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 research--multiple crops Cucumber Cucurbits, other (includes pumpkin, squash, gourd) Cultured aquatic animals, general/other Cuphea Cut flowers, foliage, and greens Dairy cattle, general/other Dairy cattle, live animal Date Deciduous and small fruits, general/other Deciduous tree fruits, other Desert and semidesert shrub land and shinnery Drainage and irrigation facilities and systems Duck and goose, live animal Durum wheat Economy, general/other Edible tree nuts, general/other Egg-type chicken, live animal Eggplant Eggs Endangered species Farm structures and related facilities Feed and feed additives Fertilizers Filbert Finfish Flax Florist crops, other Food (not readily associated with specific plant and animal products) Forage legumes, other Freshwater shrimp Fungi (includes yeast) General Commodity General technology Goats, meat and mohair Grain crops, general/other (includes buckwheat, millet, triticale) Grain sorghum Grapefruit Grapes, other Grasslands, other Greens and leafy vegetables (includes endive, lettuce, spinach) Guayule Hard red spring wheat Hard red winter wheat Hard white wheat Herbaceous perennials and decorative greens Herbs and spices Honey bees Hops Horses, ponies, and mules Individuals (as workers, consumers, members of society) Insects Kenaf Kiwi Laboratory animals Land Leguminous vegetables, other Lemon Lentil Lesquerella Long fiber cotton Machinery and equipment Mango Marine shrimp Meat, beef cattle Meat, dairy cattle Meat, sheep Meat, swine Meat-type chicken, live animal Medicinal crops, non-narcotic Melons (includes cantaloupe, muskmelon, watermelon) Microorganisms, general/other Milk Mint Miscellaneous and new crops, general/other Mixed conifer-broadleaf forests Mountain grasslands, meadow, and alpine Narcotic plants Nectarine Nematodes Noncrop plant research Oats Oilseed and oil crops, general/other Onion, garlic, leek, shallot Orange Ornamental trees and shrubs Ornamentals and turf, general/other (includes cacti) Other animals, 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 Sugar beet BIOLOGY, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF VECTOR-BORNE VIRUSES OF SUGARBEET AND VEGETABLE CROPS BREEDING SELECTION AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION FOR IMPROVED SUGAR BEET GERMPLASM COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN THE AREAS OF FOOD SAFETY AND FUNCTION FOOD DEVELOPMENT BASED ON DAIRY AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES Conservation, Adaptation and Seed Zones for Key Great Basin Species COOPERATIVE SUGAR BEET RESEARCH Development of a virus IPM strategy for processing tomatoes DEVELOPMENT OF ACTIVE PACKAGING MATERIALS, PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES, AND PRESERVATIVE METHODS FOR FOOD SAFETY AND PRESERVATION Development of Genomic Resources of Lentil for Gene Discovery Controlling Economic Traits Using Association Mapping in Germplasm Collections ECOLOGICALLY-SOUND PEST, WATER AND SOIL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS CROPPING SYSTEMS ESTABLISH A GENERAL FRAMEWORK FOR COOPERATION FOR RESEARCH ON THE SUGAR BEET EVALUATING BETA GERMPLASM FOR RESISTANCE TO IMPORTANT PESTS AND DISEASE Evaluation of Abiotic Stress Tolerance of Faba Bean and Pea Germplasm Maintained at WRPIS EVALUATION OF GERMPLASM OF HORTICULTURAL AND SUGARCROPS EXPLOITING CANOPY POSITION EFFECTS ON COMPOSITION TO ENHANCE SEED QUALITY FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY, APPLICATION OF NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES & UTILIZATION OF WASTE POMACE FROM FRUIT & VEGETABLE PROCESSING - COLLABORATIVE RES High Through-Put SNP Genotyping of the USDA Pea Core Collection HIGH THROUGHPUT SNP GENOTYPING IN CHICKPEA MINICORE COLLECTION IDENTIFYING AND MANIPULATING DETERMINANTS OF PHOTOSYNTHATE PRODUCTION AND PARTITIONING IMPACT OF METHIONINE OXIDATION ON PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION INHERITANCE AND MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF BEET CURLY TOP IN SUGAR BEET INSECT RESISTANCE MEDIATED BY OVER-EXPRESSION OF PROTEINASE INHIBITOR GENES IN SUGAR BEET HAIRY ROOT CULTURES Management of Plant Genetic Resources and Associated Information Management, Evaluation, Acquisition and Distribution of Native Plant Germplasm for Research and Restoration Methods for Rapid Diagnosis and Field Monitoring of Tombusviruses in Lettuce MINOR USE PESTICIDE TESTING ON VEGETABLES AND SUGAR CROPS Molecular Approaches for Improved Cercospora Leaf Spot Control in Sugarbeet MOLECULAR APPROACHES TO PEST AND PATHOGEN RESISTANCE IN SUGAR BEET, BETA VULGARIS L. NEW BIOACTIVE AND BIOBASED PRODUCTS FROM PLANT CELL WALL POLYSACCHARIDES IN SUGAR BEET PULP, CITRUS PEEL AND OTHER ... PROCESSING RESIDUES NONCHEMICAL PEST CONTROL AND ENHANCED SUGAR BEET GERMPLASM VIA TRADITIONAL AND MOLECULAR TECHNOLOGIES Nonchemical Pest Control and Enhanced Sugar Beet Germplasm Via Traditional and Molecular Technologies REALIZING INCREASED PHOTOSYNTHETIC EFFICIENCY FOR SUSTAINABLE INCREASES IN CROP YIELD RESEARCH, ACQUISITION, MANAGEMENT, AND DOCUMENTATION OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES Screening of the USDA Core Collection of Common Bean for Resistance to Halo Blight SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION FOR NORTHWESTERN IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE SOYFACE GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH SUCROSE ACCUMULATION AND RETENTION IN SUGARBEETS SUGARBEET GERMPLASM DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATIVE GENETIC AND MANAGEMENT APPROACHES TO REDUCING LOSSES CAUSED BY PATHOGENS SUGARBEET GERMPLASM DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATIVE GENETIC AND MANAGEMENT APPROACHES TO REDUCING LOSSES CAUSED BY PATHOGENS SUGARBEET GERMPLASM ENHANCEMENT, BREEDING, AND GENETICS THE BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF BETA VULGARIS SSP. MARITIMA, AN IMPORTANT GENETIC RESOURCE FOR ENHANCING BEET PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES Winter Chickpea: Towards a New Winter Pulse for the Semiarid Pacific Northwest and Wider Adaptation in the Mediterranean Basin         Last Modified: 05/20/2013