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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.

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Subjects of Investigation
Agave
Agricultural supplies, general/other
Air
Alfalfa
Apple
Atmosphere, general/other
Bacteria
Barley
Beans (dry)
Beans (fresh, fresh-processed)
Bedding/garden plants
Beef cattle, general/other
Beef cattle, live animal
Canola
Carrot
Climate
Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480)
Cranberry
Cross-commodity research--multiple animal species
Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
Cucumber
Dairy cattle, general/other
Dairy cattle, live animal
Domestic and community water supply facilities and systems
Drainage and irrigation facilities and systems
Durum wheat
Egg-type chicken, live animal
Feed and feed additives
Fertilizers
Finfish
Fish habitats
Florist crops, other
Forage legumes, other
Fungi (includes yeast)
Grain crops, general/other (includes buckwheat, millet, triticale)
Grain sorghum
Ground covers
Guayule
Gums
Hard red spring wheat
Hard red winter wheat
Hemp
Honey bees
Horses, ponies, and mules
Individuals (as workers, consumers, members of society)
Insects
Lentil
Melons (includes cantaloupe, muskmelon, watermelon)
Microorganisms, general/other
Miscellaneous and new crops, general/other
Nematodes
Noncrop plant research
Oats
Oilseed and oil crops, general/other
Onion, garlic, leek, shallot
Ornamental trees and shrubs
Ornamentals and turf, general/other (includes cacti)
Other bees (non-Apis bees)
Other dairy cattle products
Pasture
Pasture and forage crops, general/other
Peach
Peanut
Peas (dry)
Perennial grasses, other
Pesticides (includes herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, etc.)
Plant research, general
Potato
Potted plants
Poultry, general/other
Rangelands and grasslands, general
Red clover
Remote sensing equipment and technology
Rice
Rye
Seeds and other plant propagules
Sheep, live animal
Soft red wheat
Soft white wheat (includes club, western)
Soil
Soil and land, general
Soybean
Sugar beet
Sugar cane
Sugar crops, general/other
Sunflower
Sweet potato
Sweet sorghum
Sweetcorn
Swine, general/other
Swine, live animal
The farm as an enterprise
Tomato
Trees, forests, and forest products, general
Turf (includes bentgrass, bermudagrass, bluegrass, dichondra, fescue)
Turkey, live animal
Upland cotton
Vegetables, general/other
Viruses
Walnut
Warm season perennial grasses (includes dallisgrass, bluestems)
Water resources
Watersheds
Watersheds and river basins, general
Weather
Weeds
Wetland and riparian systems
Wheat, other
Wild animals
Wildlife and natural fisheries, general/other
Wood and wood products
Research Projects within Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480)
item ACPF Database Expansion and Landscape Diversification
item Adaptation of Grain Crops to Varying Environments Including Climates, Stressors, and Human Uses
item Advancing insect pest management for soybeans: Combating the soybean gall midge and restoring susceptibility to insecticide resistant insects
item Advancing Sustainable Technologies to Improve End-Use Quality of Underutilized and Climate-Resilient Food Crops for Value-Added Food and Consumer Products
item Ag-Discovery Summer Enrichment Program (2024)
item Alfalfa Seed Utilization for Human Food
item Analysis of GxE in Diverse Maize Hybrids - Set 2
item Biobased Materials for High-Performance Thermoset Composites
item Breeding Corn to Enable Organic Seed Production - Illinois
item Characterization and Exploration of Adapted GEM Germplasm for Key Adaptation Related Traits
item Characterization of Agronomic Traits in Tropical Environments of Non-Adapted GEM Germplasm to Select Candidate Genotypes for Gene Editing
item Characterize Rootworm Larvae For BT Tolerance and Artificial Diets for Improved Understanding of Rootworm Biology and Management
item Climate Adaptation Strategies for Irrigated Crop Production in the Missouri Delta
item Constructing Host-Pathogen Protein Interaction Datasets Between Fusarium and Maize
item Contribution of Legacy P to Watershed Outcomes - Phase 1 - SWMU
item Contribution of Legacy P to Watershed Outcomes -UoM
item Coordination, Data Collection, and Integration of Midwestern Greenhouse Gas Fluxes Using Tall Tower Instrumentation
item Corn Mycotoxin Mitigation Initiative
item Corn-Derived Ethyl Lactate for Sustainable Production of Biobased Acrylic Acid from High Water Content Feeds over FAU Zeolite-based Catalysts
item Croplands Emissions - Midwest Area - Morris, MN
item Croplands Emissions - Midwest Area - Urbana, IL
item Detection and Characterization of Genetic Resistance to Corn and Soybean Viruses
item Determining the Roles of Fusarium Effector Proteases in Plant Pathogenesis
item Develop an Improved Understanding of Microbe-pathogen Interactions for Biological Control
item Develop Genetic Tools Towards the Control of Agricultural Insect Pests
item Developing and Evaluating Strategies to Protect and Conserve Water and Environmental Resources While Maintaining Productivity in Agronomic Systems
item Developing New Technologies for Improving Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight
item Developing New Technologies for Improving Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight (2025)
item Developing Tools for Genotype Independent Transformation and Gene-Editing in Cereals
item Development of a Pan Genome MaizeMine, a Flexible Data Warehouse and Analysis System for Exploring the Maize Pan Genome
item Digital Agriculture Technology Development and Application for Irrigated Crop Production
item Digital Agriculture Technology Development, Evaluation, and Deployment
item Discovery and Production of Beneficial Microbes for Control of Agricultural Pests through Integration into Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems
item Enhancing Photosynthesis for Agricultural Resiliency and Sustainability
item Enhancing the Value of Agricultural Materials
item Fungal Host-Pathogen Interactions and Disease Resistance in Cereal Crops
item Fungal Host-pathogen Interactions, Phylogeography and Microbiomes of Cereal Diseases
item Further Development of ACPF – New Tools and New Partnerships Between NRCS and ARS Water Quality Researchers
item Genome-wide and Phylogenetic analysis of genes involved in detoxification and stress response in bees from the Beenome100 project
item Germplasm Adaptation and Genetic Enhancement of Maize for Resiliency in the United States
item Government Owned Vehicle and Equipment Use by Non-federal Employees for Collaborative Research
item Harnessing the Robust Metabolism of Bacillus Coagulans for Efficient Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass Hydrolysates to Designer Bioesters
item Heirlooms of the United States, Midwest Evaluation
item Heirlooms of the United States, Southeast Evaluation
item Horizon II: A Climate-Smart Future for Corn, Soybean, Livestock, and Renewable Natural Gas Production
item Identification of the WSM3 Resistance Gene in Corn
item Identifying and Developing Strategies to Enhance Sustainability and Efficiency in Dairy Forage Production Systems
item Improve Farmer Profitability and Sustainability with On-farm Nitrogen Fertilizer Trails
item Improve Temporal and Spatial Coverage of National Conservation Activity Data - West Lafayette, IN
item Improve Temporal and Spatial Coverage of National Conservation Activity Data – Ames, IA
item Improvement of Oat Germplasm for Resistance/Tolerance to Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus Utilizing Marker-Assisted-Selection Breeding
item Improvement of Oat Germplasm for Resistance/Tolerance to Yellow Dwarf Viruses
item Improving Aspects of Irrigated Crop Production in Southeast Missouri
item Improving Healthfulness and Shelf-life of Foods Containing Fats and Oils
item Improving Irrigated Crop Management System for Humid and Sub-humid Climates
item Improving Irrigated Crop Production in Southeast Missouri
item Improving Maize Production with Crop Growth Models and Cross Compatibility Systems
item Improving Understanding of Soil Processes for Making More Informed Agricultural Management Decisions that Increase Agricultural Sustainability in the Central U.S.
item In Planta Movement Dynamics of Maize-Infecting Potyviruses from the Subcellular to Organismal Level
item Innovative Approaches to Monitor, Predict, and Reduce Fungal Toxins
item Innovative Cropping System Solutions for Sustainable Production on Spatially Variable Landscapes
item Innovative Food and Feed Safety Research to Eliminate Mycotoxin Contamination in Corn and other Crops
item Innovative Uses for Alfalfa Biomass: A Path to New Income for Farmers
item Insect Resistance Management: Evaluating the Impact of Blended Refuges and the VIP3A Bacillus Thuringiensis Toxin on Western Bean Cutworm
item Institutional Biological Safety Committee (IBC) Agreement - Ohio State University
item Institutional Biological Safety Committee (IBC) Agreement - Purdue University
item Institutional Biological Safety Committee (IBC) Agreement - University of Illinois
item Institutional Biological Safety Committee (IBC) Agreement - University of Missouri
item Integrating Biological Nitrogen Management Systems into Missouri Fertilizer Recommendations
item Integrating Science and Stewardship to Advance Sustainable Management Practices for the Upper Midwest
item Leveraging Proteomics to Identify and Characterize Soybean Aphid Proteins and Effectors that Contribute to Virulence
item Maize Heirloom Varieties of the United States
item MaizeGDB - Database and Computational Resources for Maize Genetics, Genomics, and Breeding Research
item Management of Arthropod Pests in the Maize Agroecosystem
item Management of Crop Genetic Resources and Descriptive Information
item Management, Utilization, and Distribution of Maize Genetic Stocks and Associated Descriptive Information
item Measuring Environmental Impacts of Diverse Crop Rotations and Integrating a Kura Clover Living Mulch into Midwestern Row Crop Systems
item Missouri Maize Center - Joint Administration of the Genetics Farm
item MulcH2O: Biodegradable Composite Hydromulches for Sustainable Organic Horticulture
item New and Improved Plant-Based Polymers
item New Technologies to Broaden the Product Portfolio of Midwest Agricultural Refiners
item Novel Next Generation Molecular-based Suppression Pest Management Tools
item Optimizing Nitrogen Relationships Using Epigenetic Informed Networks
item Plant Genetics Resources Unit Federal Building Utility Agreement
item Planting Green in the Frozen North
item Precision Biotechnology for High-Value Bioproducts from Agricultural Feedstocks
item Rapid Prediction and Measurement of Aflatoxin in Whole Kernel and Ground Corn Using a Portable Imager
item Real-Time Control of Denitrifying Woodchip Bioreactors to Improve Nitrate Load Reductions Under Hydro-Climate Variability
item Reducing Maize Grain Nitrogen In Support of CERCA, The Circular Economy That Re-imagines Corn Agriculture
item Resilience of Integrated Weed Management Systems in Midwest Crop Production Systems
item Robust Microorganisms for Bioprocesses
item Sampling Midwest Bee Diversity for Genomics
item Seed Transmission, Epidemiology, and Management of High Plains Wheat Mosaic and Wheat Streak Mosaic Viruses in Sweet Corn
item Sequencing, Mapping, and Analysis of Maize Genomes and Variant Data Important to Maize Breeding Programs
item Silflower Seed Utilization for High-Value Applications
item Targeted Approaches to Marketable Agricultural-Based Products
item TEOSYNTE: Regulon Engineering
item The USDA ARS Climate Hubs – Increasing Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability by Impactful Development and Communication of Climate Smart Agricultural Research and Practices – Ames, Iowa
item Understanding the Epidemiology of Corn Stunt Disease in Kansas
item Understanding the Epidemiology of Corn Stunt Disease in Oklahoma
item Unravelling the Role of Structural Variation: A Super-pangenome Analysis of the Genus Osmia
item Utilize the University of Missouri Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
item Utilizing Vegetable Oils to Produce Renewable and Sustainable Replacements for Environmentally Persistent Industrial Polymers
item Value-Add Thermoplastic Biocomposite Materials
item Weathering of Sewage Sludge Biochar in Soil