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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
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 Soybean
item Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism and Excretion of Food Components and their Impact on Chronic Disease Risk
item Advancing Establishment of an Introduced Parasitoid for Biocontrol of Drosophila Suzukii in Mid-Atlantic States
item Advancing Establishment of an Introduced Parasitoid for Biocontrol of Drosophila Suzukii in Mid-Atlantic States
item Advancing Establishment of an Introduced Parasitoid for Biocontrol of Drosophila suzukii in Mid-Atlantic States
item Advancing establishment of an introduced parasitoid for biocontrol of Drosophila suzukii in Mid-Atlantic States
item Advancing Establishment of an Introduced Parasitoid for Biocontrol of Drosophila suzukii in Mid-Atlantic States
item Antimicrobial Biobased Coatings: Performance, Durability, and Environmental Impact
item Biological Effects of Particles Generated by Biodiesel Fuels and Wildfires
item Biology and Management of Invasive Plant Pathogens Affecting Potato and Soybean
item Biology, Ecology, Genetics, and Genomics of Introduced Species for Biological Control of Invasive and Other Insect Pests
item Building Climate Smart Farming Systems with Weed and Cover Crop Mapping Technology
item Building Climate Smart Farming Systems with Weed and Cover Crop Mapping Technology - ISU
item Building Climate Smart Farming Systems with Weed and Cover Crop Mapping Technology - NCSU
item Building Climate Smart Farming Systems with Weed and Cover Crop Mapping Technology - OSU
item Building Climate Smart Farming Systems with Weed and Cover Crop Mapping Technology - Texas
item Building Resilient Organic Weed Management Systems with Precision Smart Sprayer Technologies
item Building Resilient Organic Weed Management Systems with Precision Smart Sprayer Technologies
item Building Resilient Organic Weed Management Systems with Precision Smart Sprayer Technologies
item Building Resilient Organic Weed Management Systems With Precision Smart Sprayer Technologies
item Characterization and Utilization of Genetic Diversity in Soybean and Common Bean and Management and Utilization of the National Rhizobium Genetic Resource Collection
item Citrus Research and Field Trials (CRAFT) Demonstrations
item Citrus Research and Field Trials (CRAFT) Demonstrations
item Creating a Central Information Resource for Weed Control in the US
item Creating a Central Information Resource for Weed Control in the US
item Crop and Soil Modeling Based Decision Support for On-farm Sustainable Crop Production Systems
item DASH: Enterprising Artificial Intelligence with Image Repositories and Modular Camera Systems
item Designing and Developing the Cyberinfrastructure and Web-based Decision Tools for Conservation Vegetation Management in Agriculture
item Designing and Developing the Cyberinfrastructure and Web-Based Decision Tools for Conservation Vegetation Management in Agriculture
item Designing and Developing the Cyberinfrastructure and Web-based Decision Tools for Conservation Vegetation Management in Agriculture
item Developing Low-cost Mapping Technologies for Precision Nitrogen Management with Cover Crops
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 methods for control of spotted lanternfly
item Development of Biological Control Methods for Control of Spotted Lanternfly
item Development of Biological Control Tools to Manage Insect Vector Borne Plant Pathogens
item Discover Genomic Loci Controlling Agronomic Traits & Develop Tools to Enable Rapid Characterization of Populations & Selection in Breeding Programs
item Ecology and Integrated Management of Ambrosia Beetles in Eastern US Orchard and Ornamental Tree Crops
item Enterprising Artificial Intelligence and Phenotyping for ARS and Beyond
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 Cover Crop Breeding Network: New Species and Traits for Organic Growers
item Expanding the Select Agent Coniothyrium glycines Culture Collection
item Field-scale testing of weed dynamics, cover crop performance, and soybean health sensing technology mapping tools.
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Adoption
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Adoption
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Adoption
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Adoption
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Adoption
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Adoption
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Adoption
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Adoption
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Adoption
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Adoption
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Adoption
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Adoption
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Adoption - NCSU
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Adoption - NDSU
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Adoption - OSU
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Adoption - PSU
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Adoption - SIU
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Adoption - Texas
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Adoption - UK
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Adoption - UoD
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Adoption - UoM
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Adoption - UoN
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Adoption - VPI
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Research and Adoption
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Research and Adoption
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Research and Adoption - NC State
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Research and Adoption - NDSU
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Research and Adoption - OH State Univ.
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Research and Adoption - Penn State Univ.
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Research and Adoption - Southern IL Univ.
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Research and Adoption - Un of MN
item Finding the Origin of Litylenchus Crenatae Mccanni, the Invasive Nematode Causing Widespread Decline of American Beech
item Genomic Characterization of Seed Filling and Nutritional Features in Edamame and Mature Soybeans
item Genomics of Fungi Associated with Invasive Invertebrates
item Grove Evaluation of Symbiont Technology
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-resistant Weed Epidemic
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-resistant Weed Epidemic
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - CSU
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - Montana State Univ.
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - NC State
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - Penn State Univ.
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - Purdue
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - Southern IL Univ.
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - Texas AgriLife
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - Un of IL
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - Un of KY
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - Un of NE
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - Univ of GA
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - VPI
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - WSU
item Investigation of Alternative Solvents for Asphalt Extraction and Recovery
item Maintain & Rebuild CRaFT Mgmt Tools Directly Supporting Animals & Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection & Quarantine Citrus Programs
item Management and Biology of Arthropod Pests and Arthropod-borne Plant Pathogens
item Management and Biology of Arthropod Pests and Arthropod-borne Plant Pathogens
item Marketable Products from Thermochemical Biorefineries
item Measuring the Impact of Egg Parasitoids on Emerald Ash Borer and Other Agrilus pests in Georgia
item Measuring the Impact of Egg Parasitoids on Emerald Ash Borer and Other Agrilus pests in Louisiana
item Measuring the Impact of Egg Parasitoids on Emerald Ash Borer and Other Agrilus Pests in the U.S.
item Measuring the Impact of Egg Parasitoids on Emerald Ash Borer and Other Agrilus pests in the U.S.
item Microbial Interactions in the Soybean Cyst Nematode Suppressive Soil Microbiome
item Microbial Interactions in the Soybean Cyst Nematode Suppressive Soil Microbiome
item Modeling and Databases to Improve Water Management in Agricultural Systems
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 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 On-Farm Application of Crop and Soil Models in the Grower's Fields for Crop Management and Input Optimization
item PCN Immunity
item Plant-associated Nematode Management and Systematics and USDA Nematode Collection Curation
item Potato Cyst Nematode (PCN) Immunity
item Precise and Sustainable Integrated Weed Management
item Proteomic and Metabolomic Characterization of Quality Traits in Soybeans, Beans, and Agricultural Products
item Proteomic, Genomic and Biological Characterization of Emerging Viruses in Cotton
item Public/Private Partnerships for Assessing Integrated Weed Management - LSU
item Public/Private Partnerships for Assessing Integrated Weed Management Strategies
item Public/Private Partnerships for Assessing Integrated Weed Management Strategies - Texas A&M
item Public/Private Partnerships for Assessing Integrated Weed Management Strategies - Univ. of IL
item Public/Private Partnerships for Assessing Integrated Weed Management Strategies - VPI
item Rearing, Identification, and Evaluation of Emerald Ash Borer Larval Parasitoid Spathius agrili Collected from its Established Areas
item Rearing, Identification, and Evaluation of Emerald Ash Borer Larval Parasitoid Spathius Agrili Collected from its Established Areas in Tennessee
item Relating Traits of Weeds to Invasiveness
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 Survey and recovery of native North American parasitoids attacking the invasive Asian longhorned beetle in South Carolina
item Sustainable and Resilient Crop Production Systems Based on the Quantification and Modeling of Genetic, Environment, and Management Factors
item Sustainable Bioproducts from Agricultural and Food Processing Waste
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 User-Testing of Cover Crop Performance Mapping Tool for Precision Integrated Weed Management
item User-Testing of Cover Crop Performance Mapping Tool for Precision Integrated Weed Management
item USGS-USDA/ARS Beltsville Occupancy Agreement
item Valorization of Waste Cooking Oil to Develop Next Generation Bio-based Lubricants for Electric Vehicles
item Wheat Disease Early Warning Advisory System (DEWAS) – Surveillance and Diagnostics
item Whole Genome Sequencing of a Solanum Brevicaule Clone