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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 Soybean
item A Comprehensive Study on the Virulence, Biology, and Characterization of Calonectria ilicicola, the Causal Agent of Red Crown Rot in Soybeans
item ACPF Database Expansion and Landscape Diversification
item Advancement of Intelligent Spray Technology into Greenhouse Crop Production
item Advancing Knowledge and Prediction of Phosphorus Dynamics in Tile Drained Landscapes
item Assessing and Quantifying the Impacts of Conservation Implementation on Surface and Subsurface Water Quality
item Assessing Multi-Functional Soil and Water Management Strategies in Artificially Drained Croplands
item Assessing the Field and Watershed Scale Impacts of Conservation Practices in the Blanchard River Watershed
item Assessing the Field and Watershed Scale Impacts of Conservation Practices in the Conservation Practices in Blanchard River Watershed-Heidelberg
item Assessment of a Sprayer Retrofitted with Stereo Vision Guided Variable Rate Control System for Pesticide Efficacy and System Durability
item Beyond Static Metabolic Maps - Understanding the Cellular Organization and Dynamics of Lipid Flux For Enhanced Seed Oil Production
item Biobased Materials for High-Performance Thermoset Composites
item Bioimaging of Calonectria Ilicicola, the Causal Agent of Red Crown Rot in Soybeans, During Soybean Infection
item Breeding and Genetics of Disease Resistance in Soybean
item Characterization of Lipid Turnover in Soybeans Over Development
item Climate Adaptation Strategies for Irrigated Crop Production in the Missouri Delta
item Contribution of Legacy P to Watershed Outcomes - Phase 1 - SWMU
item Contribution of Legacy P to Watershed Outcomes - Phase 2, Western Lake Erie Basin
item Contribution of Legacy P to Watershed Outcomes -UoM
item Contribution of Legacy Phosphorus to Watershed Outcomes, Phase 2 - SWAT Modeling
item Coordinated Analysis of Soybean Breeding Germplasm
item Coordination, Data Collection, and Integration of Midwestern Greenhouse Gas Fluxes Using Tall Tower Instrumentation
item Croplands Emissions - Midwest Area - Morris, MN
item Croplands Emissions - Midwest Area - St. Paul SWM Unit
item Croplands Emissions - Midwest Area - Urbana, IL
item Designing Soybeans with Enhanced Seed Quality and Plant Health Traits
item Detection and Characterization of Genetic Resistance to Corn and Soybean Viruses
item Detection and Removal of Anti-Nutritional Components of Dry Beans
item Developing and Evaluating Strategies to Protect and Conserve Water and Environmental Resources While Maintaining Productivity in Agronomic Systems
item Developing Aspirational Practices Through Improved Process Understanding to Protect Soil and Air Resources and Increase Agricultural Productivity in the Upper Midwest U.S.
item Developing High Throughput Phenotyping Tools for Climate Smart Sweet Potato
item Developing the Perfect Molecular Markers and New Germplasm for Rapid Incorporation of Resistance to Soil Borne Pathogens in Soybean - Year 3
item Development and Demonstration of Integrative Big-Data Driven Technologies for Soybean Product Development (Year 4)
item Development of Data Science Technologies for US Soybean Improvement
item Development of Integrative Big-Data Driven Technologies for Soybean Product Development
item Development of Integrative Big-data Driven Technologies for Soybean Product Development
item Development of Integrative Big-Data Driven Technologies for Soybean Product Development
item Development of New Products and Markets from Novel and Commodity Oilseed Crops to Support U.S. Agriculture
item Development of Soybean Germplasm Generated from Crosses of Glycine tomentella and Glycine max
item Digital Agriculture Technology Development, Evaluation, and Deployment
item Discovery of Genes and Networks Underlying Seed Development and Seed Composition
item Enhancing Photosynthesis for Agricultural Resiliency and Sustainability
item Enhancing Soybean Meal Protein Quality Assessment: A Gastric Fluid Approach
item Establishing Baselines for Soybean Compositions for Plant-based Protein
item Evaluating the Performance of a Variable Rate Orchard Sprayer with a Stereo Vision System
item Evaluating the Relationship between Conservation Practices, Water Quality & Fish Communities in Agricultural Streams & Rivers in the United States
item Farm bill. Labor, Efficiency, Automation, and Production: Labor, Efficiency, Automation, and Production (LEAP) Nursery Crops Toward Sustainability
item Further Development of ACPF – New Tools and New Partnerships Between NRCS and ARS Water Quality Researchers
item FY 2021 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP)- Assessing Conservation Practices in the Ohio Portion of the Eastern Corn Belt
item FY 2022 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on croplands), SDU
item Gene Discovery and Trait Improvement in Soybean, Alfalfa, and Other Legumes by Gene Editing
item Gene Editing of Lentils
item Generation and Characterization of Soybean Containing Edited Genes for Seed Quality Improvement
item Genetic Approaches for Alternative Protein Improvement
item Genetic Exploration of Perennial Glycine Germplasm Accessions
item Genomics for Improved Soybean Seed Composition
item Identification of the WSM3 Resistance Gene in Corn
item Identify and Characterize Resistance to Soybean Pathogens and Pests
item Identifying Important Pathogenicity Factors in Fungal Pathogens for Developing Novel Soybean Disease Control Strategies
item Implementation of Variable-Rate Airflow to Intelligent Sprayers Used in Apple Orchards
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 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 Soybean Seed Composition, Plant Productivity, and Resilience Through Biological Network Modification
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 Cropping System Solutions for Sustainable Production on Spatially Variable Landscapes
item Innovative Uses for Alfalfa Biomass: A Path to New Income for Farmers
item Institutional Biological Safety Committee (IBC) Agreement - Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
item Institutional Biological Safety Committee (IBC) Agreement - Ohio State University
item Institutional Biological Safety Committee (IBC) Agreement - University of Illinois
item Integrating Science and Stewardship to Advance Sustainable Management Practices for the Upper Midwest
item Integration of Intelligent Spray Technology into IPM Programs in Specialty Crop Production
item Integration of Intelligent Spray Technology into IPM Programs in Specialty Crop Production
item Integration of Sensor-Vision Guided Precision Spray Systems for Sustainable Crop Production and Protection
item Investigating the Feasibility of Utilizing Stereo Vision Systems in Variable Rate Application Systems for Specialty Crops
item Legume Information System and Network - a Legume Bioinformatics Resource
item Legume Information System and Network - a Legume Bioinformatics Resource
item Leveraging Crop Genetic Diversity and Genomics to Improve Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Soybean
item Leveraging Proteomics to Identify and Characterize Soybean Aphid Proteins and Effectors that Contribute to Virulence
item LTAR Eddy Covariance and Flux Gases Research Support
item Maintenance, Characterization, Evaluation, and Enhancement of Genetic Resources in the National Soybean Germplasm Collection
item Measuring Environmental Impacts of Diverse Crop Rotations and Integrating a Kura Clover Living Mulch into Midwestern Row Crop Systems
item Modeling Spray Droplet Movements Discharged From Intelligent Sprayers Used in Specialty Crop Production
item Molecular Characterization of Soybean for Seed Quality Improvement
item MulcH2O: Biodegradable Composite Hydromulches for Sustainable Organic Horticulture
item National USDA Uniform Soybean Tests / Yield, Disease Resistance and Quality Traits Evaluation of Public Breeding Lines (FY25 - W. Lafayette)
item New and Improved Plant-Based Polymers
item Optimizing Nitrogen Relationships Using Epigenetic Informed Networks
item Planting Green in the Frozen North
item Practices and Technologies for Sustainable Production in Midwestern Tile Drained Agroecosystems
item Predicting the Impact of H2Ohio Practices on Edge-of-Field Water Quality
item RCN: Reimagining a Sustainable Data Network to Accelerate Agricultural Research and Discovery
item Real-Time Control of Denitrifying Woodchip Bioreactors to Improve Nitrate Load Reductions Under Hydro-Climate Variability
item Redesigning Soybeans for a Resilient Future of Food, Feeds, and Bio-Industry
item Resilience of Integrated Weed Management Systems in Midwest Crop Production Systems
item Resilience of Integrated Weed Management Systems in Midwest Crop Production Systems
item Seed Transmission, Epidemiology, and Management of High Plains Wheat Mosaic and Wheat Streak Mosaic Viruses in Sweet Corn
item SoyBase and the Legume Information System - Information Infrastructure and Research for Legume Crop Improvement
item Targeted Approaches to Marketable Agricultural-Based Products
item Technical Support for New Test Material of ISO sprayer Cleanout Standard
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 Transformation and Gene Editing of Soybean, Lentil and Common Bean for Traits Enhancing Agronomic Value
item Understanding the Epidemiology of Corn Stunt Disease in Kansas
item Understanding the Epidemiology of Corn Stunt Disease in Oklahoma
item Using Edge-of-Field Data and Modeling to Inform H2Ohio
item Using Edge-of-field Data to Inform Water and Soil Quality Practices in Ohio (FY24 CEAP)
item Using Edge-of-field Data to Inform Water and Soil Quality Practices in Ohio (FY24 CEAP-OSU)
item Utilizing Genes from the Soybean Germplasm Collection to Mitigate Drought Stress – Phase II
item Utilizing Genes from the Soybean Germplasm Collection to Mitigate Drought Stress – Phase II - UoA
item Utilizing Genes from the Soybean Germplasm Collection to Mitigate Drought Stress – Phase II - UoM
item Utilizing Vegetable Oils to Produce Renewable and Sustainable Replacements for Environmentally Persistent Industrial Polymers
item Virtual Soybean Model to Improve Protein Concentration
item Weathering of Sewage Sludge Biochar in Soil