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Research Programs and Projects at this Location

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 Animal Production (NP #101)
Optimizing Welfare for Food Producing Animals
(In-House Appropriated)
Characterizing Formula-fed Veal and Dairy Beef Calf Welfare through Audits and Industry Engagement
(Cooperative Agreement)
Improving Piglet Survivability and Sow Welfare through Microenvironment Management
(Cooperative Agreement)
Integrating Functional Genomics, Behavior, and Health Measures to Mitigate the Cumulative Effects of in Utero Heat Stress on Swine Welfare
(Cooperative Agreement)
PARTNERSHIP: Characterizing formula-fed veal and dairy beef calf welfare through audits and industry engagement
(Cooperative Agreement)
PARTNERSHIP: Characterizing formula-fed veal and dairy beef calf welfare through audits and industry engagement
(Cooperative Agreement)
Thermal perches as warming devices for reducing cold stress in laying hens
(Cooperative Agreement)
Thermal perches as warming devices for reducing cold stress in laying hens
(Cooperative Agreement)
Characterizing Formula-fed Veal and Dairy Beef Calf Welfare Through Audits and Industry Engagement
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Enhancing the Thermal Environment of Sows and Piglets to Simultaneously Improve Sow Welfare and Improve Lifetime Performance and Survivability of...
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Integrating Functional Genomics, Behavior, and Health Measures to Mitigate the Cumulative Effects of in Utero Heat Stress on Swine Welfare
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Thermal Perches as Warming Devices for Reducing Cold Stress in Caged Laying Hens
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Utilize the Purdue Animal Care and Use Committee (PACUC)
(Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
Elucidating the Biology of Sow Tolerance to Heat Stress at The Intersection of the Genome, Microbiome and Metabolome
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Understanding the role of the genome, microbiome, and epigenome on the transgenerational effects of in utero heat stress in pigs
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Determine relationships between stress-load and calf behavior in precision livestock farming
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Determining the Thermal Preference of Weanling Pigs
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Evaluating the effects of water delivered L-glutamine on mitigating stress and improving productivity in weaned pigs
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Evaluating the Interactions Between Swine Behavior and Heat Stress Response
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Identifying Phenotypic and Genotypic Indicators of Dairy Cattle Resilience in Automated Farming Systems
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Improving the Environment of Piglets and Sows to Enhance Performance and Welfare
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Improving Welfare of Swine and Poultry through Environmental Enrichment
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Reducing the Negative Impact of In Utero Heat Stress on Swine Immune Function Through Functional Genomics
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Supplementing Dairy Calves with L-glutamine to Reduce Antibiotic Use
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Swine Thermal Stress Mobile Application HotHog
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Evaluation of Effects of a Animal Nutrition Supplement on Short and Long-term Sow and Litter Health, Performance, and Welfare Under Heat Stress
(Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
Water Availability and Watershed Management (NP #211)
Assessment of Sediment and Chemical Transport Processes for Developing and Improving Agricultural Conservation Practices
(In-House Appropriated)
Improving Understanding of Soil Processes for Making More Informed Agricultural Management Decisions that Increase Agricultural Sustainability in the Central U.S.
(In-House Appropriated)
Assessing Legacy Phosphorus Losses from Fields and Watersheds in the Western Lake Erie Basin
(Cooperative Agreement)
NRCS WEPP Model Programming, Testing and Support
(Cooperative Agreement)
WEPP GIS for NRCS Field Scale Erosion Assessment
(Cooperative Agreement)
WEPP Model Development, Testing and Support
(Cooperative Agreement)
WEPP Model Development, Testing and Support
(Cooperative Agreement)
WEPP Watershed Web-based GIS Interface
(Cooperative Agreement)
Assessing Legacy Phosphorus losses from Fields and Watersheds in the Western Lake Erie Basin
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Contribution of Legacy P to Watershed Outcomes - Phase 1 - NSEU
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
FY 2020 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on croplands)
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
FY 2021 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on Croplands) - NSE
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
FY 2022 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on croplands), NSEU
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP)
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Soil and Air (NP #212)
Assessment of Sediment and Chemical Transport Processes for Developing and Improving Agricultural Conservation Practices
(In-House Appropriated)
Improving Understanding of Soil Processes for Making More Informed Agricultural Management Decisions that Increase Agricultural Sustainability in the Central U.S.
(In-House Appropriated)
Assessing Legacy Phosphorus Losses from Fields and Watersheds in the Western Lake Erie Basin
(Cooperative Agreement)
NRCS WEPP Model Programming, Testing and Support
(Cooperative Agreement)
WEPP GIS for NRCS Field Scale Erosion Assessment
(Cooperative Agreement)
WEPP Model Development, Testing and Support
(Cooperative Agreement)
Assessing Legacy Phosphorus losses from Fields and Watersheds in the Western Lake Erie Basin
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Contribution of Legacy P to Watershed Outcomes - Phase 1 - NSEU
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
FY 2020 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on croplands)
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
FY 2021 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on Croplands) - NSE
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
FY 2022 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on croplands), NSEU
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Sustainable Agricultural Systems Research (NP #216)
Improving Understanding of Soil Processes for Making More Informed Agricultural Management Decisions that Increase Agricultural Sustainability in the Central U.S.
(In-House Appropriated)
Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics and Genetic Improvement (NP #301)
Designing Soybeans with Enhanced Seed Quality, Plant Health Traits and Climate Resilience
(In-House Appropriated)
Genetic and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Plant-Insect Interactions in Cereal Crops
(In-House Appropriated)
Developing Breeding Resources and Understanding Pathogen Biology to Control Frogeye Leaf Spot in Indiana (Year 3)
(Cooperative Agreement)
FY24 National USDA Uniform Soybean Tests / Yield, Disease Resistance and Quality Traits Evaluation of Public Breeding Lines
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Genetic Analysis of a Candidate Hessian Fly-responsive Defense Gene Function Using a Rice Cultivar as Surrogate Genome
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Genetic Approaches for Soybean Protein Improvement
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Identifying Important Pathogenicity Factors in Fungal Pathogens for Developing Novel Soybean Disease Control Strategies
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Understanding Mechanisms of Multitrophic Interactions between Aphids, Viruses, Symbionts and Cereal Plants
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Developing Breeding Resources and Understanding Pathogen Biology to Control Frogeye Leaf Spot in Indiana (Year 3)
(Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
Plant Diseases (NP #303)
Designing Soybeans with Enhanced Seed Quality, Plant Health Traits and Climate Resilience
(In-House Appropriated)
Fungal Host-Pathogen Interactions and Disease Resistance in Cereal Crops
(In-House Appropriated)
Developing Breeding Resources and Understanding Pathogen Biology to Control Frogeye Leaf Spot in Indiana (Year 3)
(Cooperative Agreement)
Institutional Biological Safety Committee (IBC) Agreement - Purdue University
(Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
Determining the Roles of Fusarium Effector Proteases in Plant Pathogenesis
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
FY24 National USDA Uniform Soybean Tests / Yield, Disease Resistance and Quality Traits Evaluation of Public Breeding Lines
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Ag-Discovery Summer Enrichment Program
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Developing Methods for More Efficient Wheat Transformation
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Developing New Technologies for Improving Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Developing Tools for Genotype Independent Transformation and Gene-Editing in Cereals
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Engineering Gene-for-Gene Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight in Wheat and Barley (Rothamsted)
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Functional Analysis of Genes in the Wheat Pathogen Zymoseptoria Tritici
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Genetic Approaches for Soybean Protein Improvement
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Identifying Important Pathogenicity Factors in Fungal Pathogens for Developing Novel Soybean Disease Control Strategies
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Improvement of Oat Germplasm for Resistance/Tolerance to Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus Utilizing Marker-Assisted-Selection Breeding
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Tar Spot of Corn: Characterizing the Ecology and Epidemiology of an Understudied and High-Profile Disease
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Developing Breeding Resources and Understanding Pathogen Biology to Control Frogeye Leaf Spot in Indiana (Year 3)
(Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)