National Program Leader For:

• Improving Forage Genetics and Management in Integrated Dairy Systems for Enhanced Productivity, Efficiency and Resilience, and Decreased Environmental Impact
  
  Accession Number: 433979
  
  
• Development of Genetic, Genomic and Molecular Resources to Improve Performance, Adaptability and Utility of Cool Season Grasses and Cover Crops
  
  Accession Number: 434578
  
  
• National Turfgrass Evaluation Program
  
  Accession Number: 435607
  
  
• Improved Plant Genetic Resources and Methodologies for Rangelands, Pastures, and Turf Landscapes in the Semiarid Western U.S.
  
  Accession Number: 435977
  
  
• Understanding and Mitigating the Adverse Effects of Poisonous Plants on Livestock Production Systems
  
  Accession Number: 436003
  
  
• Enhancing Resistance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses in Alfalfa
  
  Accession Number: 436020
  
  
• Emerging Stress Challenges and Functional Genomics of Stress Responses in Alfalfa
  
  Accession Number: 436115
  
  
• Genetic Improvement and Cropping Systems of Warm-season Grasses for Forage, Feedstocks, Syrup, and Turf
  
  Accession Number: 436116
  
  
• Improving Forage and Bioenergy Plants and Production Systems for the Central U.S.
  
  Accession Number: 436174
  
  
• Germplasm Development for Reduced Input Turf Management Systems
  
  Accession Number: 436271
  
  
• Sustaining Southern Plains Landscapes through Improved Plant Genetics and Sound Forage-Livestock Production Systems
  
  Accession Number: 436498
  
  
• Genetic Improvement and Cropping Systems of Alfalfa for Livestock Utilization, Environmental Protection and Soil Health
  
  Accession Number: 439273
  
  
• Agroecological Approach to Enhance U.S. Sheep Industry Viability and Rangeland Ecosystem Conservation
  
  Accession Number: 442283
  
  
• Approaches for Improving and Measuring Red Meat Quality and Composition
  
  Accession Number: 442301
  
  
• Integration of Small Ruminant Production into Orchard Enterprises to Improve Economic and Ecological Sustainability
  
  Accession Number: 442363
  
  
• National Animal Germplasm Program
  
  Accession Number: 442377
  
  
• Applying Nutritional Strategies to Improve Early Embryonic Development and Progeny Performance in Beef Cows
  
  Accession Number: 442475
  
  
• Accelerating Genetic Improvement of Ruminants Through Enhanced Genome Assembly, Annotation, and Selection
  
  Accession Number: 442481
  
  
• Increasing Accuracy of Genomic Prediction, Developing Algorithms, Selecting Markers, and Evaluating New Traits to Improve Dairy Cattle
  
  Accession Number: 442491
  
  
• Biophotonics – Emerging Imaging Technologies for Food Animal Research
  
  Accession Number: 442523
  
  
• Environmental and Management Influences on Animal Productivity and Well-Being Phenotypes
  
  Accession Number: 442533
  
  
• Development of New Technologies and Methods to Enhance the Fertility, Utilization, and Long-Term Storage of Poultry and Swine Germplasm
  
  Accession Number: 442575
  
  
• Improving Dairy Cow Feed Efficiency and Environmental Sustainability Using Genomics and Novel Technologies to Identify Physiological Contributions and Adaptations
  
  Accession Number: 442582
  
  
• Optimizing Nutrient Management and Efficiency of Beef Cattle and Swine
  
  Accession Number: 442588
  
  
• Genomes to Phenomes in Beef Cattle Research
  
  Accession Number: 442591
  
  
• Physiological, Microbiological, and Nutritional Mechanisms to Maintain Animal Productivity in the Absence of Antibiotics
  
  Accession Number: 442600
  
  
• Enhancing Beef Cattle Production and Finishing Systems in the Southern Great Plains
  
  Accession Number: 442608
  
  
• Discovery of Novel Traits to Improve Efficiency and Sustainability of Different Sheep Production Systems
  
  Accession Number: 442610
  
  
• Nutritional Strategies to Improve Production Efficiencies in Broiler Chickens
  
  Accession Number: 442615
  
  
• Identifying and Mitigating Factors that Limit Beef Production Efficiency
  
  Accession Number: 442622
  
  
• Alternatives to Antibiotics: Developing Novel Strategies to Improve Production Efficiency in Swine
  
  Accession Number: 442630
  
  
• Optimizing Welfare for Food Producing Animals
  
  Accession Number: 442656
  
  
• Forage and Feed Characteristics on Performance, Feed Efficiency, Environmental Impact, and Farm Nutrient Cycling of Dairy Production Systems
  
  Accession Number: 442697
  
  
• Improving Lifetime Productivity in Swine using Systems Biology and Precision Management Approaches
  
  Accession Number: 442712
  
  
• The Roles of Forage and Phytochemicals at the Plant-Microbe-Animal Nexus for Sustainable Ruminant
  
  Accession Number: 442960
  
  
• Developing Strategies to Improve Dairy Cow Performance and Nutrient Use Efficiency with Nutrition, Genetics, and Microbiology
  
  Accession Number: 442971
  
  
• Multi-Dimension Phenotyping to Enhance Prediction of Performance in Swine
  
  Accession Number: 443152
  
  
• Enhancing Genetic Resistance and Vaccinal Response to Control Marek’s Disease, Infectious Laryngotracheitis, and Infectious Bursal Disease in Chicken
  
  Accession Number: 443180
  
  
• Improving Sustainability and Resiliency in Commercial Broiler Production
  
  Accession Number: 443190
  
  
• Reducing the Impact of Subclinical Enteric Infections on Performance and Gastrointestinal Function of Broilers
  
  Accession Number: 443259
  
  
• Validate Causative Mutations in Agriculturally-Important Vertebrates
  
  Accession Number: 443341