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 Spiders, mites, ticks, and other arthropods ASSESSMENT OF FECAL CHEMISTRY CHANGES IN FEVER TICK INFESTED CATTLE USING NEAR INFRARED REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY ASSESSMENT OF THE LARVAL TARSAL TEST AND SEARCH FOR SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE MUTATIONS IN PYRETHROID-RESISTANT RHIPICEPHALUS MICROPLUS BIOLOGY AND CONTROL OF TICKS OF VETERINARY AND HUMAN IMPORTANCE CATTLE TICK GENOME SEQUENCING AND TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS COLLABORATION TO ADVANCE VACCINE CONTROL OF EAST COAST FEVER (THEILERIA PARVA) DEVELOPMENT OF A MALE-ONLY STRAIN OF THE NEW WORLD SCREWWORM, COCHLIOMYIA HOMINIVORAX (DIPTERA, CALLIPHORIDAE) DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHEMICALS FOR INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT OF BITING ARTHROPODS AND URBAN PESTS EVALUATION OF CANDIDATE ANTI-TICK VACCINE ANTIGENS Evaluation of Immune Response of Canines Following Vaccination with Anti-Tick Vaccine Candidate Antigens EVALUATION OF IMMUNE RESPONSE OF WHITE-TAILED DEER FOLLOWING VACCINATION WITH ANTI-CATTLE TICK VACCINE CANDIDATE ANTIGENS EVALUATION OF NOVEL ACARICIDE FOR CONTROLLING CATTLE FEVER TICKS, RHIPICEPHALUS (BOOPHILUS) MICROPLUS AND R(B) ANNULATUS, AND LONE STAR TICK EXPERIMENTAL BM86-BASED VACCINE FOR THE CATTLE FEVER TICK ERADICATION PROGRAM FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION AND TARGET VALIDATION OF TICK (BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS) G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTORS GENOME CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MITE VARROA DESTRUCTOR, THE PRIMARY PEST OF HONEY BEES INVESTIGATION OF ELECTROPORATION AS A MEANS OF TRANSFORMATION OF THE HORN FLY WITH GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN INVESTIGATIONS OF NOVEL TARGET-SPECIFIC LIGANDS FOR ACETYLCHOLINESTERASES OF ARTHROPOD PESTS KERR WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA - CONTROL OF TICKS FEEDING ON WHITE-TAILED DEER MINING THE GENOME OF RHIPICEPHALUS MICROPLUS TO DEVELOP NOVEL CONTROL TECHNOLOGY AND VACCINES MITE SYSTEMATICS AND ARTHROPOD DIAGNOSTICS WITH EMPHASIS ON INVASIVE SPECIES OLFACTORY PROTEINS AS TARGETS FOR MANIPULATING MOSQUITO BEHAVIOR Pharmacological and Immunologic Interventions Against Vector-Borne Bovine and Equine Babesiosis PRODUCTION AND EFFICACY TESTING OF BM86-TEXAS ANTI-TICK VACCINE FOR THE CATTLE FEVER TICK ERADICATION PROGRAM ROTUNDA DOOR CONTROL SYSTEM SEQUENCING OF BAC ENDS FROM A RHIPICEPHALUS MICROPLUS BAC LIBRARY SYSTEMS BIOLOGY INVESTIGATIONS OF ARTHROPOD-BORNE DISEASES TO CONTROL VECTORS OF PATHOGENS THREAT OF CATTLE FEVER IN TEXAS: SCREENING FOR THE PRESENCE OF BABESIA AND DETERMINING TICK POPULATION STRUCTURE USING MOLECULAR GENETICS TICK-HOST-LANDSCAPE INTERACTIONS INFLUENCING THE ECOLOGY OF EQUINE PIROPLASMOSIS IN SUB-TROPICAL TEXAS USE OF CANINE TO DETECT AND ALERT TO THE PRESENCE OF CATTLE INFESTED WITH CATTLE FEVER TICKS, RHIPICEPHALUS (B.) ANNULATUS AND MICROPLUS USE OF SYNERGIZED ACARICIDE FORMULATIONS FOR THE CONTROL OF RESISTANT POPULATIONS OF RHIPICEPHALUS MICROPLUS IN THE MEXICAN TROPICS         Last Modified: 05/26/2013