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Human Nutrition (NP #107)
	Impact of Diet on Intestinal Microbiota, Gut Health and Immune Function (In-House Appropriated)
	Improving Public Health by Understanding Metabolic and Bio-Behavioral Effects of Following Recommendations in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (In-House Appropriated)
	Molecular Determinants of Energy Metabolism Regulation and Gut Function in Response to Zinc Deficiency (In-House Appropriated)
	Composition of Early Human Milk (E-MILQ) Brazil (Cooperative Agreement)
	Composition of Early Human Milk (E-MILQ) Denmark (Cooperative Agreement)
	Composition of Early Human Milk (E-MILQ) the Gambia (Cooperative Agreement)
	Early-MILQ (E-MILQ) Study to Collect and Analyze Human Milk During the First Month Postpartum (Cooperative Agreement)
	Human Milk Volume Measurement by the Deuterated Water Method in the E-MILQ (Cooperative Agreement)
	The Mothers, Infants and Lactation Quality (MILQ) Study Supplement: MILQ2 (Cooperative Agreement)
	WHNRC Fiber Intervention Study: Dietary Assessment (Cooperative Agreement)
	Effect of Daily Consumption of Peanuts/Peanut Butter on Immune Function and Cardiometabolic Markers and Risk Factors in Free-Living Individuals (Grant)
	AI Institute for Next Generation Food Systems (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Biological Mechanisms Through Which TMAO Promotes Atherosclerosis (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	California Partnership for Personalized Nutrition (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Characterizing the Physiological Role of SLC22A24 (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Effect of Yogurt on Mucosal Immunity in the Gastrointestinal Tract (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	UC Davis Dietary Biomarkers Development Center - Metabolomics and Intervention Cores (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Valorization of Dairy Sidestreams to Fight Calcium Deficits in Postmenopausal Women (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Advancing Methods and Applications in Metagenomics Sequence Analysis (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Analytical Study and Method Development for Nutrient Composition of Human Milk (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Are Protective Effects of Blueberry Polyphenols Mediated by the Microbiome (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Assessment of Intestinal Permeability in Adults (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Collaborative Research in Human Nutrition (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Development of New Standard Rodent Diet (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Identifying the Role of Pulses in a Healthful Diet: Metabolomic Signatures of Dietary Pulses and their Benefits on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Improving the Dietary Guidelines for Americans by Understanding Genetic and Dietary Interactions in Mice (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Investigating Alternative Protein Foods in the Dietary Guidelines (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Metagenomic Approaches to Dietary Interventions (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Modernizing Dietary Assessment: Adapting Deep Learning to Predict Ingredients from Food Photos (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Using Diversity Outbred Mice to Model Heterogenous Diet Responses (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Additive Effects of Honey and Whole Foods in Altering Postprandial Glycemia (Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
	Mothers, Infants and Lactation Quality-Extra Analyses (MILQ II) Project (Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
	Mothers, Infants and Lactation Quality-Extra Analyses (MILQ II) Project II (Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
	The Role of Honey and Small Intestine Microbes in Digestive Health (Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
Water Availability and Watershed Management (NP #211)
	Improved Agroecosystem Efficiency and Sustainability in a Changing Environment (In-House Appropriated)
	Synergistic Managed Aquifer Strategies to Sustain Irrigated Agriculture (CA) (Cooperative Agreement)
	Synergistic Managed Aquifer Strategies to Sustain Irrigated Agriculture (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Improving Irrigation Management in Specialty Crop Systems (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Agricultural Water, Land Retirement, and Habitat on the Pacific Flyway: A Non-market Value Assessment (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Application of a Watershed Model to Assess Groundwater Sustainability Under Changing Climatic and Management Scenarios (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Assessing the Fate of Metal Oxide Associated Contaminants During Managed Aquifer Recharge (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Determining Subsurface Hydraulic Properties and Water Content Using Geophysical Methods and Limited Soil/Sediment Datasets (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Evaluating Models of Radiation Transfer and Carbon-Water Exchange in Vineyard and Orchard Canopies (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Examining Perennial Crop Physiology, Evapotranspiration, and Carbon Dynamics Using Surface-based Measurements and Proximal Remote Sensing Techniques (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Improving Irrigation Efficiencies and Sustainability in Woody Perennial Crops Specific to California (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Integrated Optimization Framework of California Water and Land Use (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Linking Climate Change Impacts on Forest Health, Fire Risk, and Vegetation and Snow Dynamics in California (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Linking Ground Based and Remotely Sensed Stress Physiology of California Woody Perennial Crops (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Linking Measured Root Zone Dynamics to Atmospheric and Subsurface Fluxes (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Machine Learning for Unearthing Environmental Drivers of Soil Moisture Dynamics and Scaling to Hillslope and Remote Sensing Observations (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Managed Aquifer Recharge to Sustain Irrigated Agriculture (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Nonequilibrium Processes Influencing Contaminant Fate During Managed Aquifer Recharge (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Pretreatment Technologies for Managed Aquifer Recharge to Mitigate Clogging and to Remove Contaminants (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Rethinking California’s Managed Aquifer Recharge Beyond Flat Terrains: A Multi-Method Assessment of Hillslope Processes (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Synergistic Managed Aquifer Strategies to Sustain Irrigated Agriculture (NACA) (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Soil and Air (NP #212)
	Resilient, Sustainable Production Strategies for Low-Input Environments (In-House Appropriated)
	A Webinar and Workshop Series of Decision Support Resources for Forest Managers in California (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Multifaceted Pathways to Climate-smart Agriculture Through Integrated Participatory Program Development and Delivery (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Solutions to the Armillaria Root Rot Threat Affecting the U.S. Stone Fruit Industry (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	A Water Sensitivity Analysis for Sustaining Irrigated Agriculture in the Southwest (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Advancing Applied Climate Science Action for Diverse Agro-ecological Applications Across California (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Defining Soil Health for Winegrape Production (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Enhancing Water Adaptation in the Arid West (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Evaluating New Technology and Grapevine Genotypes to Improve Vineyard Water Use Sustainability (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Evaluating the Physiological Responses of Superior Juglans Germplasm to Drought Stress (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Identify Novel Compounds Associated with Smoke Taint in Grapes, Musts, and Wine Sampled in California Vineyards (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Impact of Wildfire Smoke Taint and Key Trunk Pathogens on Grapevine Wood and Grape Chemistry (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Impact of Wood-infecting Fungi on Horticultural Crops (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Measuring Grape Smoke Exposure Impact (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Multifaceted Pathways to Climate-smart Agriculture Through Integrated Participatory Program Development and Delivery (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Objective-based Climate Ready Reforestation Workshop (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Science Applications for Advancing Federal and State Forest Management Pace and Scale (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Supporting Climate Literacy for United States Forest Service (USFS) (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Translating Agricultural Climate Indicators for Region-specific and Actionable Information (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Developing Solar-induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence as a Ground-based and Remotely-sensed Physiological Indicator of Grapevine Stress (Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
Grass, Forage, and Rangeland Agroecosystems (NP #215)
	A Webinar and Workshop Series of Decision Support Resources for Forest Managers in California (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Multifaceted Pathways to Climate-smart Agriculture Through Integrated Participatory Program Development and Delivery (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	A Water Sensitivity Analysis for Sustaining Irrigated Agriculture in the Southwest (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Advancing Applied Climate Science Action for Diverse Agro-ecological Applications Across California (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Enhancing Water Adaptation in the Arid West (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Multifaceted Pathways to Climate-smart Agriculture Through Integrated Participatory Program Development and Delivery (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Objective-based Climate Ready Reforestation Workshop (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Science Applications for Advancing Federal and State Forest Management Pace and Scale (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Supporting Climate Literacy for United States Forest Service (USFS) (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Translating Agricultural Climate Indicators for Region-specific and Actionable Information (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Sustainable Agricultural Systems Research (NP #216)
	Improved Agroecosystem Efficiency and Sustainability in a Changing Environment (In-House Appropriated)
	The USDA Climate Hubs – Supporting Natural and Working Lands Resilience by Co-Developing and Communicating Research-Informed Agro-Climate Practices (In-House Appropriated)
	Synergistic Managed Aquifer Strategies to Sustain Irrigated Agriculture (CA) (Cooperative Agreement)
	A Webinar and Workshop Series of Decision Support Resources for Forest Managers in California (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Climate Change Mitigation Outreach and Education: California Climate Hub (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Synergistic Managed Aquifer Strategies to Sustain Irrigated Agriculture (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Improving Irrigation Management in Specialty Crop Systems (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Multifaceted Pathways to Climate-smart Agriculture Through Integrated Participatory Program Development and Delivery (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	A Water Sensitivity Analysis for Sustaining Irrigated Agriculture in the Southwest (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Advancing Applied Climate Science Action for Diverse Agro-ecological Applications Across California (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Agricultural Water, Land Retirement, and Habitat on the Pacific Flyway: A Non-market Value Assessment (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Application of a Watershed Model to Assess Groundwater Sustainability Under Changing Climatic and Management Scenarios (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Assessing the Fate of Metal Oxide Associated Contaminants During Managed Aquifer Recharge (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Climate Informed Reforestation Guidance, Resources, Workshops and Extension (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Determining Subsurface Hydraulic Properties and Water Content Using Geophysical Methods and Limited Soil/Sediment Datasets (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Enhancing Water Adaptation in the Arid West (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Evaluating Models of Radiation Transfer and Carbon-Water Exchange in Vineyard and Orchard Canopies (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Examining Perennial Crop Physiology, Evapotranspiration, and Carbon Dynamics Using Surface-based Measurements and Proximal Remote Sensing Techniques (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Improving Irrigation Efficiencies and Sustainability in Woody Perennial Crops Specific to California (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Integrated Optimization Framework of California Water and Land Use (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Linking Climate Change Impacts on Forest Health, Fire Risk, and Vegetation and Snow Dynamics in California (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Linking Ground Based and Remotely Sensed Stress Physiology of California Woody Perennial Crops (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Linking Measured Root Zone Dynamics to Atmospheric and Subsurface Fluxes (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Machine Learning for Unearthing Environmental Drivers of Soil Moisture Dynamics and Scaling to Hillslope and Remote Sensing Observations (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Managed Aquifer Recharge to Sustain Irrigated Agriculture (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Multifaceted Pathways to Climate-smart Agriculture Through Integrated Participatory Program Development and Delivery (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Nonequilibrium Processes Influencing Contaminant Fate During Managed Aquifer Recharge (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Objective-based Climate Ready Reforestation Workshop (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Pretreatment Technologies for Managed Aquifer Recharge to Mitigate Clogging and to Remove Contaminants (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Rethinking California’s Managed Aquifer Recharge Beyond Flat Terrains: A Multi-Method Assessment of Hillslope Processes (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Science Applications for Advancing Federal and State Forest Management Pace and Scale (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Supporting Climate Literacy for United States Forest Service (USFS) (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Synergistic Managed Aquifer Strategies to Sustain Irrigated Agriculture (NACA) (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Translating Agricultural Climate Indicators for Region-specific and Actionable Information (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics and Genetic Improvement (NP #301)
	Leveraging Rice Mutant Resources for Trait Discovery, Analysis, and Germplasm Enhancement (In-House Appropriated)
	Managing Genetic Resources and Associated Information of Grape, Tree Fruit, Tree Nut, and Other Specialty Crops Adapted to Mediterranean Climates (In-House Appropriated)
	Characterization of Davis National Plant Germplasm System Vitis collection for Desired Breeding Traits - Davis, California (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Characterization of Molecular and Phenotypic Diversity in the USDA-NCGR Pistacia Collection (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Characterization of Variation in Phenology and Chill Requirement in the USDA-NCGR Pistacia Collection (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Evaluation of Walnut Blight Resistance in USDA-NCGR Juglans regia Accessions from the Republic of Georgia (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Germplasm Evaluation for Sweet Cherry Genetic Diversity and Disease Resistance (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Application of Forward and Reverse Genetics to Rice Improvement (continuing project)-2023 (Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
	Request for Support for the National Clonal Germplasm Repository (Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
Plant Diseases (NP #303)
	Improved Pest and Disease Control for Enhanced Woody Perennial Tree Crop and Grapevine Production (In-House Appropriated)
	Stacking RNAi-based Resistance to Phytophthora, Crown Gall, and Nematodes in Almond and Walnut Rootstocks (Cooperative Agreement)
	Ecobiology, Impact and Management of Grapevine Red Blotch Virus and Its Vector(s) in California and Oregon Vineyards (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Putting phenotypic and genotyplc tools to work for improving walnut rootstocks (2023-2024) (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Stacking RNAi-based Resistance to Phytophthora, Crown Gall, and Nematodes in Almond and Walnut Rootstocks (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Development of RNA Interference-based Resistance in Almond and Walnut Rootstocks Against Phytophthora Pathogens (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Evaluating the Physiological Responses of Superior Juglans Germplasm to Drought Stress (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Pest Management in Floriculture Crops Through Applications of Optical Sensing and Other Innovative Technologies (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Crop Production (NP #305)
	Resilient, Sustainable Production Strategies for Low-Input Environments (In-House Appropriated)
	Solutions to the Armillaria Root Rot Threat Affecting the U.S. Stone Fruit Industry (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Defining Soil Health for Winegrape Production (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Evaluating New Technology and Grapevine Genotypes to Improve Vineyard Water Use Sustainability (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Evaluating the Physiological Responses of Superior Juglans Germplasm to Drought Stress (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Identify Novel Compounds Associated with Smoke Taint in Grapes, Musts, and Wine Sampled in California Vineyards (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Impact of Wildfire Smoke Taint and Key Trunk Pathogens on Grapevine Wood and Grape Chemistry (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Impact of Wood-infecting Fungi on Horticultural Crops (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Measuring Grape Smoke Exposure Impact (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Developing Solar-induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence as a Ground-based and Remotely-sensed Physiological Indicator of Grapevine Stress (Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)