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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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Animal Health (NP #103)
DETECTION OF TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY AGENTS IN LIVESTOCK, WILDLIFE, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(Appropriated)
Immunodiagnostics to Detect Prions and Other Important Animal Pathogens
(Appropriated)
Using Mass Spectrometry to Detect Priorns in Cell Lines
(Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement)
Identification of Protein Interactions via Mass Spectroscopy
(Trust)
Bioenergy (NP #213)
PHENOMIC ANALYSIS OF BRACHYPODIUM DISTACHYON
(General Cooperative Agreement)
BIOREFINING PROCESSES
(Appropriated)
GENETIC FOUNDATIONS FOR BIOENERGY FEEDSTOCKS
(Appropriated)
BRACHYPODIUM DISTACHYON GERMPLASM COLLECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION
(Grant)
COLLECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BRACHYPODIUM DISTACHYON GERMPLASM
(Grant)
EXPANDING THE BREEDER'S TOOLBOX FOR PERENNIAL GRASSES
(Reimbursable)
Insertional Mutagenesis of Brachypodium Distachyon (FY 2012-FY 2014)
(Reimbursable)
NANOSTRUCTURED ENZYME ASSEMBLIES FOR LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS BREAKDOWN FOR BIOPRODUCT AND BIOENERGY APPLICATIONS
(Reimbursable)
PHENOMIC ANALYSIS OF NATURAL AND INDUCED VARIATION IN BRACHYPODIUM DISTACHYON
(Reimbursable)
TORREFACTION OF SPECIALTY CROPS POMACE TO PRODUCE HIGH-ENERGY DENSITY FUELS
(Reimbursable)
Solid waste management for bioenergy production
(Trust)
Crop Protection & Quarantine (NP #304)
MODELING YELLOW STARTHISTLE BIOCONTROL
(General Cooperative Agreement)
AQUATIC AND RIPARIAN WEED MANAGEMENT TO PROTECT U.S. WATER RESOURCES IN THE FAR WEST UNITED STATES
(Appropriated)
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF INVASIVE TERRESTRIAL AND RIPARIAN WEEDS IN THE FAR WESTERN U.S. REGION, WITH EMPHASIS ON THISTLES, BROOMS AND CAPE-IVY
(Appropriated)
LANDSCAPE-LEVEL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF INVASIVE WEEDS AND THEIR IMPACTS IN AGRICULTURAL AND NATURAL SYSTEMS
(Appropriated)
Cooperation agreement and benefits sharing between the foundation for the study of invasive species & ARS exotic & invasive weeds res. unit
(Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement)
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF EXOTIC WEEDS IN CALIFORNIA
(Reimbursable)
EVALUATION OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS FOR RUSSIAN THISTLE AND SCOTCH THISTLE
(Reimbursable)
EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT FOR EGERIA DENSA (BRAZILIAN WATERWEED) IN THE SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA
(Reimbursable)
LEPIDIUM LATIFOLIUM MANAGEMENT FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES AND TIDAL MARSH RECOVERY, SOUTHAMPTION BAY/SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY
(Reimbursable)
TAHOE KEYS AQUATIC PLANT MANAGEMENT RESEARCH
(Reimbursable)
FOREIGN EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS FOR THISTLES AND TUMBLEWEED
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
INSECTS ASSOCIATED WITH EURASIAN WATERMILFOIL
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
MOLECULAR ASSESSMENT OF INSECT BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
PROSPECTIVE INSECT BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS OF YELLOW STARTHISTLE AND SCOTCH THISTLE IN TURKEY
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
Food Safety, (animal and plant products) (NP #108)
AN EFFECTIVE LURE FOR RELIABLE DETECTION AND CONTROL OF THE FEMALE NAVEL ORANGEWORM (NOW) MOTH
(General Cooperative Agreement)
Biology and Control of Human Pathogens on Fresh Produce
(Appropriated)
Chemical approaches to eliminate fungal contamination and mycotoxin production in plant products
(Appropriated)
Environmental and ecological approaches to eliminate fungal contamination and mycotoxin production in plant products
(Appropriated)
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF HUMAN PATHOGENS ASSOCIATED WITH FOOD
(Appropriated)
Technologies for Detecting and Determining the Bioavailability of Bacterial Toxins
(Appropriated)
DEVELOP A NEW MICROBIOLOGICAL MEDIUM FOR SELECTIVE CULTURAL ENRICHMENT OF STEC
(Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement)
DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR DETECTION AND MITIGATION OF UNDESIRABLE ORGANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH FOOD
(Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement)
ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENT ASSAY FOR BOTULINUM NEUROTOXINS
(Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement)
SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF MULTIPLE FOODBORNE PATHOGENS WITH A SINGLE ANTIBODY-BASED TEST
(Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement)
AN EFFECTIVE LURE FOR RELIABLE DETECTION AND CONTROL OF THE FEMALE NAVEL ORANGEWORM (NOW) MOTH
(Reimbursable)
CREATION AND PREPARATION OF MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES FOR USE IN BIOLOGICAL TOXINS DETECTION ASSAYS
(Reimbursable)
DETECTION OF BOTULINUM TOXIN IN ANIMAL SERA AND ORGANS
(Reimbursable)
EFFECTS OF RUMENSIN ON MITIGATING ERUCTATED, RUMENAL, AND FECAL GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) AND VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOC)
(Reimbursable)
Intensive Sampling for E. Coli, Salmonella, Listeria Moncytogenes & Initial Survey & Detection Methods for Norovirus, in the Salinas Valley.
(Reimbursable)
Molecular Mechanisms for Interactions Between Listeria Monocytogenes and Produce
(Reimbursable)
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS UNDERLYING THE INTERACTIONS OF ENTERIC PATHOGENS WITH POSTHARVEST LEAFY VEGETABLES
(Reimbursable)
RAPID, NON-INVASIVE, AND EARLY WARNING DETECTION OF MYCOTOXIGENIC ASPERGILLI ON ALMONDS AND PISTACHIOS IN HOLDING, STORAGE, AND TRANSIT
(Reimbursable)
RISK ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES FOR THE EMERGING FOOD SAFETY THREAT OF OCHRATOXIN IN THE UNITED STATES
(Reimbursable)
To Control Viral Food Borne Disease
(Reimbursable)
ANIMAL MODEL TESTING OF CHEMOSENSITIZING AGENTS OF ANTIFUNGAL DRUGS
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
DEVELOPMENT OF DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES FOR BACTERIAL NEUROTOXINS AND THEIR VALIDATION IN FOOD MATRICES
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
Rapid, non-invasive, and early warning detection of Mycotoxigenic Aspergilli on almonds and pistachios in holding, storage, and transit
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
Anti-Botulism Monoclonal antibodies as tools to identify small molecule toxin inhibitors
(Trust)
COLLECTION OF AMBIENT PISTACHIO VOLATILES TO DEVELOP A SYNTHETIC, NON-PHEROMONE BACKGROUND BLEND FOR MONITORING OF NAVEL ORANGEWORM
(Trust)
DEVELOPING AMBIENT ALMOND ORCHARD VOLATILE MIXTURES FOR NOW BIOASSAY ANALYSES
(Trust)
Effect of Sulfur Dioxide Fumigation on Survival of Foodborne Pathogens on Table Grapes Under Standard Storage Conditions
(Trust)
INOCULATION OF ALMOND ROOTSTOCK WITH SYMBIOTIC ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGUS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF NUT YIELD AND FOOD SAFETY
(Trust)
REDUCTION IN NAVEL ORANGE WORM DAMAGE IN PISTACHIO ORCHARDS USING CULTURAL AND CHEMICAL CONTROL METHODS
(Trust)
Human Nutrition (NP #107)
TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS OF NORMAL AND INSULIN RESISTANT OBESE MICE FED PROCESSED BERRIES AND GRAINS
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
Pasture, Forage and Rangeland Systems (NP #215)
MODELING YELLOW STARTHISTLE BIOCONTROL
(General Cooperative Agreement)
GENETIC FOUNDATIONS FOR BIOENERGY FEEDSTOCKS
(Appropriated)
LANDSCAPE-LEVEL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF INVASIVE WEEDS AND THEIR IMPACTS IN AGRICULTURAL AND NATURAL SYSTEMS
(Appropriated)
BRACHYPODIUM DISTACHYON GERMPLASM COLLECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION
(Grant)
COLLECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BRACHYPODIUM DISTACHYON GERMPLASM
(Grant)
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF EXOTIC WEEDS IN CALIFORNIA
(Reimbursable)
EVALUATION OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS FOR RUSSIAN THISTLE AND SCOTCH THISTLE
(Reimbursable)
EXPANDING THE BREEDER'S TOOLBOX FOR PERENNIAL GRASSES
(Reimbursable)
Insertional Mutagenesis of Brachypodium Distachyon (FY 2012-FY 2014)
(Reimbursable)
FOREIGN EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS FOR THISTLES AND TUMBLEWEED
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
INSECTS ASSOCIATED WITH EURASIAN WATERMILFOIL
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
MOLECULAR ASSESSMENT OF INSECT BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
PROSPECTIVE INSECT BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS OF YELLOW STARTHISTLE AND SCOTCH THISTLE IN TURKEY
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics and Genetic Improvement (NP #301)
AN INTEGRATED DATABASE AND BIOINFORMATICS RESOURCE FOR SMALL GRAINS
(Appropriated)
GENETIC FOUNDATIONS FOR BIOENERGY FEEDSTOCKS
(Appropriated)
GENOMICS AND MOLECULAR APPROACHES TO WHEAT TRAITS
(Appropriated)
Molecular analysis of effects of environment on wheat flour quality and allergenic potential
(Appropriated)
MOLECULAR GENETIC TOOLS FOR POTATO AND FRUIT TREE IMPROVEMENT
(Appropriated)
Molecular Tools to Minimize Risk in Genetically Engineered Crops
(Appropriated)
PRODUCTION OF WHEAT GERMPLASM WITH ENHANCED BAKING QUALITY
(Appropriated)
BRACHYPODIUM DISTACHYON GERMPLASM COLLECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION
(Grant)
COLLECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BRACHYPODIUM DISTACHYON GERMPLASM
(Grant)
ALGORITHMS AND EXPLORATIONS OF WILD AND DOMESTIC POTATOES FOR GENOME DISCOVERY AND GENETIC IMPROVEMENT
(Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement)
ACQUISITION AND ASSEMBLY OF THE GENOMIC SEQUENCE OF THE CITRUS ROOTSTOCK VARIETY CARRIZO
(Reimbursable)
EXPANDING THE BREEDER'S TOOLBOX FOR PERENNIAL GRASSES
(Reimbursable)
Improved Recombinase Technology for Targeted Marker Free Integration and Founder Line Production for Risk Assessment
(Reimbursable)
Improved Recomibinase Technology for Targeted Marker Free Integration and Founder Line Production for Risk Assessment
(Reimbursable)
Improving Barley and Wheat Germplasm for Changing Environments
(Reimbursable)
Insertional Mutagenesis of Brachypodium Distachyon (FY 2012-FY 2014)
(Reimbursable)
Developing and Deploying New Tools for Crop Plant Biotechnology
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
DEVELOPMENT OF GRASS GENOMIC RESOURCES FOR CROP IMPROVEMENT AND BIOFUEL RESEARCH
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
POLYMER-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS IN NATURAL RUBBER LATEX
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
Founder Lines for Improved Citrus Biotechnology
(Trust)
The Development of Novel Blood and Cara Cara Like Citrus Varieties
(Trust)
The North American Collaborative Oat Research Enterprise (CORE)
(Trust)
Quality and Utilization of Agricultural Products (NP #306)
H1-NMR CHARACTERIZATION OF COMMERCIAL CITRUS JUICES
(General Cooperative Agreement)
BIOPRODUCTS FROM AGRICULTURAL FEEDSTOCKS
(Appropriated)
BIOREFINING PROCESSES
(Appropriated)
Improved Utilization of AG Products Through Identification of Nitrogen-containing Bioactive Components Important to Quality & Human Health
(Appropriated)
Improvement and Utilization of Natural Rubber- and Castor Oil-producing Industrial Crops
(Appropriated)
NEW SUSTAINABLE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES TO PRODUCE HEALTHY, VALUE-ADDED FOODS FROM SPECIALTY CROPS AND THEIR CO-PRODUCTS
(Appropriated)
OPTIMIZATION OF THE NUTRITIONAL, FUNCTIONAL, AND SENSORY PROPERTIES OF RAW AND PROCESSED LEGUMES, GRAINS, AND SPECIALTY CROPS
(Appropriated)
PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES TO PREVENT WEIGHT GAIN AND OBESITY RELATED METABOLIC DISEASES
(Appropriated)
PRODUCTION OF WHEAT GERMPLASM WITH ENHANCED BAKING QUALITY
(Appropriated)
Quality based inspection and sorting of specialty crops using imaging and physical methods
(Appropriated)
REDUCTION OF ALLERGENICITY THROUGH FOOD PROCESSING.
(Appropriated)
DEVELOPMENT OF CLEAN TECHNOLOGY FOR CASTOR CROP IMPROVEMENT AND UTILIZATION
(Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement)
GENETIC AND BIOCHEMICAL REGULATION OF RUBBER BIOSYNTHESIS
(Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement)
HYDROXY FATTY ACID PRODUCTION VIA BIOCONVERSION OF HIGH OLEIC OILS
(Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement)
NON-FUNDED COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ARS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ADVANCED SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE (UC SOLAR)
(Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement)
DEMONSTRATION OF NEW, EFFICIENT INFRARED DRYING AND BLANCHING TECHNOLOGIES FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
(Reimbursable)
Infrared heating for improved drying efficiency and quality of almonds and pistachios
(Reimbursable)
INNOVATIVE ULTRAVIOLET-B PROCESSING TO ENHANCE HEALTH PROMOTING BIOACTIVE COMPONENTS IN SPECIALTY CROPS
(Reimbursable)
NANOSTRUCTURED ENZYME ASSEMBLIES FOR LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS BREAKDOWN FOR BIOPRODUCT AND BIOENERGY APPLICATIONS
(Reimbursable)
Sustainable Technologies for Table Olive/Olive Mill Wastewater Management
(Reimbursable)
TORREFACTION OF SPECIALTY CROPS POMACE TO PRODUCE HIGH-ENERGY DENSITY FUELS
(Reimbursable)
Developing and Deploying New Tools for Crop Plant Biotechnology
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW INFRARED DRY-PEELING SYSTEM FOR TOMATOES
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING QUALITY AND SAFETY OF PROCESSED FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS, RICE, & FISH BY-PRODUCTS
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
DIGESTION PROCESS FOR CONVERTING AGRICULTURAL BYPRODUCTS, FISH WASTE AND MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES INTO BIOENERGY
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
EVALUATION OF PRODUCTIVITY OF CASTOR IN FIELD
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
Guayule Rubber Crystallization Studies
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
POLYMER-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS IN NATURAL RUBBER LATEX
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS OF NORMAL AND INSULIN RESISTANT OBESE MICE FED PROCESSED BERRIES AND GRAINS
(Specific Cooperative Agreement)
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PROCESSING METHODS FOR PRODUCING HEALTHY FRENCH FRIES
(Trust)
Development of Sustainable Tomato Peeling System by Using Infared Radiation Heating
(Trust)
METABOLITE PROFILING OF COMMERCIAL CITRUS PRODUCTS
(Trust)
Solid waste management for bioenergy production
(Trust)
THE DEVELOPMENT, OPTIMIZATION, AND APPLICATION OF NOVEL, SLOW-RELEASE ENGINEERED FERTILIZER OF HIGH PERFORMANCE
(Trust)
Water Availability and Water Management (NP #211)
AQUATIC AND RIPARIAN WEED MANAGEMENT TO PROTECT U.S. WATER RESOURCES IN THE FAR WEST UNITED STATES
(Appropriated)
Molecular Tools to Minimize Risk in Genetically Engineered Crops
(Appropriated)
Cooperation agreement and benefits sharing between the foundation for the study of invasive species & ARS exotic & invasive weeds res. unit
(Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement)
EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT FOR EGERIA DENSA (BRAZILIAN WATERWEED) IN THE SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA
(Reimbursable)
Improved Recombinase Technology for Targeted Marker Free Integration and Founder Line Production for Risk Assessment
(Reimbursable)
Improved Recomibinase Technology for Targeted Marker Free Integration and Founder Line Production for Risk Assessment
(Reimbursable)
LEPIDIUM LATIFOLIUM MANAGEMENT FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES AND TIDAL MARSH RECOVERY, SOUTHAMPTION BAY/SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY
(Reimbursable)
TAHOE KEYS AQUATIC PLANT MANAGEMENT RESEARCH
(Reimbursable)
Founder Lines for Improved Citrus Biotechnology
(Trust)
The Development of Novel Blood and Cara Cara Like Citrus Varieties
(Trust)
   
 
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