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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
Air
Alfalfa
Almond
Animal research, general
Apple
Arboreta and botanical gardens
Atmosphere, general/other
Bacteria
Barley
Beans (dry)
Beans (fresh, fresh-processed)
Bedding/garden plants
Beef cattle, general/other
Beef cattle, live animal
Berries and cane fruits, other
Blueberry
Butter
Carrot
Cheese
Cherry
Chinese tallow
Citrus, general/other
Climate
Cocoa
Coffee
Cole crops (includes cabbage, kale, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower,
Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480)
Cotton, other
Cranberry
Cross-commodity research--multiple animal species
Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
Cucumber
Cucurbits, other (includes pumpkin, squash, gourd)
Dairy cattle, general/other
Dairy cattle, live animal
Deciduous and small fruits, general/other
Deciduous tree fruits, other
Drainage and irrigation facilities and systems
Economy, general/other
Edible tree nuts, general/other
Egg-type chicken, live animal
Eggs
Experimental design and statistical methods
Fertilizers
Fiber crops, general/other
Finfish
Food (not readily associated with specific plant and animal products)
Fungi (includes yeast)
General Commodity
General technology
Goats, meat and mohair
Grain crops, general/other (includes buckwheat, millet, triticale)
Grain sorghum
Grapefruit
Grapes, other
Greens and leafy vegetables (includes endive, lettuce, spinach)
Hard red winter wheat
Hemp
Herbaceous perennials and decorative greens
Honey bees
Ice cream
Individuals (as workers, consumers, members of society)
Insects
Invertebrates, general/other
Laboratory animals
Leguminous vegetables, other
Lentil
Meat, beef cattle
Meat, dairy cattle
Meat, sheep
Meat, swine
Meat-type chicken, live animal
Melons (includes cantaloupe, muskmelon, watermelon)
Microorganisms, general/other
Milk
Miscellaneous and new crops, general/other
Narcotic plants
Nectarine
Nematodes
Oilseed and oil crops, general/other
Onion, garlic, leek, shallot
Orange
Ornamental trees and shrubs
Ornamentals and turf, general/other (includes cacti)
Other animals, general
Other beef cattle products
Other bees (non-Apis bees)
Other cultured finfish
Other dairy cattle products
Other non-bee pollinators, general
Other poultry products
Other swine products
Oysters
Papaya
Parks and urban green space
Pasture
Pasture and forage crops, general/other
Peach
Peanut
Pear
Peas (dry)
People and communities, general/other
Peppers
Perennial grasses, other
Pesticides (includes herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, etc.)
Plant research, general
Plum
Potato
Potted plants
Poultry meat
Poultry, general/other
Protozoa
Raisin grapes
Rangelands and grasslands, general
Rangelands, other
Raspberry
Remote sensing equipment and technology
Research equipment and methods, general/other
Rice
Salmon
Seeds and other plant propagules
Sheep, live animal
Shellfish
Soil
Soil and land, general
Soybean
Spiders, mites, ticks, and other arthropods
Strawberry
Sugar beet
Sugar cane
Sugar crops, general/other
Sweet potato
Sweetcorn
Swine, live animal
Table grapes
Tea
The family and its members
The farm as an enterprise
Tomato
Trees, forests, and forest products, general
Tropical/subtropical fruit, general/other
Trout
Turf (includes bentgrass, bermudagrass, bluegrass, dichondra, fescue)
Turkey, live animal
Upland cotton
Vegetables, general/other
Viroids, mycoplasmas, spiroplasmas, etc.
Viruses
Warm season perennial grasses (includes dallisgrass, bluestems)
Water resources
Watersheds
Watersheds and river basins, general
Weather
Weeds
Wetland and riparian systems
Wheat, other
Wine grapes
Winter annual legumes (includes subterranean clover, arrowleaf clover)
Wood and wood products
Wool fiber
Research Projects within Potato
item Advancing Knowledge of the Biology and Etiology of Bacterial Plant Pathogens Towards Management Strategies
item Agricultural Biosecurity: A Versatile High-Throughput Molecular Diagnostic Protocol To Detect Plant Pathogens
item AI-based Morphological Feature Analysis for Early and Rapid Diagnosis of Phytoplasma Diseases in Plants
item Biology and Management of Invasive Plant Pathogens Affecting Potato and Soybean
item Broadening Our Knowledge of Scab Pathogens and Exploring Effective Management Strategies
item Broadening Our Knowledge of Scab Pathogens and Exploring Effective Management Strategies
item Common Scab Pathogen Population Stability and Soil Factors Associated With Disease Suppression
item Control of Phytophthora, Powdery Mildew, and Downy Mildew in Greenhouse Production
item Defining the Impact of Different Foods or Their Components, in the Context of A Western-Style Diet, on Gut Health
item Developing and Optimizing Pre- and Post- Harvest Technologies to Enhance the Quality of Fruits and Vegetables
item Development and Release of Golden Nematode Resistant Potatoes
item Development and validation of molecular detection tools for the invasive root lesion nematode Pratylenchus fallax
item Development of Biological Control Tools to Manage Insect Vector Borne Plant Pathogens
item Development of Novel Disease Control Strategies Based on Virus and Viroid Biology
item Diploid Potato Breeding for Scab Resistance and Heat Tolerance
item Diploid Potato Breeding for Scab Resistance and Heat Tolerance
item Eastern Potato Breeding Group Seed Nursery
item Eastern Potato Breeding Group Seed Nursery
item Ecology and Integrated Management of Ambrosia Beetles in Eastern US Orchard and Ornamental Tree Crops
item Engineering Bacterial Biosensors to Detect Potato Pathogens
item Enhancing Soil Health in Potato Production by Applying Soil Amendments and Manipulating Post-Fumigation microbiomes
item Evaluating Verticillium Wilt and Black Dot in Potato, Fungicide Sensitivity, and Development of Genomic Resources
item Evaluating Verticillium Wilt and Black Dot in Potato, Fungicide Sensitivity, and Development of Genomic Resources
item Evaluation of Strawberry Germplasm for Resistance to the Northern Root-Knot Nematode (Meloidogyne hapla)
item Evaluation of Symbiont Technology in Florida Citrus Groves
item Expanding the Limits of Cut Flower Postharvest Longevity
item Expanding the Utility of Direct Dormant Tuber Testing
item Fast and Accurate Identification of Grapevine Flavescence Dorée Phytoplasma Strains via MinION, a Portable Real-Time Device for DNA Sequencing
item Field Performance Evaluation of 497 Novel Primary Dihaploid Potato Lines
item Field Validation of a Quantitative PCR Diagnostic Assay for Common Scab of Potato
item Filling the Pits Caused by Potato Common Scab in North Dakota
item Finding the Origin of Litylenchus Crenatae Mccanni, the Invasive Nematode Causing Widespread Decline of American Beech
item Genomic and Molecular Characterization of Bacterial Strategies Used in Plant Pathogen Interactions
item Genomics of Fungi Associated with Invasive Invertebrates
item Grove Evaluation of Symbiont Technology
item High Quality Genomic, Systematic, and Diagnostic Resources for the Select Agent Coniothyrium Glycines
item Identification and Manipulation of Potato Genes Involved in Thaxtomin Response to Manage Common Scab Disease
item Immune Priming of Potato Plants with Thiamin for Management of Common Scab
item Impact of Microbial Population Levels on Water Uptake in Cut Flowers
item Improvement of Pheromone Synthesis for Commercialization to Manage Cucurbit Pests
item Integrative Genomic and Biological Approaches to Detect and Manage Emerging Foreign Fungal and Oomycete Plant Pathogens
item Interfering with Insect Vector Transmission of Plant Pathogens Using RNA-based Technology
item Management and Biology of Arthropod Pests and Arthropod-borne Plant Pathogens
item Mediating Insecticide Resistance Development in Colorado Potato Beetle
item Methyl Benzoate and Analogs to Control Mosquitoes of Medical Importance
item Microbial Interactions in the Soybean Cyst Nematode Suppressive Soil Microbiome
item Microbial Interactions in the Soybean Cyst Nematode Suppressive Soil Microbiome
item Molecular Characterization of Tuber Necrotic Potato Viruses and Evaluating the Effectiveness of Biopesticides in Controlling Powdery Scab and PMTV
item Molecular Characterization, Epidemiology and Management of Potato Corky Ring Spot Disease Caused by Tobacco Rattle Virus
item Nanocarrier-delivered RNAi-triggering dsRNA toward the Control of Devastating Nematode Pests of Potatoes and Genome Sequencing of Wild Potato Clone
item Nanocarrier-delivered RNAi-triggering dsRNA towards the Control of Devastating Nematode Pests of Potatoes
item National Chip Program
item Novel Delivery Strategies of dsRNA for RNAi-Based Control of Wood-Boring Insects
item Novel Delivery Strategies of dsRNA for RNAi-Based Control of Wood-Boring Insects
item Novel Delivery Strategies of dsRNA for RNAi-Based Control of Wood-Boring Insects
item Novel Delivery Strategies of dsRNA for RNAi-Based Control of Wood-Boring Insects
item Omics-Based Approach to Detection, Identification, and Systematics of Plant Pathogenic Phytoplasmas and Spiroplasmas
item Optimizing Predator and Prey Pheromones: Manipulating Tritrophic Interactions to Manage Colorado Potato Beetle
item PCN Immunity
item Phytopathogenic Bacteria Biology, Diagnostics, Epidemiology, and Control
item Plant-associated Nematode Management and Systematics and USDA Nematode Collection Curation
item Potato Cyst Nematode (PCN) Immunity
item Proteomic, Genomic and Biological Characterization of Emerging Viruses in Cotton
item Relating Traits of Weeds to Invasiveness
item Solanaceous Crop Improvement and Disease Management
item SP: Molecular Strategies to Block Psyllid Transmission of the Huanglongbing (HLB) Pathogen
item SP: Molecular Strategies to Block Psyllid Transmission of the Huanglongbing (HLB) Pathogen
item Specimen Management System Development and Updates for U.S. National Fungus Collections
item Storage and Usage of ARS Grain Drill Equipment
item Sustainable Insect Pest Management for Urban Agriculture and Landscapes
item Sustaining the USDA Symbiota Portal and ARS Entomopathogenic Fungal Cultures Collection (ARSEF)
item Systems Approach to Controlling Nematodes in U.S. Potato Production (Ithaca)
item Targeted Gland Cell Transcriptomes of the Beech Leaf Disease Nematode
item Taxonomic Identification Of All Stages Of Nematodes
item Taxonomic Identification of all Stages of Nematodes
item Taxonomic Identification of All Stages of Nematodes
item Tracking Sources of Dickeya and Pectobacterium That Lead to Soft Rot and Blackleg Outbreaks
item Whole Genome Sequencing of a Solanum Brevicaule Clone