Skip to main content
ARS Home » Midwest Area » Peoria, Illinois » National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research » Research » Research Projects Subjects of Investigation at this Location
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
Agave
Alfalfa
Bacteria
Barley
Beans (dry)
Canola
Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480)
Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
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
Individuals (as workers, consumers, members of society)
Insects
Microorganisms, general/other
Miscellaneous and new crops, general/other
Oats
Oilseed and oil crops, general/other
Other bees (non-Apis bees)
Peanut
Perennial grasses, other
Pesticides (includes herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, etc.)
Potato
Rice
Seeds and other plant propagules
Soft red wheat
Soybean
Sugar cane
Sugar crops, general/other
Sunflower
Sweet sorghum
Vegetables, general/other
Viruses
Walnut
Warm season perennial grasses (includes dallisgrass, bluestems)
Weeds
Wheat, other
Wood and wood products
Research Projects within Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480)
item Advancing Sustainable Technologies to Improve End-Use Quality of Underutilized and Climate-Resilient Food Crops for Value-Added Food and Consumer Products
item Alfalfa Seed Utilization for Human Food
item Biobased Materials for High-Performance Thermoset Composites
item Biobased Reinforcement of Polymer Thermoplastics
item Corn-Derived Ethyl Lactate for Sustainable Production of Biobased Acrylic Acid from High Water Content Feeds over FAU Zeolite-based Catalysts
item Develop an Improved Understanding of Microbe-pathogen Interactions for Biological Control
item Discovery and Production of Beneficial Microbes for Control of Agricultural Pests through Integration into Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems
item Discovery and Production of Beneficial Microbes for Control of Agricultural Pests through Integration into Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems
item Efficacy of Commercial Biocontrol Saprophytes in Reducing Viability of Tar Spot Pathogen in Overwintered Cornfield Debris
item Enhancing the Value of Agricultural Materials
item Harnessing the Robust Metabolism of Bacillus Coagulans for Efficient Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass Hydrolysates to Designer Bioesters
item Improving Healthfulness and Shelf-life of Foods Containing Fats and Oils
item Innovative Approaches to Monitor, Predict, and Reduce Fungal Toxins
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 New and Improved Plant-Based Polymers
item New Technologies to Broaden the Product Portfolio of Midwest Agricultural Refiners
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 Robust Microorganisms for Bioprocesses
item Sampling Midwest Bee Diversity for Genomics
item Silflower Seed Utilization for High-Value Applications
item Targeted Approaches to Marketable Agricultural-Based Products
item Unravelling the Role of Structural Variation: A Super-pangenome Analysis of the Genus Osmia
item Utilizing Vegetable Oils to Produce Renewable and Sustainable Replacements for Environmentally Persistent Industrial Polymers
item Value-Add Thermoplastic Biocomposite Materials