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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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Food Safety, (Animal and Plant Products) (NP #108)
Ecological Factors that Enable Colonization, Retention, and Dispersal of Foodborne Pathogens and Intervention Strategies to Control the Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance in Cattle and Swine
(In-House Appropriated)
Immunological and Practical Approaches to Manipulate the Ecological Niches and Reduce Foodborne Pathogens in Poultry
(In-House Appropriated)
Consultation and Review Services for Biohazard Research
(Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
A Novel Probiotic to Increase Chicken Gut Integrity and Maturation at Early Life to Improve Health and Disease Resistance
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Utilizing Pre-harvest Enumeration and Risk Factors to Predict Ground Turkey Test Results
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Food Safety Studies Related to HPAI Virus in Food Products
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
The Control of Food Safety Pathogens in Preharvest Poultry
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Evaluation of an Oregano-Based Feed Additive to Reduce Salmonella Colonization in Poultry
(Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics and Genetic Improvement (NP #301)
Management of Cotton Genetic Resources and Genetic Improvement of Cotton
(In-House Appropriated)
Modern Breeding Approaches for Sorghum Hybrid Improvement and Molecular Analysis of Grain Traits Critical to End-use Quality
(In-House Appropriated)
Pecan Breeding and Management of the National Collection of Carya Genetic Resources
(In-House Appropriated)
Advancement of Cotton Genetic Resources Through Use of a Costa Rican Counter Season Nursery
(Cooperative Agreement)
Towards a Pecan Pan-genome: Generating Three Reference, Annotated Genomes for Pecan
(Cooperative Agreement)
Exploiting Genetic Variation of Australian and African Diploid Accessions for American Tetraploid Cotton
(Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance for Sustainable Cotton Production
(Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
Exploring the Genetics of Drought Resistance with Field-based Phenomics and Biophysical Process-based Modeling
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Trees for the Future: Coordinated Development of Genetic Resources and Tools to Accelerate Breeding of Geographic and Climate Adapted Pecan Trees
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Continued Development of a Publicly Accessible Comprehensive Cotton Database
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Developing Pecan Database Resources
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Establishing Micropropagation for Pecan Propagation and Breeding
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Evaluation of Salt Tolerance of Pecan Rootstocks
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Identifying Differential Gene and Protein Expression in Two Pecan Cultivars With Contrasting Nut Size, Shape, and Maturity Timing
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Maintenance, Distribution, and Utilization of Cotton Genetic Resources
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Omics-Assisted Breeding Approaches for Sorghum Hybrid Improvement
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Studies of Fruit-bud Differentiation for Pecan Breeding Selections
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Plant Diseases (NP #303)
Advancing Precision Aerial Application for Sustainable Crop Production and Protection
(In-House Appropriated)
Molecular and Genetic Approaches to Manage Cotton and Sorghum Diseases
(In-House Appropriated)
Partners in Crime: Pathobiome of Fusarium Cotton Wilt Pathogen
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Crop Protection & Quarantine (NP #304)
Novel Approaches for Management of Row Crop Pests and Continued Boll Weevil Eradication
(In-House Appropriated)
USDA Forum on Artificial Intelligence in Federal Research in Collaboration with Texas A&M University
(Cooperative Agreement)
Climate-Smart Cotton: Developing Precision Regenerative Practices & Market Opportunities for Addressing Climate Change in the US Cotton Belt
(Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
Enhancing Livestock Production from Rangelands in the Great Plains
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Influence of Soil Microbiota and Entomopathogenic Nematodes on Cotton Defensive Chemical Production
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Pheromone Components of the Pecan Weevil
(Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
Spray Drift Characterization of Remotely Piloted Aerial Application Systems
(Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
Crop Production (NP #305)
Advancing Precision Aerial Application for Sustainable Crop Production and Protection
(In-House Appropriated)
USDA Forum on Artificial Intelligence in Federal Research in Collaboration with Texas A&M University
(Cooperative Agreement)
Climate-Smart Cotton: Developing Precision Regenerative Practices & Market Opportunities for Addressing Climate Change in the US Cotton Belt
(Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
Enhancing Livestock Production from Rangelands in the Great Plains
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Spray Drift Characterization of Remotely Piloted Aerial Application Systems
(Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)