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Research Projects Subjects of Investigation at this Location

Each ARS research project has related subjects of investigation.  Listed below are the subjects of investigation currently conducted at this location.

Clicking on a subject of investigation will list the research projects within that  subject of investigation.
Subjects of Investigation
Almond
Apple
Barley
Beans (dry)
Beef cattle, general/other
Beef cattle, live animal
Berries and cane fruits, other
Carrot
Cherry
Citrus, general/other
Climate
Cole crops (includes cabbage, kale, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower,
Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480)
Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
Dairy cattle, live animal
Deciduous and small fruits, general/other
Deciduous tree fruits, other
Desert and semidesert shrub land and shinnery
Durum wheat
Edible tree nuts, general/other
Eggs
Fiber crops, general/other
Grain crops, general/other (includes buckwheat, millet, triticale)
Grain sorghum
Greens and leafy vegetables (includes endive, lettuce, spinach)
Guayule
Hard red spring wheat
Hard red winter wheat
Honey bees
Insects
Marketing, processing, and supply firms other than cooperatives
Meat-type chicken, live animal
Melons (includes cantaloupe, muskmelon, watermelon)
Milk
Mushrooms and other edible fungi
Oats
Oilseed and oil crops, general/other
Other bees (non-Apis bees)
Pasture
Peanut
Peas (dry)
Pecan
Plum
Potato
Poultry meat
Raisin grapes
Rangelands, other
Raspberry
Research equipment and methods, general/other
Rice
Rubber, gum, and resin plants, other
Rye
Salmon
Sensory evaluation/analysis methods (human senses)
Sewage and waste disposal facilities and systems
Sheep, live animal
Soft red wheat
Soft white wheat (includes club, western)
Soil
Soybean
Strawberry
Swine, general/other
Swine, live animal
Tomato
Tropical/subtropical fruit, general/other
Vegetables, general/other
Walnut
Warm season perennial grasses (includes dallisgrass, bluestems)
Water resources
Watersheds
Weeds
Wetland and riparian systems
Wheat, other
Wild animals
Wildlife and natural fisheries, general/other
Wine grapes
Research Projects within Soil
item Assessment of Smoke Exposure Impacts on Grape and Wine Quality and Techniques for Mitigation in the Vineyard and in the Winery
item Biotransformation of Smoke Taint Marker Compounds by Native Grape Microbiota
item Development of Innovative Technologies to selectively Remove Off-flavors in Wine (Smoke Taint, Brettanomyces Off flavor and Reduction)
item Enhancing Crop Resilience to Biotic and Abiotic Stress Through Understanding the Microbiome and Immune Signaling Mechanisms
item Enhancing Crop Security through Genetic Control of Plant Development, Pathogen Protection, and Stress Tolerance
item Exploration of Microbiome Properties with I-Cultiver
item Exploration of Tomato Epigenetics with Bene Sseeds
item Purchase of an Agilent Gas Chromatography Triple Quadrupole (GC/QQQ) System, With Associated Autosampler and Sample Preparation Equipment