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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)
Advancing the Nutritional Quality of Staple Food Crops for Improved Intestinal Function and Health
(In-House Appropriated)
Genetic Regulation of Fruit and Vegetable Nutritional Quality and Maturation and Technology Development
(In-House Appropriated)
Characterization of Fruit Ripening at the Tissue and Cellular Level
(Cooperative Agreement)
Computational Genomic Assessment of Gene Editing Fidelity
(Cooperative Agreement)
Elucidation of Genetic Elements Governing Quality Traits in Cauliflower
(Cooperative Agreement)
Functional Characterization of Tomato Nutrient Genes
(Cooperative Agreement)
Functional Characterization of Tomato Ripening Regulators
(Cooperative Agreement)
Genetic Approaches of Improving Crop Nutritional Quality Traits
(Cooperative Agreement)
Genetic Approaches of Improving Crop Nutritional Quality Traits
(Cooperative Agreement)
Identification and Characterization of Genes that Controls Nutritional Quality Traits in Fruits and Vegetables
(Cooperative Agreement)
Increasing Small-Farm Viability, Sustainable Production and Human Nutrition in the Local Food Systems of the New England States
(Cooperative Agreement)
Nutritional Quality and Micronutrient Bioavailability of Foods
(Cooperative Agreement)
Translation of Plant Pathology and Agricultural Nutritional Impact Research Outcomes to Stakeholders
(Cooperative Agreement)
Understanding the Genetic Basis of Fruit Development and Quality
(Cooperative Agreement)
Applying Biotechnology Techniques to Improve Disease Resistance of Tomato
(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)
Uncovering Novel Genes and Mechanisms Underlying Carotenoid Accumulation in Melon Fruit
(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)
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)
Profiling Cell Specific Transcriptomes and Proteomes to Understand Pollen Development Under Heat Stress in Tomato
(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)
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)
Database Tools for Managing and Analyzing Big Data Sets to Enhance Small Grains Breeding
(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)
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)
Characterization of Fruit Ripening at the Tissue and Cellular Level
(Cooperative Agreement)
Computational and Genomic Resources to Support Plant Genome Function
(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 Characterization of Tomato Nutrient Genes
(Cooperative Agreement)
Functional Characterization of Tomato Ripening Regulators
(Cooperative Agreement)
Genetic Approaches of Improving Crop Nutritional Quality Traits
(Cooperative Agreement)
Genetic Approaches of Improving Crop Nutritional Quality Traits
(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)
Predictive Modeling of Mature Oat Seed Composition Using Metabolomics and Transcriptomics
(Cooperative Agreement)
Translation of Plant Pathology and Agricultural Nutritional Impact Research Outcomes to Stakeholders
(Cooperative Agreement)
Understanding the Genetic Basis of Fruit Development and Quality
(Cooperative Agreement)
Applying Biotechnology Techniques to Improve Disease Resistance of Tomato
(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)
Uncovering Novel Genes and Mechanisms Underlying Carotenoid Accumulation in Melon Fruit
(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)
Cornell University & USDA/ARS-New York Facilities: (Holley Center-Ithaca, NY; Grape Genetics & Plant Genetic Research Units-Geneva, NY)
(Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
Profiling Cell Specific Transcriptomes and Proteomes to Understand Pollen Development Under Heat Stress in Tomato
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Avena Clintland60 Genome Sequence
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Coordination and Support for Stewardship of Sorghum Pathway and Phenotype Data in SorghumBase
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Improving Maize and Sorghum Efficiency Using Grass Diversity and Computational Modeling
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
CERCA - Circular Economy that Reimagines Corn Agriculture (CERCA: On-Farm Nitrogen Recycling)
(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)
Automation Scalability for Direct Testing of Potato Tubers to Safeguard US Seed Potato Health
(Cooperative Agreement)
Genomic and Molecular Characterization of Bacterial Strategies Used in Plant Pathogen Interactions
(Cooperative Agreement)
Immunity to Potato Cyst Nematodes
(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)
Automation Scalability for Direct Testing of Potato Tubers to Safeguard US Seed Potato Health
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Immunity to Potato Cyst Nematodes
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Immunity to Potato Cyst Nematodes
(Interagency Reimbursable 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)
Developing Novel Tools to Combat Devastating Potato Pathogens - Cornell
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Developing Novel Tools to Combat Devastating Potato Pathogens - Univ of ID
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Development and Release of Golden Nematode Resistant Potatoes
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Development of Lab-based Assays to Screen for Potato Soft Rot and Blackleg Disease Resistance
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Development of Lab-based Assays to Screen for Potato Soft Rot and Blackleg Disease Resistance
(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)
Updating Potato Seed Certification Practices to Effectively Manage Emerging Virus Disease
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Updating Potato Seed Certification Practices to Effectively Manage Emerging Virus Disease Issues
(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 Molecular Tools to Control Citrus Greening Disease
(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)
Leveraging a Structure-Function Approach to Block Polerovirus Transmission by Aphids
(Cooperative Agreement)
Microbial Interactions in the Soybean Cyst Nematode Suppressive Soil Microbiome
(Cooperative Agreement)
SP: Molecular Strategies to Block Psyllid Transmission of the Huanglongbing (HLB) Pathogen
(Cooperative Agreement)
SP: Molecular Strategies to Block Psyllid Transmission of the Huanglongbing (HLB) Pathogen
(Cooperative Agreement)
Characterization of Virus Populations Associated with Cotton Leafroll Dwarf Virus-Infected Plants in Cotton
(Interagency Reimbursable 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)
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)
Identification of Microbes for Biological Control of SCN in NY State
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
A Symbiota Portal for the ARS Collection of Entomopathogenic Fungal Cultures (ARSEF)
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Relating Traits of Weeds to Invasiveness
(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)