY, AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF EMERGING OOMYCETE PATHOGENS BIOPRODUCTS FROM AGRICULTURAL FEEDSTOCKS BIOREFINING PROCESSES BLENDED REFUGE VERSUS BLOCK REFUGE BRACHYPODIUM DISTACHYON GERMPLASM COLLECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION Breeding and Mapping of Aflatoxin Genetic Resistance in Maize Breeding and Testing for Aflatoxin Resistance Breeding Corn for Resistance to Aspergillus Flavus Infection and Aflatoxin Accumulation Breeding High Yielding Basmati Rice with Low Phytic Acid for Increasing Bioavailabiltiy of Iron and Zinc BREEDING HIGH-QUALITY CORN FOR LOW-INPUT AND ORGANIC FARMING SYSTEMS Broadening the Genetic Base of U.S. Maize with Genes from Unadapted Germplasm Catalytic conversion of biomass residues - lignocelulosic and acidic vegetable oil to produce biofuel precursors, chemical and co-products w CHARACTERIZATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF PLANT RESISTANCE TO WATER-DEFICIT AND THERMAL STRESSES CHARACTERIZATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF PLANT RESISTANCE TO WATER-DEFICIT AND THERMAL STRESSES CHARACTERIZATION OF PUP1 CANDIDATE GENES CHEMICAL BIOLOGY OF INSECT AND PLANT SIGNALING SYSTEMS CLONING, CHARACTERIZATION, AND VALIDATION OF PUP1/P EFFICIENCY IN MAIZE CLONING, CHARACTERIZATION, AND VALIDATION OF PUP1/P EFFICIENCY IN MAIZE COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN THE AREAS OF FOOD SAFETY AND FUNCTION FOOD DEVELOPMENT BASED ON DAIRY AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES COLLECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BRACHYPODIUM DISTACHYON GERMPLASM COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF GENOME ORGANIZATION BETWEEN A. FLAVUS AND A. ORYZAE COMPARATIVE GENOME SEQUENCE ANALYSIS AND GENETIC ENGINEERING OF TOLERANT ETHANOLOGENIC YEAST SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE NRRL Y-50049 COMPARATIVE GENOMIC SYSTEMS FOR MOLECULAR DETECTION AND CONTROL OF TOXIGENIC FUSARIUM Compositional analysis and metabolic profiling on diverse maize lines and land races CONSERVATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH FOR IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND PRODUCER PROFITABILITY Control of Aflatoxin Production by Targeting Aflatoxin Biosynthesis CONTROL OF FUMONISIN MYCOTOXIN CONTAMINATION IN MAIZE THROUGH ELUCIDATION OF GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ... METABOLISM IN FUSARIUM CONTROL OF TOXIC ENDOPHYTIC FUNGI WITH BACTERIAL ENDOPHYTES AND REGULATION OF BACTERIAL METABOLITES FOR NOVEL USES IN FOOD SAFETY CONTROL OF VIRUS DISEASES IN CORN AND SOYBEAN Cooperator's Proposal for LSUROP Summer Funding Corn Seed Chipping for Rapid DNA Extraction CROP MANAGEMENT TO REDUCE AFLATOXIN CONTAMINATION AND IMPROVE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL CROP PROTECTION AND PRODUCTION STRATEGIES FOR HORTICULTURAL CROPS CRYOPRESERVATION AND CRYOTHERAPY OF TROPICAL CROPS DETECTION OF MYCOTOXINS WITH FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY AND AMBIENT IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY DETERMINATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF UNINTENDED EFFECTS IN GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD CROPS DETERMINATION OF AFLATOXIN-RESISTANCE IN CORN INBREDS DETERMINATION OF ENERGY CONTENT OF CROP AND COVER CROP BIOMASS DETERMINATION OF STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS IN BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES USING BIOPHYSICAL APPROACHES DETERMINE FACTORS IN CONTROLLING PRECISION SPRAY APPLICATION TO NURSERIES AND FRUIT TREES DETERMINE THE OPTIMAL CONCENTRATION AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF TANNINS FOR PROTECTING FORAGE PROTEINS DEVELOP NON-TRADITIONAL APPLICATIONS OF DRY EDIBLE BEANS DEVELOPING BACTERICIDAL YEAST FOR CELLULOSIC FUEL ETHANOL PRODUCTION DEVELOPING IMPROVED SOIL AND CROP MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN THE SOUTHEAST DEVELOPING NEW STORED GRAIN PACK FACTORS WITH KNOWN ACCURACY FOR THE COMMON GRAINS IN TRADE UNDER A COMPLETE RANGE OF FIELD CONDITIONS Developing Resistance to Aflatoxin through Seed-Based Technologies Development and Application of Genetic, Genomic, and Bioinformatic Resources in Maize DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF WHOLE-GRAIN RICH, ALLERGEN-FREE AND GLUTEN-FREE FOODS DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF IRRIGATION SCHEDULING TOOLS FOR MISSISSIPPI PRODUCERS DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF SPECIALTY STARCH GERMPLASM UTILIZING GEM BIODIVERSITY TO OPTIMIZE GRAIN QUALITY, COMPOSITION, AND YIELD DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF BIOMASS CROPPING MANAGEMENT TOOLS FOR SUSTAINABLE HARVESTING OF ENERGY PRODUCTION FEEDSTOCKS DEVELOPMENT OF A COST-EFFECTIVE FORMULATION OF ATOXIGENIC STRAINS TO ENABLE LARGE-SCALE ADOPTION IN AFRICA AND THE US DEVELOPMENT OF A REAL-TIME ELECTRONIC SENSOR TO DETECT ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS GROWTH ON STORED CORN DEVELOPMENT OF ACTIVE PACKAGING MATERIALS, PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES, AND PRESERVATIVE METHODS FOR FOOD SAFETY AND PRESERVATION DEVELOPMENT OF ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGY THAT MEASURES SOYBEAN QUALITY ATTRIBUTES RAPIDLY, COST EFFECTIVELY, AND CONSISTENTLY DEVELOPMENT OF ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGY THAT MEASURES SOYBEAN QUALITY ATTRIBUTES RAPIDLY, COST EFFECTIVELY, AND CONSISTENTLY DEVELOPMENT OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF AFLATOXINS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH, INCREASE TRADE AND ENHANCE FOOD SECURITY IN NIGERIA AND KENYA DEVELOPMENT OF CRY34/35AB1 RESISTANT ROOTWORM COLONIES & EVALUATION OF INHERITANCE IN ROOTWORM COLONIES DEVELOPMENT OF FUNCTIONAL MOLECULAR MARKERS FOR THE GA1 LOCUS DEVELOPMENT OF GEM LINE STARCH TO IMPROVE NUTRITIONAL VALUE AND BIO-FUEL PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT OF GENOMIC TOOLS FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF EUROPEAN CORN BORER POPULATION DYNAMICS DEVELOPMENT OF MAIZE INBREDS, HYBRIDS & ENHANCED GEM BREEDING POPULATIONS FOR SUPERIOR SILAGE, BIOFEEDSTOCK YIELD & COMPOSITIONAL ATTRIBUTES DEVELOPMENT OF MULTI-TACTIC WEED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE CROP PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT OF RAPID, NON-DESTRUCTIVE HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING METHODOLOGY TO MEASURE FUNGAL GROWTH AND AFLATOXIN CONTAMINATION DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND WATER MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY FOR THE MID SOUTH DEVELOPMENT OF TEST SYSTEM ON THE BENEFICIAL GROUND BEETLE POECILUS CHALCITES DEVELOPMENT OF WATER MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE MID-SOUTH DIGESTION PROCESS FOR CONVERTING AGRICULTURAL BYPRODUCTS, FISH WASTE AND MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES INTO BIOENERGY DISCOVERY AND UTILIZATION OF BIOACTIVE COMPONENTS FROM NEW CROPS AND AGRICULTURAL CO-PRODUCTS Disease Resistance Signaling in Cereal Crops DISTRIBUTED ON-FARM BIOENERGY, BIOFUELS AND BIOCHEMICALS (FARMBIO3) DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION VIA INTEGRATED CATALYTIC THERMOLYSIS DISTRIBUTED-SCALE PYROLYSIS OF AGRICULTURAL BIOMASS FOR PRODUCTION OF REFINABLE CRUDE BIO-OIL AND VALUABLE COPRODUCTS ECOLOGICALLY BASED MANAGEMENT OF BOLL WEEVILS AND OTHER ROW CROP PESTS UNDER TRANSITION TO BOLL WEEVIL ERADICATION IN TEMPERATE REGIONS ECOLOGICALLY BASED PEST MANAGEMENT IN MODERN CROPPING SYSTEMS ECOLOGICALLY-BASED MANAGEMENT OF INSECT PESTS OF CORN, WITH EMPHASIS ON CORN BORERS, ROOTWORMS, AND CUTWORMS Ecology of natural and inoculated populations of a microbial biopesticides controlling fusarium fead blight ECOLOGY, GENOMICS, AND MANAGEMENT OF STORED PRODUCT INSECTS ECOLOGY, MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF WEEDY AND INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES IN A CHANGING CLIMATE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF BT CORN TECHNOLOGIES AND ASSOCIATED REFUGE SYSTEMS EMBRAPA AGROENERGY POST-DOCTORAL TRAINING AT ARS ON PYROLYSIS OF BRAZILIAN BASED BIOMASS FEEDSTOCKS TO FUNGIBLE FUELS AND COPRODUCTS ENGAGING FARMERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF CORN VARIETIES FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE ENHANCED INSECT RESISTANCE AND CROP MANAGEMENT FOR REDUCTION OF MYCOTOXINS IN MIDWEST CORN ENHANCING CORN WITH RESISTANCE TO AFLATOXIN CONTAMINATION AND INSECT DAMAGE Enhancing Plant Resistance to Water-Deficit and Thermal Stresses in Economically Important Crops ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF CORN STOVER REMOVAL ESTABLISHING NEW GRAIN PACKING FACTORS: FIELD DATA FROM THE WESTERN U.S. EVALUATE EUROPEAN CORN BORER INJURY AND PRODUCTION FROM OPTIMUM ACREMAX 2 EVALUATING DIFFERENT BIOCHARS AND THEIR IMPACT ON SOIL C, TRACE GAS EXCHANGE, AND AGROCHEMICAL FATE AND TRANSPORT EVALUATING DIFFERENT BIOCHARS AND THEIR IMPACT ON SOIL C, TRACE GAS EXCHANGE, SOIL FERTILITY, WATER HOLDING CAPACITY AND AGROCHEMICAL FATE EVALUATING NON-BT REFUGE NEEDS FOR THE CORN BELT: EFFECTS OF EUROPEAN CORN BORER RESISTANCE ALLELES AND MULTIPLE-TOXIN BT HYBRIDS EVALUATING NON-TARGET EFFECTS OF ROOTWORM MAIZE (CRY34/35AB1) ON CARABID BEETLES EVALUATION OF GRAIN AMARANTH (AMARANTHUS SPP.) FOR BIOMASS CHARACTERS EVALUATION OF GRAIN MONITORING CABLES DURING LOW-TEMPERATURE DRYING EVALUATION OF LOW-TEMPERATURE DRYING AND AERATION MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEM EVALUATION OF NEW MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR INCREASING CORN PRODUCTION AND REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS FOLLOWING FALL ANHYDROUS AMMONIA Evaluation of the Behavioral Evolution of the Western Corn Rootworm in Response to the Presence of Bt Corn EVALUATION OF THLASPI AND CAMELINA ACCESSIONS EXPANDING THE BREEDER'S TOOLBOX FOR PERENNIAL GRASSES EXPANSION OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL TO MANAGE AFLATOXIN IN MAIZE & GROUNDNUT USING REGIONALLY-ADAPTED BENEFICIAL FUNGI IN EASTERN & WEST AFRICA EXPLOITING CANOPY POSITION EFFECTS ON COMPOSITION TO ENHANCE SEED QUALITY FACTORS INFLUENCING COMPETITIVENESS OF THE ATOXIGENIC STRAIN A. FLAVUS AF36 WITH THE HIGHLY TOXIGENIC S STRAIN IN COTTON CROPPING SYSTEMS FAST PYROLYSIS OF BIOMASS FEEDING STUDIES AND ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL NON-TARGET EFFECTS ON THE BENEFICIAL LADY BEETLE COLEOMEGILLA MACULATA FEMALE-SPECIFIC EMBRYONIC LETHALITY STRAINS FOR THE MEXICAN FRUIT FLY, ANASTREPHA LUDENS FIELD TESTING OF SORGHUM LINES FOR VARIATION IN P EFFICIENCY DUE TO THE PUP1 LOCUS FOOD INTERACTIONS AND FACTORS THAT AFFECT IRON BIOAVAILABILITY FROM BEANS AND PEARL MILLET FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY, APPLICATION OF NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES & UTILIZATION OF WASTE POMACE FROM FRUIT & VEGETABLE PROCESSING - COLLABORATIVE RES FROM GENE TO LANDSCAPE: A HIERARCHICAL APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING THE EVOLUTION AND SPREAD OF HERBICIDE RESISTANCE IN AMARANTHUS TUBERCULATUS FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AND MANIPULATION OF ANTIOXIDANT GENE EXPRESSION FOR IMPROVED FITNESS IN MALES STERILIZED FOR STERILE INSECT TECHNIQUE FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS OF AGRONOMIC TRAITS IN DEVELOPING SEED AND POLLEN IN MAIZE AND SORGHUM FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS OF CEREAL DISEASE DEFENSE FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS OF PLANT ARCHITECTURE FUNGI AS SOURCES OF SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF BOTULISM NEUROTOXINS GENERATION OF SIRRL GENETIC MARKERS FOR EUROPEAN CORN BORER, WESTERN BEAN CUTWORM, AND A TORTRICID PEST OF PRAIRIE CORD GRASS Genetic Analysis of Complex Traits in Maize GENETIC ANALYSIS OF SELECTION RESPONSE IN MAIZE POPULATIONS GENETIC AND GENOMIC APPROACHES TO IMPROVE PEANUT AND CORN RESISTANCE TO DISEASE AND AFLATOXIN CONTAMINATION GENETIC CONTROL OF FUSARIUM MYCOTOXINS TO ENHANCE FOOD SAFETY GENETIC ENGINEERING COTTON FOR ENHANCED RESISTANCE TO ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS Genetic Enhancement of the U.S. Maize Genepool with Unadapted Maize Germplasm GENETIC FOUNDATIONS FOR BIOENERGY FEEDSTOCKS Genetic Improvement of Maize and Sorghum for Resistance to Biotic Stress Genetic Improvement of Maize with Enhanced Resistance to Aflatoxin and Insects Genetics and Genomics of Complex Traits in Grain Crops GENETICS OF HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MYCOSPHAERELLA GRAMINICOLA AND WHEAT Genome Sequencing, Analysis, and Functional Genomic Studies of Aspergillus Flavus GENOMIC AND GENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE CEREAL CIRCADIAN SYSTEM AND CROP PRODUCTION GENOMIC APPROACHES TO IMPROVING TRANSPORT AND DETOXIFICATION OF SELECTED MINERAL ELEMENTS IN CROP PLANTS GENOMIC RESOURCES TO ACCELERATE WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM RESEARCH GENOMICS AND ENGINEERING OF STRESS TOLERANT MICROBES FOR LOWER COST PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL FROM LIGNOCELLULOSE GERMPLASM ENHANCEMENT OF MAIZE PROJECT (GEM) Germplasm Regeneration, Characterization, Evaluation and Phytosanitary Assessment of Quarantined and Tropically-Adapted Genetic Resources GLOBAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTALLY-INDUCED BIRTH DEFECTS: BIOMARKERS & MECHANISMS OF GESTATIONAL FUMONISIN EXPOSURE & NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS GRASSLAND PRODUCTIVITY AND CARBON DYNAMICS: CONSEQUENCES OF CHANGE IN ATMOSPHERIC CO2, PRECIPITATION, AND PLANT SPECIES COMPOSITION, ... Identification and Analysis of Plant Architectural Genes in Maize IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF PROTEINS/GENES ASSOCIATED WITH AFLATOXIN-RESISTANCE IN SOYBEAN AND MAIZE Identification and Validation of Insect and Disease Resistance Mechanisms to Reduce Mycotoxin Production in Midwest Corn IDENTIFICATION OF GENE MARKERS IN AFLATOXIN-RESISTANT MAIZE LINES DEVELOPED THROUGH THE IITA-USDA-SRRC COLLABORATION IDENTIFICATION OF GENES ASSOCIATED WITH RESISTANCE TO ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS INFECTION AND AFLATOXIN ACCUMULATION IN MAIZE IDENTIFICATION OF GENES CONTROLLING ROOT SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE TRAITS IMPORTANT FOR P ACQUISITION AND AL TOLERANCE FOR CROP ON ACID SOILS IDENTIFICATION OF GENETIC MARKERS FOR RESISTANCE TO ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS GROWTH AND AFLATOXIN ACCUMULATION Identification of Novel Sources of Resistance to Ear Rot and Aflatoxin Accumulation in Corn Identification of Regulatory Genes in A. Flavus and A. Nidulans that are Involved in Mycotoxin Production, Morphogenesis, and Virulence IDENTIFYING AND MANIPULATING DETERMINANTS OF PHOTOSYNTHATE PRODUCTION AND PARTITIONING Identifying and Manipulating Key Determinants of Photosynthetic Production and Partitioning IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON PLANT DEFENSE RESPONSES INDUCED BY INSECT HERBIVORES AND PLANT PATHOGENS IMPROVED AFLATOXIN MANAGEMENT IN CORN THROUGH AFLA-GUARD AND THE EFFECTS OF LATE SEASON FUNGICIDES AND AFLA-GUARD ON AFLATOXIN CONTAMIN... IMPROVED AFLATOXIN MANAGEMENT IN CORN WITH AFLA-GUARD AND THE EFFECTS OF LATE SEASON FUNGICIDE AND AFLA-GUARD COMBINATIONS ON AFLATOXIN ... IMPROVED MEASUREMENT, MONITORING, AND MITIGATION OF NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS AND RELATED N LOSSES FROM INTENSIVELY FERTILIZED AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS IMPROVED SENSING SYSTEMS FOR GRAIN QUALITY MEASUREMENT AND STORAGE IMPROVED UTILIZATION OF PROTEINACEOUS CROP CO-PRODUCTS AND RESIDUES IMPROVEMENT OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL FUNGI FOR REDUCTION OF AFLATOXIN CONTAMINATION IMPROVING BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SUSTAINABLE FUELS AND CHEMICALS IMPROVING GRAIN YIELD ON ACID SOILS BY THE IDENTIFICATION OF GENETIC FACTORS UNDERLYING DROUGHT AND ALUMINUM TOLERANCE IN MAIZE AND SORGHUM IMPROVING HUMAN HEALTH USING FUNCTIONAL FOOD INGREDIENTS FROM BY-PRODUCTS OF GRAIN MILLING INDUSTRIES USING INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES IMPROVING IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT AND IRRIGATED CROP PRODUCTION IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IMPROVING IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT FOR HUMID AND SUB-HUMID CLIMATES IMPROVING PHOSPHORUS EFFICIENCY IN SORGHUM BY THE IDENTIFICATION & VALIDATION OF SORGHUM HOMOLOGS FOR PUP1 IMPROVING THE ACID SOIL TOLERANCE, MICRONUTRIENT STATUS, AND NUTRITIONAL QUALITY OF STAPLE FOOD CROPS IMPROVING THE IRON BIOAVAILABILITY FROM STAPLE FOOD CROPS, FOOD PRODUCTS, AND FOOD INGREDIENTS In Vitro and In Vivo Assessment of Iron Bioavailability of Biofortified Transgenic Sorghum INCREASING SUSTAINABILITY AND MITIGATING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS OF FOOD AND BIOFUEL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS OF THE UPPER MIDWEST U.S. INFLUENCE OF AGRICHEMICALS ON ASPERGILLUS COMMUNITIES AND AFLATOXIN MANAGEMENT: PHYSIOLOGIC AND GENETIC ANALYSIS INFLUENCES OF AGRONOMIC PRACTICES ON SELECTION OF GENETICALLY DISTINCT ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS DURING CYCLES OF AFLATOXIN CONTAMINATION INNOVATIVE MATERIALS FOR USE IN MYCOTOXIN DETECTION INSECT ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS FOR INSECT PEST MANAGEMENT IN THE SOUTHEASTERN REGION INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT AND NEW CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR PESTS OF CORN, COTTON, SORGHUM, SOYBEAN, AND SWEET POTATO Insertional Mutagenesis of Brachypodium Distachyon (FY 2012-FY 2014) INTEGRATED WEED MANAGEMENT FOR MAIZE-FINGERMILLET PRODUCTION SYSTEMS OF THE MID-HILLS OF NEPAL INTERNATIONAL FIELD VALIDATION OF A NEW IPCC "TIER IV" INVENTORY MODEL FOR LANDFILL METHANE EMISSIONS KINETICS OF SEED DETERIORATION IN DIVERSE LINES OF RYE, WHEAT AND TRITICALE KNOWLEDGE OF SOIL-PLANT-HUMAN FOOD SYSTEMS TO ENHANCE IRON AND ZINC BIOAVAILABILITY IN PLANT FOODS LANDSCAPE-BASED CROP MANAGEMENT FOR FOOD, FEED, AND BIOENERGY LARVAL FEEDING BEHAVIOR - A ROLE IN RESISTANCE OF THE WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM TO TRANSGENIC CORN LINKS BETWEEN RETURN MIGRATION OF CROP PEST INSECTS AND BAT FORAGING BEHAVIORS AND BODY CONDITION LONG-TERM SHELF-LIFE STUDIES OF WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATES (WPC 34 AND WPC 80) LOW MOISTURE ANHYDROUS AMMONIA (LMAA) PRETREATMENT PROCESS OF CORN STOVER FOR PRODUCTION OF BUTANOL AND INTEGRATION WITH LONG TERM STORAGE Maize Genetic Stock Management and Utilization Management of Crop Genetic Resources and Associated Information MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR MITIGATING NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS AND OTHER N LOSSES FROM CORN PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES TO SUSTAIN IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE WITH LIMITED WATER SUPPLIES MANIPULATING THE OVERWINTERING DIAPAUSE OF HELIOTHINES WITH DIAPAUSE HORMONE MAPPING MULTIPLE VIRUS RESISTANCE IN MAIZE OH1VI MASS PRODUCTION OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS MAXIMIZING CONSERVATION IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED WITH A NEW 3-WAY INTERSEEDER MEASUREMENT AND MODELING OF SEASONAL PLANT WATER AND NUTRIENT USE TO DETERMINE OPTIMAL RATES FOR NURSERY PRODUCTION -WILLOWAY NURSERY MEMBRANE SEPARATIONS FOR MICROBIAL AND ANTIBIOTIC REDUCTION AND MITIGATION OF HEAT TRANSFER FOULING DURING FUEL ETHANOL PRODUCTION METABOLOMICS: IDENTIFICATION OF INDUCIBLE BIOACTIVE METABOLITES IN PLANTS METABOLOMICS: IDENTIFICATION OF INDUCIBLE BIOACTIVE METABOLITES IN PLANTS WITH JAPAN MICROSTRUCTURED AND HEALTH-FUNCTIONALIZED FOOD PROTEINS MIR604- and 5307-Western Corn Rootworm Resistant Colonies: Follow-up Studies MODEL AND FIELD DATA FOR ESTABLISHING NEW GRAIN PACKING FACTORS MODIFICATION OF NATURAL POLYMERS BY NOVEL PROCESSES MOLECULAR APPROACHES TO ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS ECOLOGY AND CHARACTERIZATION OF COLONIZATION BY NON-TOXIGENIC BIOCONTROL STRAINS Molecular Biology of Pollen and Pollen-Pistil Interactions in Crop Plants MOLECULAR DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS OF POLLEN AND POLLEN-PISTIL INTERACTIONS IN CROP PLANTS MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF PHYTOCHROME SIGNALING AND GENE REGULATION Molecular Tools to Minimize Risk in Genetically Engineered Crops MONITORING THE SEED HEALTH IN CONVENTIONAL LONG-TERM EX SITU STORAGE MYCOTOXINS AS A RISK FACTOR IN CHILDHOOD GROWTH IMPAIRMENT WORLDWIDE NATIONAL PLANT DISEASES RECOVERY SYSTEM NEW BIOACTIVE AND BIOBASED PRODUCTS FROM PLANT CELL WALL POLYSACCHARIDES IN SUGAR BEET PULP, CITRUS PEEL AND OTHER ... PROCESSING RESIDUES NEW STATISTICAL TOOLS TO STUDY AFLATOXIN GENETIC RESISTANCE IN MAIZE NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE DISSECTION OF COMPLEX PHENOTYPIC TRAITS IN LEPIDOPTERA Nitrogen Cycling and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Cover Crop-Based Organic Rotational No-Till Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement Between University of California, Berkeley and U.S. Department of Agriculture,Agricultural Research Service NORTHEAST WOODY/WARM-SEASON BIOMASS CONSORTIUM: DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF REGIONALLY-APPROPRIATE BIOMASS FEEDSTOCKS NOVEL GENES/PROMOTERS FOR TOLERANCE TO ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC STRESS AND THEIR ROLE(S) IN ASPERGILLUS INFECTION AND AFLATOXIN CONTAMINATION NOVEL MICROBIAL SENSING AND ELIMINATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR PROTECTION OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES NOVEL STARCH-BASED MATERIALS NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES FOR PRODUCING RENEWABLE CHEMICALS AND POLYMERS FROM CARBOHYDRATES DERIVED FROM AGRICULTURAL FEEDSTOCKS NOVEL TECHNOLOGY FOR RENEWABLE RESOURCE UTILIZATION ON-FARM RESEARCH AND EXTENSION TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT OF ORGANIC GRAIN CROPPING SYSTEMS IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION ON-FARM RESEARCH AND EXTENSION TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT OF ORGANIC GRAIN CROPPING SYSTEMS IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION OPTIMIZATION OF DENITRIFYING BIOFILTER PERFORMANCE WITH AGRICULTURAL RESIDUE-BASED FILTER MEDIA Permanent Living Mulches for Farmable Buffer Strips and Vegetative Waterways PHENOMIC ANALYSIS OF BRACHYPODIUM DISTACHYON PHENOMIC ANALYSIS OF NATURAL AND INDUCED VARIATION IN BRACHYPODIUM DISTACHYON Plant and Microbial Genetic Resource Preservation and Quality Assessment PLANT AND SEED CHEMISTRY GENETICS PLANT GENETIC RESOURCE AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PLANT HEALTH IN MODERN CROPPING SYSTEMS PLANT RESISTANCE, BIOLOGY, AND RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT OF CORN PESTS, WITH EMPHASIS ON WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM PLANT/SOIL MICROBE INTERACTIONS AND PLANT HEALTH IN MODERN CROPPING SYSTEMS POSITIONAL CLONING IN MAIZE OF GENES THAT REGULATE PLANT ARCHITECTURE Post-Doctor training and research on screening for inhibiting fungal infection and aflatoxin production in peanut and other crop PRACTICES TO PROTECT WATER QUALITY AND CONSERVE SOIL AND WATER RESOURCES IN AGRONOMIC AND HORTICULTURAL SYSTEMS IN THE NORTH CENTRAL US PRECISION ZONAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR RESILIENT CEREAL YIELDS UNDER VARIABLE CLIMATES PRECISION ZONAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR RESILIENT CEREAL YIELDS UNDER VARIABLE CLIMATES PREDICTIVE MODELING & MITIGATION OF EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON MIGRATION & INFESTATION PATTERNS OF SEMITROPICAL/TROPICAL CROP PEST INSECTS PREDICTIVE MODELING & MITIGATION OF EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON MIGRATION & INFESTATION PATTERNS OF SEMITROPICAL/TROPICAL CROP PEST INSECTS PREDICTIVE MODELING & MITIGATION OF EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON MIGRATION & INFESTATION PATTERNS OF SEMITROPICAL/TROPICAL CROP PEST INSECTS PRESERVATION AND QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES PRESERVATION, ENHANCEMENT, AND MEASUREMENT OF GRAIN QUALITY AND MARKETABILITY PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR IMPROVING ORGANIC FARMING IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES FOR PRODUCING BIOFUELS AND COPRODUCTS FROM LIGNOCELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCKS PRODUCTION, STABILIZATION AND FORMULATION OF MICROBIAL AGENTS AND THEIR NATURAL PRODUCTS PROGRESS IN THE EVOLUTION OF AN AREA-WIDE AFLATOXIN MANAGEMENT PROGRAM UTILIZING ATOXIGENIC STRAIN TECHNOLOGY PROTECTIVE ENDOPHYTES OF MAIZE THAT INHIBIT FUNGAL PATHOGENS AND REDUCE MYCOTOXIN CONTAMINATION PYROLYTIC LIGNIN DECONSTRUCTION FOR THE PRODUCTION OF VALUE-ADDED CHEMICALS AND LIQUID FUELS RATIONAL DESIGN OF INSECT CONTROL AGENT PROTOTYPES BASED ON PYROKININ/PBAN NEUROPEPTIDE ANTAGONISTS REALIZING INCREASED PHOTOSYNTHETIC EFFICIENCY FOR SUSTAINABLE INCREASES IN CROP YIELD REDUCING AFLATOXIN CONTAMINATION USING BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AND CROP MANAGEMENT REFINING THE AREA-WIDE SUPPRESSION OF THE TARNISHED PLANT BUG IN MISSISSIPPI REGIONAL CORN STOVER REMOVAL IMPACT STUDY - MORRIS (II) REGIONAL CORN STOVER REMOVAL IMPACT STUDY—BROOKINGS REGULATION OF AFLATOXIN PRODUCTION IN ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS REGULATION OF THE MAIZE MIR172 MICRORNA AND ITS TARGETS BY GIBBERELLIC ACID Removing Limitations to the Efficient Utilization of Alfalfa and Other Forages in Dairy Production, New Bio-Products, and Bioenergy to... Research and education best management practice for sustainable production of soybean under climate change RESEARCH TO DETERMINE STRATEGIES FOR CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM NURSERY PRODUCTION SYSTEMS RESEARCH TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR PRESERVING PLANT GENETIC DIVERSITY IN EX SITU GENEBANKS RISK OF WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM ADAPTATION TO TRANSGENIC CORN RISK OF WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM ADAPTATION TO TRANSGENIC CORN SELECTION OF SUPERIOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS WITH GENETIC AND CULTURAL CRITERIA SELECTIVE DEHYDRATION OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL SUBSTRATES SENSING METHODS & INSTRUMENTATION FOR RAPID DETERMINATION OF MOISTURE CONTENT... AND OTHER QUALITY ATTRIBUTES OF GRAINS, SEEDS, & NUTS SEQUENCING AND ANALYSIS OF FUSARIUM GENOMIC DIVERSITY Shaping Plant Architecture by Age Dependent Programs: Implications for Food, Feed and Biofuel SOIL AND CROP MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED NATURAL RESOURCE QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY Solid waste management for bioenergy production SOYFACE GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENT OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS STARCH-LIGNIN BLEND MATERIALS STERILE INSECT CONTROL OF INVASIVE PESTS, WITH A FOCUS ON MOTHS STRENGTHENING PUBLIC CORN BREEDING TO ENSURE ORGANIC FARMERS' ACCESS TO ELITE CULTIVARS STRENGTHENING PUBLIC CORN BREEDING TO ENSURE THAT ORGANIC FARMERS HAVE ACCESS TO ELITE CULTIVARS: BREEDING FOR THE EASTERN & SOUTHWEST USA STRENGTHENING PUBLIC CORN BREEDING TO ENSURE THAT ORGANIC FARMERS HAVE ACCESS TO ELITE CULTIVARS: BREEDING FOR THE NORTHEAST STRENGTHENING PUBLIC CORN BREEDING TO ENSURE THAT ORGANIC FARMERS HAVE ACCESS TO ELITE CULTIVARS: BREEDING FOR THE UPPER MIDWEST STRENGTHENING PUBLIC CORN BREEDING TO ENSURE THAT ORGANIC FARMERS HAVE ACCESS TO ELITE CULTIVARS: OUTREACH STRENGTHENING PUBLIC CORN BREEDING TO ENSURE THAT ORGANIC FARMERS HAVE ACCESS TO ELITE CULTIVARS: STRESS NURSERIES STRENGTHENING PUBLIC CORN BREEDING TO ENSURE THAT ORGANIC FARMERS HAVE ACCESS TO ELITE CULTIVARS:QUALITY ANALYSIS SUPPORT OF THE BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTER (BRDC) SUSTAINABILITY OF CORN STOVER HARVEST SYNTHESIS AND EVALUATION OF NOVEL BIOBASED OILS FOR USE AS BIO-LUBRICANT COMPONENTS THE CONTROL OF MAIZE LEAF DIFFERENTIATION AND BIOMASS ACCUMULATION BY THE SPL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FAMILY THE DEVELOPMENT, OPTIMIZATION, AND APPLICATION OF NOVEL, SLOW-RELEASE ENGINEERED FERTILIZER OF HIGH PERFORMANCE The Function of a G-Domain Cysteine S-Acylation Switch in Signaling by Rop GTPases in Arabidopsis THE IMPACTS OF LIGNIN MODIFICATION ON FUNGAL PATHOGEN AND INSECT INTERACTIONS IN SORGHUM FOR CELLULOSIC AND THERMAL BIOENERGY THE MAIZE GENETICS AND GENOMICS DATABASE THE PHLOEM AS AN INTER-ORGAN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM: A ROLE IN EPIGENETIC REGULATION OF NUTRIENT ACQUISITION AND UTILIZATION THE ROLE OF FEEDING BEHAVIOR IN RESISTANCE OF WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM LARVAE THE ROLE OF FTSH11 PROTEASE IN CHLOROPLAST BIOGENESIS AND MAINTENANCE AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES IN MODEL AND CROP PLANTS THE ROLE OF ROOT SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE IN DROUGHT TOLERANCE THE TARGETED SEQUENCING OF BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME (BAC) CLONES FROM WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM The Use of RNA-seq Approaches to Identify Genes Involved in Response and Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses in Rice -CFDA 10.310 TOTAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF AFLATOXIN: MODELS OF ECONOMIC LOSS AND INDUSTRY LEARNING TOWARDS PREDICTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF NITROGEN FLUX IN SOILS TOXICOLOGY AND TOXINOLOGY OF MYCOTOXINS IN FOODS TRANSGENE MANAGEMENT THROUGH SITE-SPECIFIC RECOMBINATION USE OF ATOXIGENIC STRAINS OF A. FLAVUS TO MANAGE AFLATOXIN CONTAMINATION OF CORN IN TEXAS USE OF GEM GERMPLASM FOR EVALUATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF DROUGHT TOLERANCE, CORN EARWORM (CEW) RESISTANCE, AND LOW AFLATOXIN LEVEL GRAIN CORN USING AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL BYPRODUCTS TO IMPROVE CROP PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY USING COLD TREATMENT FOR DISINFESTATION OF STORED PRODUCTS IN USA AND EUROPE USING THE CORNGRASS1 GENE TO ENHANCE THE BIOFUEL PROPERTIES OF CROP PLANTS VALIDATION OF ZMMATES AS GENES UNDERLYING MAJOR AL TOLERANCE QTLS IN MAIZE VALUE ADDED COPRODUCTS FOR IMPROVING THE ECONOMICS AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS OF CORN AND CELLULOSIC FUEL ETHANOL PRODUCTION VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES AND POLYMER COMPOSITE APPLICATIONS OF NANO-MATERIALS DERIVED FROM AGRICULTURAL BYPRODUCTS AND FEEDSTOCKS X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY INVESTIGATION OF TRIBOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF BIOLUBRICANTS XYLO-OLIGOSACCHARIDES AND ETHANOL FROM MISCANTHUS: SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF BIOFUELS         Last Modified: 06/19/2013