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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 Tomato
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 Develop Functional Plant-Based Proteins
item Development of Innovative Technologies to selectively Remove Off-flavors in Wine (Smoke Taint, Brettanomyces Off flavor and Reduction)
item Elucidating the Factors that Determine the Ecology of Human Pathogens in Foods
item Engineering Sustainable 3D Scaffolds for Enhancing Delivery and Growth of Probiotics in the Gut
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 Evaluation of Economic and Environmental Sustainability of Alternative Plant Proteins
item Exploration of Microbiome Properties with I-Cultiver
item Exploration of Tomato Epigenetics with Bene Sseeds
item Fermentation for Functional Proteins
item Functional Modulation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 by the Lettuce Phyllosphere Microbiome
item Genomic and Phenotypic Assessment of E. coli O157:H7 REPEXH02 Strains
item Genomic Epidemiology of Campylobacter to Improve Disease Control in Low and Middle Income Countries
item Human Pathogens within the Produce Production Continuum; their Detection, Mechanisms for Persistence, and Ecology
item Implementation of gaseous chlorine dioxide fumigation to improve post-harvest stockpile management of almonds
item Non-funded Cooperative Agreement Between University of Calfornia, Berkeley and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service
item Novel and Sustainable Processing Technologies and Healthy Food Ingredients
item Novel Isochoric Processing For Sustainable, Safe And High Quality Preservation Of Fluid Foods
item Novel Isochoric Processing for Sustainable, Safe and High Quality Preservation of Fluid Foods
item Prevention of Obesity Related Metabolic Diseases by Bioactive Components of Food Processing Waste Byproducts and Mitigation of Food Allergies
item Prevention of Pathogen Contamination in the Lettuce Production Continuum
item Prevention of Pathogen Contamination in the Lettuce Production Continuum - TTU
item Prevention of Pathogen Contamination in the Lettuce Production Continuum - UC Davis
item Prevention of Pathogen Contamination in the Lettuce Production Continuum- U-Arizona
item Purchase of an Agilent Gas Chromatography Triple Quadrupole (GC/QQQ) System, With Associated Autosampler and Sample Preparation Equipment
item Regulatory Mechanisms Controlling Plant Development, Biotic and Abiotic Stress Responses, and Microbiome Interactions
item Synergistic Combination of Polyphenolics with Probiotics for Enhanced Delivery, Persistence and Functionality of Probiotic Bacteria