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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)
	Immunodiagnostics to Detect Prions and Other Important Animal Pathogens (In-House Appropriated)
Food Safety, (Animal and Plant Products) (NP #108)
	Elucidating the Factors that Determine the Ecology of Human Pathogens in Foods (In-House Appropriated)
	Human Pathogens within the Produce Production Continuum; their Detection, Mechanisms for Persistence, and Ecology (In-House Appropriated)
	Novel Methods for the Mitigation of Human Pathogens and Mycotoxin Contamination of High Value California Specialty Crops (In-House Appropriated)
	Technologies for the Detection of Bacterial and Plant Toxins and Allergens that Impact Food Safety and Food Defense (In-House Appropriated)
	Effect of the Environmental Microbiome and Plant Genotype on the Lettuce Microbiome and Colonization by E. coli O157:H7 (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Prevention of Pathogen Contamination in the Lettuce Production Continuum (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Campylobacter as Model System to Understand Emergence and Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Enhancing the Safety and Quality of Fresh Produce and Low-Moisture Foods (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Genomic Epidemiology of Campylobacter to Improve Disease Control in Low and Middle Income Countries (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Development of Detection Technologies and Therapeutics for Botulinum Neurotoxins (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Development of Detection Technologies for Botulinum Neurotoxins and Their Validation in Food Matrices (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Identification and Characterization of Bacteria Capable of Suppressing Human Pathogens in Agricultural Soils (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Novel Natural Antibacterial Agents/Formulas for Improving Safety, Quality, and Health Benefits of Fresh Produce (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Development of Bithional Against Botulinum Neurotoxins (Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
	Identification of Pistachio Associated Volatiles for the Control of Navel Orangeworm (Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
	Implementation of gaseous chlorine dioxide fumigation to improve post-harvest stockpile management of almonds (Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
	Use of Pistachio Mummy Volatiles as Lures for Navel Orangeworm (Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
Water Availability and Watershed Management (NP #211)
	Aquatic Weeds Associated with Agricultural Water Supply (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Areawide Management of Invasive Weeds in the Sacramento/San Joaquin River Delta (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Grass, Forage, and Rangeland Agroecosystems (NP #215)
	New Genetic Resources for Breeding Better Wheat and Bioenergy Crops (In-House Appropriated)
	Biological Control of Bagrada Bug (UCB) (Cooperative Agreement)
	Proactive Classical Biological Control of Tuta absoluta in California (Cooperative Agreement)
	Release of Generalist Parasitoids for Suppression of Spotted Wing Drosophila (Cooperative Agreement)
	Testing the Safety and Efficacy of Imported Biocontrol Agents for Bagrada Bug (Cooperative Agreement)
	Biological Control of Bagrada Bug (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Biological Control of Invasive Water Primroses, Ludwigia spp. (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Assessment of Plant Species Invasions to Guide Adaptive Weed Management for Endangered Plant and Tidal Wetland Recovery (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Proactive Classical Biological Control of Tuta absoluta in California (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Release of Generalist Parasitoids for Suppression of Spotted Wing Drosophila (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Testing the Safety and Efficacy of Imported Biocontrol Agents for Bagrada Bug (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Toxicity Testing of Weed Biological Control Agents as Food for Fish of Concern in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Understanding Genetics of Biomass Yield in Switchgrass: Discovering Genes Conferring Biomass Yield Heterosis (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Areawide Management of Spotted-Wing Drosophila (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Biological Control of Bagrada Bug (CDFA) (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Ecological, Ecophysiological and Biochemical Responses of Native and Alien Cordgrasses and Yellow flag Iris to Sea Level Rise with Climate Change (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Genetic and Sequence Resources of Aegilops Markgrafii for Application in Wheat Crop Improvement Research (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Reducing the Impact of Invasive Weeds in Pacific West Estuaries through Plant Community Restoration (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Release and Evaluation of Biocontrol Agents of Weeds as Part of Areawide Weed Management in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics and Genetic Improvement (NP #301)
	GrainGenes: Enabling Data Access and Sustainability for Small Grains Researchers (In-House Appropriated)
	Molecular Genetic Tools Advancing the Application of Biotechnology for Crop Improvement (In-House Appropriated)
	New Genetic Resources for Breeding Better Wheat and Bioenergy Crops (In-House Appropriated)
	Development of a Transgene Biocontainment System for Switchgrass (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Therapeutic Molecule Evaluation and Field Delivery Pipeline for Solutions to HLB, Albany, California (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Exploiting Pattern Triggered Immunity to Combat Huanglongbing (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Understanding Genetics of Biomass Yield in Switchgrass: Discovering Genes Conferring Biomass Yield Heterosis (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	A Genomics-Based Approach to the Improvement of Agronomically Important Traits in Wheat (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Adapting Agricultural Databases for Genome Features (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Genetic and Sequence Resources of Aegilops Markgrafii for Application in Wheat Crop Improvement Research (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Characterization of the Complete Set of Prolamin Genes and Proteins Expressed in the Korean Wheat ‘Keumkang’ (Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
	Developing Abiotic Stress Tolerant Wheat Using Gene Editing (Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
	Effects on Surrounding Gene Activity Due to Gene Stacking within a Predefined Location of the Soybean Genome (Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
Plant Diseases (NP #303)
	Molecular Genetic Tools Advancing the Application of Biotechnology for Crop Improvement (In-House Appropriated)
	Therapeutic Molecule Evaluation and Field Delivery Pipeline for Solutions to HLB, Albany, California (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Exploiting Pattern Triggered Immunity to Combat Huanglongbing (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Developing Abiotic Stress Tolerant Wheat Using Gene Editing (Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
	Effects on Surrounding Gene Activity Due to Gene Stacking within a Predefined Location of the Soybean Genome (Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
Crop Protection & Quarantine (NP #304)
	Biological Control of Invasive Pests in Agroecosystems and Wetland, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystems in the Far Western U.S. (In-House Appropriated)
	Integrated Weed Management and Restoration Strategies to Protect Water Resources and Aquatic and Wetland Ecosystems of the Far Western U.S. (In-House Appropriated)
	Biological Control of Bagrada Bug (UCB) (Cooperative Agreement)
	Mass Rearing Yellow Starthistle Rosette Weevil (Cooperative Agreement)
	Proactive Classical Biological Control of Tuta absoluta in California (Cooperative Agreement)
	Release of Generalist Parasitoids for Suppression of Spotted Wing Drosophila (Cooperative Agreement)
	Testing the Safety and Efficacy of Imported Biocontrol Agents for Bagrada Bug (Cooperative Agreement)
	Biological Control of Bagrada Bug (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Biological Control of Invasive Water Primroses, Ludwigia spp. (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Determination of the Genetic Origin of Invasive Common Ice Plants (Mesembryanthemum spp.) in California and Prioritization of Biocontrol Agents (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Develop Methods to Mass Rear, Store and Release the Rosette Weevil, a New Biological Control Agent of Yellow Starthistle (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Assessment of Plant Species Invasions to Guide Adaptive Weed Management for Endangered Plant and Tidal Wetland Recovery (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Proactive Classical Biological Control of Tuta absoluta in California (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Release of Generalist Parasitoids for Suppression of Spotted Wing Drosophila (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Testing the Safety and Efficacy of Imported Biocontrol Agents for Bagrada Bug (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Toxicity Testing of Weed Biological Control Agents as Food for Fish of Concern in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Aquatic Weeds Associated with Agricultural Water Supply (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Areawide Management of Invasive Weeds in the Sacramento/San Joaquin River Delta (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Areawide Management of Spotted-Wing Drosophila (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Biological Control of Bagrada Bug (CDFA) (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Determination of the Origin of Invasive Common Ice Plants and Identification of Biological Control Agents in South Africa (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Determination of the Origin of Invasive Common Ice Plants and Identification of Biological Control Agents in the Mediterranean Basin (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Ecological, Ecophysiological and Biochemical Responses of Native and Alien Cordgrasses and Yellow flag Iris to Sea Level Rise with Climate Change (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Foreign Explorations for Natural Enemies of Invasive Weeds (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Reducing the Impact of Invasive Weeds in Pacific West Estuaries through Plant Community Restoration (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Release and Evaluation of Biocontrol Agents of Weeds as Part of Areawide Weed Management in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Crop Production (NP #305)
	Conduct Longitudinal Studies on Colony Performance and Explore Near-term Effects of Nutritional and Agrochemical Stressors on Honey Bee Health (In-House Appropriated)
	Analyzing Factors Contributing to Long-term Honey Bee Health and Hive Performance (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Modeling Honey Bee Exposure to Pesticides in Pollination Dependent Crops of California (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Effects of Organosilicone Surfactant Components on Honey Bee Reproduction and the Endocrine System (Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
Product Quality and New Uses (NP #306)
	Bioproducts and Biopolymers from Agricultural Feedstocks (In-House Appropriated)
	Domestic Production of Natural Rubber and Resins (In-House Appropriated)
	New Genetic Resources for Breeding Better Wheat and Bioenergy Crops (In-House Appropriated)
	New Sustainable Processes, Preservation Technologies, and Product Concepts for Specialty Crops and Their Co-Products (In-House Appropriated)
	New Technologies and Methodologies for Increasing Quality, Marketability and Value of Food Products and Byproducts (In-House Appropriated)
	Prevention of Obesity Related Metabolic Diseases by Bioactive Components of Food Processing Waste Byproducts and Mitigation of Food Allergies (In-House Appropriated)
	Zero Waste Agricultural Processing (In-House Appropriated)
	Advanced Carbon From Almond Byproducts (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Biobased Nanofibers (Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
	Development of Food Processing Solar Thermal Technologies (Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
	Characterization of a Novel Triacylglycerol Remodeling Pathway for Accumulation of Industrially Valuable Fatty Acids in Physaria Fendleri (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Inhibition of the Gut Microbial Metabolite Trimethylamine N9oxide (TMAO) Using Orange Peel to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Preservation of Food By Isochoric (Constant Volume) Freezing (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Programmed Assembly of Cell Based Carriers for Improved Functionality of Bioactives in the Gut (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Sustainable Bioeconomy for Arid Regions (SBAR) (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Understanding Genetics of Biomass Yield in Switchgrass: Discovering Genes Conferring Biomass Yield Heterosis (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Advanced Carbon From Almond Byproducts - Vapor Dose, LLC (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Advanced Carbon from Almond Byproducts - West Biofuels (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Expression and Function of Rubber Particle Proteins (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Genetic and Sequence Resources of Aegilops Markgrafii for Application in Wheat Crop Improvement Research (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Optimizing End-Use Applications of Almond and Walnut Shells by Activating its Carbon (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Characterization of the Complete Set of Prolamin Genes and Proteins Expressed in the Korean Wheat ‘Keumkang’ (Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
	Production of Environmentally Friendly PHA Biopolymers from Waste BioGas Derived from Agriculturally-Derived Solid Waste Streams (Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)

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