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ARS research is organized into National Programs. Within each National Program are research projects. Listed below are the National Programs and research projects currently conducted at this location.

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Bioenergy (NP #213)
Detection and Quantification of Pathogenic Pythium Species in Calla Lilly Soils
(General Cooperative Agreement)
Determination of Post Fumigation Recovery of Soil Microbial Communities Over Time
(General Cooperative Agreement)
Developing Sustainable Cropping Systems to Improve Water Productivity and Protect Water and Soil Quality in Irrigated Agriculture
(Appropriated)
Improving pomegranate fertigation and nitrogen use efficiency with drip irrigation systems
(Reimbursable)
Climate Change, Soils, and Emissions (NP #212)
Detection and Quantification of Pathogenic Pythium Species in Calla Lilly Soils
(General Cooperative Agreement)
Determination of Post Fumigation Recovery of Soil Microbial Communities Over Time
(General Cooperative Agreement)
Improving pomegranate fertigation and nitrogen use efficiency with drip irrigation systems
(Reimbursable)
Crop Protection & Quarantine (NP #304)
Flight-Response of Brown Marmorated Stink Bug to Olfactory Cues from Potential Hosts: Developing Attract & Kill Applications
(General Cooperative Agreement)
Integrated Navel Orangeworm Control and Insecticide Fate-transport
(General Cooperative Agreement)
Area-wide Pest Management Project for Navel Orangeworm Control in Almonds, Pistachios, and Walnuts
(Appropriated)
BIOLOGICAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND PHYSICAL CONTROL AS ALTERNATIVES FOR STORED PRODUCT AND QUARANTINE PESTS OF FRESH/DRIED FRUITS AND NUTS
(Appropriated)
Chemical alternatives to methyl bromide for quarantine and post-harvest pests
(Appropriated)
Circumventing Ovicidal Deficiencies of Sulfuryl Fluoride and Other Postharvest Fumigants
(Reimbursable)
DEVELOPMENT OF RAPID AND ACCURATE DETECTION OF REGULATED CITRUS PATHOGENS
(Reimbursable)
LOW PRESSURE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CHEMICAL FUMIGATION FOR CONTROLLING PESTS IN FRESH TEMPERATE FRUITS
(Reimbursable)
Area-wide pest management project for navel orangeworm control in almonds, pistachios, and walnuts - North Region
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
Areawide Pest Management (AWPM) program for navel orangeworm control in almonds, pistachios, and walnuts
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
Areawide pest management project for navel orangeworm control in almonds, pistachios, and walnuts
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
Economic analysis of navel orangeworm control strategies in almonds, pistachios, and walnuts
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
Efficacy of mating disruption to control navel orangeworm in walnuts
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
Impact of navel orangeworm mating disruption on the natural enemy complex of key arthropod pests
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
Assessing Persistence and Efficacy of New Insecticides in Pistachios
(Trust)
Assessment of Application Coverage to Control Navel Orangeworm
(Trust)
COLD STORAGE TREATMENT OF SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA ON CALIFORNIA GRAPES
(Trust)
DEVELOPMENT OF ATTRACT AND KILL TRAPS FOR OLIVE FRUIT FLY
(Trust)
Impact of Sex, Age, and Mating Status on Flight Behavior of the Navel Orangeworm
(Trust)
In Season Control of Navel Orangeworm, Assessment of Application Coverage
(Trust)
Novel Postharvest Fumigation of Sweet Cherries for Fruit Fly Pests
(Trust)
Optimization of “Horn” Phosphine Fumigations for Reducing QPS Methyl Bromide Treatment of Fresh Fruit to Control Key Quarantine Pests
(Trust)
STANDARD AND COMMERCIAL FORMULATIONS FOR NAVEL ORANGEWORM SEX PHEROMONE
(Trust)
STANDARD AND COMMERCIAL FORMULATIONS FOR THE NAVEL ORANGEWORM SEX PHEROMONE
(Trust)
Methyl Bromide Alternatives (NP #308)
Flight-Response of Spotted Wing Drosophila to Olfactory Cues from Conspecific Infested and Grey Mold-Infected Grape Berries
(General Cooperative Agreement)
In season insecticide control of navel orangeworm, assessment of application coverage, and relative environmental stability of insecticides
(General Cooperative Agreement)
In Season Insecticide Control of Navel Orangeworm: Effect of Fungal Metabolism on Nut Hull Degradation
(General Cooperative Agreement)
Increase Fumigation Efficacy with Alternatives to Methyl Bromide using Low Permeability Tarps (UC Davis)
(General Cooperative Agreement)
Retaining Export and Food Security of U.S. Specialty Crops: Low-Emission Methyl Bromide Fumigations for Quarantine and Pre-Shipment Uses
(General Cooperative Agreement)
Retaining export and food security of U.S. Specialty Crops: Low-emission methyl bromide fumigations for quarantine and pre-shipment uses
(General Cooperative Agreement)
BIOLOGICAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND PHYSICAL CONTROL AS ALTERNATIVES FOR STORED PRODUCT AND QUARANTINE PESTS OF FRESH/DRIED FRUITS AND NUTS
(Appropriated)
Circumventing Ovicidal Deficiencies of Sulfuryl Fluoride and other Postharvest Fumigants
(Reimbursable)
Increase Fumigation Efficacy with Alternatives to Methyl Bromide using Low Permeability Tarps
(Reimbursable)
LOW PRESSURE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CHEMICAL FUMIGATION FOR CONTROLLING PESTS IN FRESH TEMPERATE FRUITS
(Reimbursable)
Multi-State Evaluation of Carbonated Fumigants and Low Permeable Tarps to Reduce Application Rate, Increase Efficacy, and Minimize Emissions
(Reimbursable)
Navel Orangeworm Biological Control
(Reimbursable)
Navel Orangeworm in Southern Central Valley Walnuts: Source, Seasonal Abundance, and Impact of Mating Disruption
(Reimbursable)
Optimization of “Horn” Phosphine Fumigations to Retain California Walnut Exports
(Reimbursable)
The treatment of CA strawberries with Methyl Bromide to eliminate the spotted wing Drosophila, Drosophila Suzukii
(Reimbursable)
Demonstration of Mebr Alternatives Plus Herbicides for Broad-Spectrum Pest Control in Open-Field Nurseries
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
Develop Field Methods to Reduce Fumigant Emissions and Improve Fumigation Efficacy
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
Reducing Air and Water Quality Issues with Methyl Bromide Alternatives in California
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
Breaking Citrus Trade Barriers using Novel Postharvest Fumigations: High-Concentration Phosphine at Low Temperature (Horn Method)
(Trust)
COLD STORAGE TREATMENT OF SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA ON CALIFORNIA GRAPES
(Trust)
Control of Navel Orangeworm in Almonds Using Insecticides and Assessing Spray Coverage
(Trust)
Designation of Fruit Host Preference of Spotted Wing Drosophila to Different Types of Stone Fruit Marketed for Commercial Export
(Trust)
DEVELOPMENT OF ATTRACT AND KILL TRAPS FOR OLIVE FRUIT FLY
(Trust)
Improved Navel Orangeworm Control in Pistachios
(Trust)
In Season Control of Navel Orangeworm, Assessment of Application Coverage
(Trust)
In Season Control of Navel Orangeworm, Assessment of Application Coverage
(Trust)
Mortality of Asian Citrus Psyllid, Diaphorina Citri, in California Citrus During Packing and Export to Australia
(Trust)
Novel Fumigation and Bale Compression Quarantine Treatments, and Postharvest Mortality of Hessian Fly in Exported Hay
(Trust)
Postharvest Treatments to Eliminate Invasive Pests of Concern to the California Table Grape Industry
(Trust)
Retaining Export and Food Security of U.S. Specialty Crops: Low-Emission Methyl Bromide Fumigations for Quarantine and Pre-Shipment Uses
(Trust)
STANDARD AND COMMERCIAL FORMULATIONS FOR NAVEL ORANGEWORM SEX PHEROMONE
(Trust)
STANDARD AND COMMERCIAL FORMULATIONS FOR THE NAVEL ORANGEWORM SEX PHEROMONE
(Trust)
Plant Diseases (NP #303)
Develop high throughput extraction procedures for RNA and DNA citrus pathogen targets for multiplex MOL-PCR assays
(General Cooperative Agreement)
Document and Construction of a Production AC-DC EPG Monitor for Commercialization
(General Cooperative Agreement)
CHARACTERIZATION, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES OF CITRUS TRISTEZA VIRUS AND SPIROPLASMA CITRI ON CITRUS IN CALIFORNIA
(Appropriated)
Developing Sustainable Cropping Systems to Improve Water Productivity and Protect Water and Soil Quality in Irrigated Agriculture
(Appropriated)
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF PIERCE’S DISEASE AND OTHER MALADIES OF GRAPE
(Appropriated)
IMPROVEMENT OF PRUNUS AND VITIS SCIONS FOR FRUIT QUALITY AND PEST RESISTANCE
(Appropriated)
NON-PROPRIETARY USER AGREEMENT BETWEEN UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, ARGONNE, LLC., AND USDA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
(Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement)
Accelerating Grape Cultivar Improvement via Phenotyping Centers and Next Generation Markers
(Reimbursable)
Breeding Pierce’s Disease Resistant Table and Raisin Grapes and the Development of Markers for Additional Sources of Resistance
(Reimbursable)
CULTURE ZC LIBERIBACTER BACTERIUM AND CONFIRM ITS PATHOGENICITY
(Reimbursable)
Culture ZC Liberibacter Bacterium and confirm its pathogenicity
(Reimbursable)
DETECTION, IDENTIFICATION AND GENETIC ANALYSIS OF ‘CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER ASIATICUS’, CITRUS HONGLONGBING BACTERIUM
(Reimbursable)
Development of an integrated research plan for management of Zebra Chip in potatoes
(Reimbursable)
IS PIERCE’S DISEASE RESISTANCE INTROGRESSED INTO V. VINIFERA TRANSLOCATABLE FROM A RESISTANT ROOTSTOCK TO A SUSCEPTIBLE SCION?
(Reimbursable)
COMPARISON OF CTV-INDUCED SIRNAS IN SOUR ORANGE AND GRAPEFRUIT INFECTED WITH MILD AND SEVERE STRAINS OF CTV
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
CULTIVATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF "CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER SOLANACEARUM"
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AND CONTROL OF VIRULENCE GENES OF CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER SOLANACEARUM ASSOCIATED WITH POTATO ZEBRA CHIP DISEASE
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
Metabolomic characterization of “Candiatus Liberibacter" associated Citrus Huanglongbing and potato Zebra Chip diseases
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND FUNCTIONAL DETERMINATION OF PD RESISTANCE GENES IN GRAPES
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
A phage/prophage-based PCR system for sensitive and specific detection of “Candidatus Liberibacter Asiaticus and Spiroplasma
(Trust)
Breeding Pierce’s Disease Resistant Table and Raisin Grapes and the Development of Markers from Seus Sources of Resistance
(Trust)
Definitively Identifying Ingestion Behaviors of Lygus Bugs on Susceptible Cotton Plants
(Trust)
Develop Seedless Grapes for the Fresh Market Including Types Resistant to Powdery Mildew
(Trust)
Development of a TaqMan Array Card for Multiplex Detection of Citrus Pathogens by Real-Time PCR
(Trust)
Development of Improved Raisin Grape for Mechanical Harvest Including Types Resistant to Powdery Mildew
(Trust)
Development of SSR Markers for Detection, Genotyping, Phenotyping and Genetic Diversity Assessment of CA. Liberibacter Strains in Florida
(Trust)
EVALUATION OF FUMIGATION WITH OZONE GAS TO CONTROL POSTHARVEST DECAY IN TABLE GRAPES
(Trust)
INFLUENCE OF CLUSTER SPRAYS ON POSTHARVEST TABLE GRAPE QUALITY
(Trust)
INVESTIGATION OF SEEDLING YELLOWS CROSS PROTECTION BY MILD COMPONENTS OF DEKOPON CITRUS TRISTEZA VIRUS STRAIN
(Trust)
NOVEL REAL-TIME PCR-BASED SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS FOR CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER SPECIES, BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH CITRUS HUANGLONGBING
(Trust)
Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics and Genetic Improvement (NP #301)
ARID LAND PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES CONSERVATION, EVALUATION, AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
(Appropriated)
IMPROVEMENT OF PRUNUS AND VITIS SCIONS FOR FRUIT QUALITY AND PEST RESISTANCE
(Appropriated)
Management of Arid Land Plant Genetic Resources and Associated Information
(Appropriated)
Accelerating Grape Cultivar Improvement via Phenotyping Centers and Next Generation Markers
(Reimbursable)
Develop Seedless Grapes for the Fresh Market Including Types Resistant to Powdery Mildew
(Trust)
Development of Improved Raisin Grape for Mechanical Harvest Including Types Resistant to Powdery Mildew
(Trust)
Quality and Utilization of Agricultural Products (NP #306)
MAINTAINING QUALITY AND EXTENDING SHELF AND SHIPPING LIFE OF FRESH FRUIT WITH NO OR MINIMAL SYNTHETIC PESTICIDE INPUTS
(Appropriated)
THE ROLE OF POTASSIUM IN QUALITY OF GRAPES AFTER HARVEST
(Reimbursable)
EVALUATION OF FUMIGATION WITH OZONE GAS TO CONTROL POSTHARVEST DECAY IN TABLE GRAPES
(Trust)
INFLUENCE OF CLUSTER SPRAYS ON POSTHARVEST TABLE GRAPE QUALITY
(Trust)
New technologies to minimize postharvest decay of citrus
(Trust)
OPTIMIZING FOLIAR POTASSIUM USE IN TABLE GRAPE VINEYARDS
(Trust)
Water Availability and Water Management (NP #211)
Detection and Quantification of Pathogenic Pythium Species in Calla Lilly Soils
(General Cooperative Agreement)
Determination of Post Fumigation Recovery of Soil Microbial Communities Over Time
(General Cooperative Agreement)
Economics of Sustainable Vinyard Water Management Strategies with Limited and Impaired Water Supplies
(General Cooperative Agreement)
Fertigation of Pomegranate with Drip Irrigation
(General Cooperative Agreement)
Increase Fumigation Efficacy with Alternatives to Methyl Bromide using Low Permeability Tarps (UC Davis)
(General Cooperative Agreement)
Rootstocks for Sustainable Vineyard Water Management Strategies for Limited and Impaired Water Supplies
(General Cooperative Agreement)
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FOR DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE VINEYARD WATER MANAGEMENT
(General Cooperative Agreement)
Vineyard Water Management Strategies in Washington State
(General Cooperative Agreement)
Developing Sustainable Cropping Systems to Improve Water Productivity and Protect Water and Soil Quality in Irrigated Agriculture
(Appropriated)
REMOTE MEASUREMENT OF SOIL WATER IN GRAPEVINES
(Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement)
Detection and quantification of pathogenic Pythum species in Calla Lily soils
(Reimbursable)
Determination of post fumigation recovery of soil microbial communities over time
(Reimbursable)
DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR VINEYARDS
(Reimbursable)
IMPROVING POMEGRANATE FERTIGATION AND NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY WITH DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEM
(Reimbursable)
Improving pomegranate fertigation and nitrogen use efficiency with drip irrigation systems
(Reimbursable)
Increase Fumigation Efficacy with Alternatives to Methyl Bromide using Low Permeability Tarps
(Reimbursable)
RESOURCE ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK FOR DEPENDABLE FEEDSTOCK SUPPPLY TO PRODUCE ADVANCE BIOFUELS IN HAWAII AND WESTERN UNITED STATES (2012)
(Reimbursable)
Demonstration of Mebr Alternatives Plus Herbicides for Broad-Spectrum Pest Control in Open-Field Nurseries
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
Develop Field Methods to Reduce Fumigant Emissions and Improve Fumigation Efficacy
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
Fertilization of Pomegranate with Drip Irrigation
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
Reducing Air and Water Quality Issues with Methyl Bromide Alternatives in California
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
   
 
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