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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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Human Nutrition (NP #107)
Assessment of Bioavailable Iron from Staple Food Crops and Food Products: A Focus on Pulse Crops
(In-House Appropriated)
Genetic Regulation of Fruit and Vegetable Nutritional Quality and Maturation and Technology Development
(In-House Appropriated)
A New Mechanism to Improve Crop Yield and Nutritional Quality
(Cooperative Agreement)
Bridging Plant Pathology and Plant Nutrient Research to Stakeholders
(Cooperative Agreement)
Computational Genomic Assessment of Gene Editing Fidelity
(Cooperative Agreement)
Elucidation of Genetic Elements Governing Quality Traits in Cauliflower
(Cooperative Agreement)
Functional Analysis of Tomato Fruit Quality, Nutrient and Ripening Genes via Genetic Diversity Analysis
(Cooperative Agreement)
Functional Characterization of Tomato Ripening Regulators
(Cooperative Agreement)
Identification and Characterization of Genes that Controls Nutritional Quality Traits in Fruits and Vegetables
(Cooperative Agreement)
Nutritional Quality and Micronutrient Bioavailability of Foods
(Cooperative Agreement)
Understanding the Genetic Basis of Fruit Development and Quality
(Cooperative Agreement)
A Novel Genetic Strategy and Mechanism to Improve Tomato Fruit Yield
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Deciphering the Genetic and Molecular Mechanism Underlying Green Curd Color in Cauliflower
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Promoting Tomato Fruit Folate Stabilization and Storage to Enhance Plant Nutrient Bioavailability
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Memorandum of Agreement by and Between US Dept of Agriculture and the General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, Energy Division
(Memorandum of Understanding)
Memorandum of Agreement by and Between US Dept of Agriculture and the General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, Energy Division
(Memorandum of Understanding)
Collaborative Animal Research Between Cornell University and USDA-ARS
(Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
Cornell University & USDA/ARS-New York Facilities: (Holley Center-Ithaca, NY; Grape Genetics & Plant Genetic Research Units-Geneva, NY)
(Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
Investigation of B-Carotene Accumulation and Stable Storage in Endosperm Toward Engineering Next-Generation Golden Rice
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Strengthening Plant Biotech Program by Integrating Genome Editing and Artificial Intelligence Technologies in Tomato Projects
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Soil and Air (NP #212)
Function, Structure and Regulation of Membrane Transport Proteins Mediating Plant Mineral Nutrition and Abiotic Stress Responses
(Cooperative Agreement)
Genetic Approaches to Improve Wheat Aluminum Resistance in a Carbon-Use-Efficient Means
(Cooperative Agreement)
Elucidating the Grape Malate Tonoplast Transporter: A Targeted Approach for Controlling Fruit & Wine Acidity & Improving Grapevine Tolerance
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Sustainable Agricultural Systems Research (NP #216)
Biochemistry and Physiology of Crop Adaptation to Soil-Based Abiotic Stresses
(In-House Appropriated)
Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics and Genetic Improvement (NP #301)
Biochemistry and Physiology of Crop Adaptation to Soil-Based Abiotic Stresses
(In-House Appropriated)
Championing Improvement of Sorghum and Other Agriculturally Important Species through Data Stewardship and Functional Dissection of Complex Traits
(In-House Appropriated)
Enabling Mechanistic Allele Mining to Accelerate Genomic Selection for New Agro-Ecosystems
(In-House Appropriated)
Genetic Regulation of Fruit and Vegetable Nutritional Quality and Maturation and Technology Development
(In-House Appropriated)
The Triticeae Toolbox (T3) - Breeding Process and Data Facilitation to Accelerate Genetic Gain and Discovery
(In-House Appropriated)
A New Mechanism to Improve Crop Yield and Nutritional Quality
(Cooperative Agreement)
Breeding for Intercropping
(Cooperative Agreement)
Breeding Insight 3
(Cooperative Agreement)
Breeding Insight Phase 2: Expansion to Support More Diverse Plant and Animal Use Cases
(Cooperative Agreement)
Bridging Plant Pathology and Plant Nutrient Research to Stakeholders
(Cooperative Agreement)
CERCA - On-Farm Nitrogen Recycling
(Cooperative Agreement)
CERCA - On-Farm Nitrogen Recycling
(Cooperative Agreement)
CERCA - On-Farm Nitrogen Recycling
(Cooperative Agreement)
CERCA - On-Farm Nitrogen Recycling
(Cooperative Agreement)
CERCA - On-Farm Nitrogen Recycling
(Cooperative Agreement)
CERCA - On-Farm Nitrogen Recycling
(Cooperative Agreement)
CERCA - On-Farm Nitrogen Recycling
(Cooperative Agreement)
CERCA: Season Shifting Through Cold Tolerance
(Cooperative Agreement)
CERCA: Season shifting through cold tolerance
(Cooperative Agreement)
Computational Genomic Assessment of Gene Editing Fidelity
(Cooperative Agreement)
Creating a Circular Economy that Reimagines Agriculture Using Plant Diversity and Computational Modeling
(Cooperative Agreement)
Development of Pan-genomic & Computational Resources for Agriculture
(Cooperative Agreement)
Elucidation of Genetic Elements Governing Quality Traits in Cauliflower
(Cooperative Agreement)
Function, Structure and Regulation of Membrane Transport Proteins Mediating Plant Mineral Nutrition and Abiotic Stress Responses
(Cooperative Agreement)
Functional Analysis of Tomato Fruit Quality, Nutrient and Ripening Genes via Genetic Diversity Analysis
(Cooperative Agreement)
Functional Characterization of Tomato Ripening Regulators
(Cooperative Agreement)
Genetic Approaches to Improve Wheat Aluminum Resistance in a Carbon-Use-Efficient Means
(Cooperative Agreement)
Identification and Characterization of Genes that Controls Nutritional Quality Traits in Fruits and Vegetables
(Cooperative Agreement)
Understanding the Genetic Basis of Fruit Development and Quality
(Cooperative Agreement)
A Novel Genetic Strategy and Mechanism to Improve Tomato Fruit Yield
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Deciphering the Genetic and Molecular Mechanism Underlying Green Curd Color in Cauliflower
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Promoting Tomato Fruit Folate Stabilization and Storage to Enhance Plant Nutrient Bioavailability
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Memorandum of Agreement by and Between US Dept of Agriculture and the General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, Energy Division
(Memorandum of Understanding)
Memorandum of Agreement by and Between US Dept of Agriculture and the General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, Energy Division
(Memorandum of Understanding)
Cornell University & USDA/ARS-New York Facilities: (Holley Center-Ithaca, NY; Grape Genetics & Plant Genetic Research Units-Geneva, NY)
(Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
Elucidating the Grape Malate Tonoplast Transporter: A Targeted Approach for Controlling Fruit & Wine Acidity & Improving Grapevine Tolerance
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Investigation of B-Carotene Accumulation and Stable Storage in Endosperm Toward Engineering Next-Generation Golden Rice
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Strengthening Plant Biotech Program by Integrating Genome Editing and Artificial Intelligence Technologies in Tomato Projects
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Coordination and Support for Stewardship of Sorghum Pathway and Phenotype Data in SorghumBase
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
CERCA - Circular Economy that Reimagines Corn Agriculture (CERCA: On-Farm Nitrogen Recycling)
(Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
CERCA: Season Shifting Through Cold Tolerance
(Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
Plant Diseases (NP #303)
Advancing Knowledge of the Biology and Etiology of Bacterial Plant Pathogens Towards Management Strategies
(In-House Appropriated)
Biology and Management of Invasive Plant Pathogens Affecting Potato and Soybean
(In-House Appropriated)
Development and Release of Golden Nematode Resistant Potatoes
(Cooperative Agreement)
Genomic and Molecular Characterization of Bacterial Strategies Used in Plant Pathogen Interactions
(Cooperative Agreement)
Mechanisms of Compatible and Incompatible Interactions Between Potato and Potato Cyst Nematodes
(Cooperative Agreement)
PCN Immunity
(Cooperative Agreement)
Phytopathogenic Bacteria Biology, Diagnostics, Epidemiology, and Control
(Cooperative Agreement)
Whole Genome Sequencing of a Solanum Brevicaule Clone
(Cooperative Agreement)
Potato Cyst Nematode (PCN) Immunity
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Agricultural Biosecurity: A Versatile High-Throughput Molecular Diagnostic Protocol To Detect Plant Pathogens
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Systems Approach to Controlling Nematodes in U.S. Potato Production (Ithaca)
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Control of Phytophthora, Powdery Mildew, and Downy Mildew in Greenhouse Production
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Development and Release of Golden Nematode Resistant Potatoes
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Engineering Bacterial Biosensors to Detect Potato Pathogens
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Evaluating Verticillium Wilt and Black Dot in Potato, Fungicide Sensitivity, and Development of Genomic Resources
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Evaluating Verticillium Wilt and Black Dot in Potato, Fungicide Sensitivity, and Development of Genomic Resources
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Expanding the Limits of Cut Flower Postharvest Longevity
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Expanding the Utility of Direct Dormant Tuber Testing
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Impact of Microbial Population Levels on Water Uptake in Cut Flowers
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Tracking Sources of Dickeya and Pectobacterium That Lead to Soft Rot and Blackleg Outbreaks
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Crop Protection & Quarantine (NP #304)
Management and Biology of Arthropod Pests and Arthropod-borne Plant Pathogens
(In-House Appropriated)
Development of Biological Control Tools to Manage Insect Vector Borne Plant Pathogens
(Cooperative Agreement)
Evaluation of Symbiont Technology in Florida Citrus Groves
(Cooperative Agreement)
Genomics of Fungi Associated with Invasive Invertebrates
(Cooperative Agreement)
Grove Evaluation of Symbiont Technology
(Cooperative Agreement)
Interfering with Insect Vector Transmission of Plant Pathogens Using RNA-based Technology
(Cooperative Agreement)
Microbial Interactions in the Soybean Cyst Nematode Suppressive Soil Microbiome
(Cooperative Agreement)
Novel Delivery Strategies of dsRNA for RNAi-Based Control of Wood-Boring Insects
(Cooperative Agreement)
SP: Molecular Strategies to Block Psyllid Transmission of the Huanglongbing (HLB) Pathogen
(Cooperative Agreement)
Ecology and Integrated Management of Ambrosia Beetles in Eastern US Orchard and Ornamental Tree Crops
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Leveraging a Structure-Function Approach to Block Polerovirus Transmission by Aphids
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Microbial Interactions in the Soybean Cyst Nematode Suppressive Soil Microbiome
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
New Approaches to Control Development of Novel Management Tools for Cotton Leafroll Dwarf Virus and its Insect Vectors Using Molecular Virology
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Novel Delivery Strategies of dsRNA for RNAi-Based Control of Wood-Boring Insects
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Proteomic, Genomic and Biological Characterization of Emerging Viruses in Cotton
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
SP: Molecular Strategies to Block Psyllid Transmission of the Huanglongbing (HLB) Pathogen
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Therapeutic Molecule Evaluation and Field Delivery Pipeline for Solutions to HLB
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Relating Traits of Weeds to Invasiveness
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Sustaining the USDA Symbiota Portal and ARS Entomopathogenic Fungal Cultures Collection (ARSEF)
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Product Quality and New Uses (NP #306)
Biochemistry and Physiology of Crop Adaptation to Soil-Based Abiotic Stresses
(In-House Appropriated)
Function, Structure and Regulation of Membrane Transport Proteins Mediating Plant Mineral Nutrition and Abiotic Stress Responses
(Cooperative Agreement)
Genetic Approaches to Improve Wheat Aluminum Resistance in a Carbon-Use-Efficient Means
(Cooperative Agreement)
Elucidating the Grape Malate Tonoplast Transporter: A Targeted Approach for Controlling Fruit & Wine Acidity & Improving Grapevine Tolerance
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)