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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
Air
Alfalfa
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
Cheese
Cherry
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
Edible tree nuts, general/other
Egg-type chicken, live animal
Eggs
Experimental design and statistical methods
Fertilizers
Fiber crops, general/other
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
Individuals (as workers, consumers, members of society)
Insects
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
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)
Wool fiber
Research Projects within Watersheds
item A Long Term Consistent Multi-Satellite Multi-Depth Soil Moisture ESDR with Uncertainty Information
item Accurate Estimation of Crop Transpiration in Orchards and Vineyards using UAV and Satellite Technologies
item Advances in Remote Sensing of Evapotranspiration for Agronomic Mgmt and Irrigation Scheduling for Mitigating the Impacts of Droughts and Heat Waves
item Agricultural Vulnerability Assessment for the Northeast
item Assessing Environmental, Economic, Health, and Social Effects of Northeastern Food Systems
item Assessing Legacy P Fate on the Delmarva
item Assessing the Potential for the Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework to be Used in Watershed Planning Activities in the Eastern U.S.
item Assessing the Potential for the Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework to be used in Watershed Planning Activities in the Eastern U.S. - NCSU
item Assessing the Potential for the Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework to be used in Watershed Planning Activities in the Eastern U.S. - PSU
item Assessment of NRCS Wetland Easement Program Effects
item Calibration and Validation of In Situ Soil Moisture Sensors at Marena Oklahoma
item CEAP Wetlands Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain Regional Study
item CEAP Wetlands Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain Regional Study
item CEAP Wetlands Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain Regional Study
item CEAP/Harmful Algal Blooms Buffer Evaluation and Legacy Nutrients
item Connecting Social And Environmental Characteristics To Soil Health On New England Farms
item Contribution of Legacy P to Watershed Outcomes - Phase 1 (Beltsville)
item Economic and Environmental Analysis of Expanding New York and New England Beef Cattle Production
item ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS)
item Enhancing Grapewine Quality in Arid Regions by Water Stress Monitoring using Ground, Aerial, and Satellite Information
item Enhancing the SWAT Model for Evapotranspiration Simulation
item Environmental Risks and Benefits of Grass Buffer Strips Grown for Nutrient Conservation and Poultry Bedding Production on the Delmarva Peninsula
item Evaluating Potential Miscanthus x Giganteas Spread on the Delmarva Peninsula
item Examining Cold-Season Processes Over Agricultural Lands Using Radar Data
item Factors Affect the Transfer of Bacterial Pathogens to Leafy Greens from Soils
item From Field to Watershed: Enhancing Water Quality and Management in Agroecosystems through Remote Sensing, Ground Measurements, and Integrative Modeling
item Functional Assessments for Wetlands in the Mid-Atlantic Region
item FY 2020 Conservation Effects Assessment Project - Choptank River Watershed Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies on croplands
item FY 2021 Conservation Effects Assessment Project Choptank River Watershed Beltsville Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies on Croplands - Beltsville
item FY 2022 Conservation Effects Assessment Project - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies on Croplands - Choptank River Watershed (Beltsville)
item Ground-based Evapotranspiration Observations in Support of Remote Sensing-based ET toolkit for Improved Irrigation Management in Vineyards
item Improving Food Systems in the New England States to Enhance Small Farm Sustainability, Value-Added Processing, and Public Nutrition and Health
item Improving Pre-harvest Produce Safety through Reduction of Pathogen Levels in Agricultural Environments and Development and Validation of Farm-Scale Microbial Quality Model for Irrigation Water Sources
item Improving, Evaluating and Extending High Resolution Cropland Carbon Monitoring System (CCMS)
item Increasing Small-Farm Viability, Sustainable Production and Human Nutrition in Plant-Based Food Systems of the New England States
item Increasing Small-Farm Viability, Sustainable Production and Human Nutrition in the Local Food Systems of the New England States
item Life Cycle Assessment of U.S. Milk
item Measurement of Methane Emissions Across a Wetlands Alteration Gradient
item Measuring and Modeling Pollutants in Agricultural Systems and Landscapes
item Measuring, Modeling, and Mitigating Pollutants in Agroecosystems and Surrounding Landscapes
item Metrics, Management, and Monitoring: An Investigation of Rangeland and Pasture Soil Health and its Drivers
item Modeling Fate and Transport of Indicator and Pathogenic Organisms to Assess Microbial Water Quality of Irrigation Water Sources
item Modeling Fresh Produce Supply Chain Systems in the Northeast US
item Modeling Watershed Processes for Assessing Ecosystem Services Provided by Restored Wetlands
item Modeling Watershed Processes for Assessing Ecosystem Services Provided by Restored Wetlands
item Monitoring and Managing Microbial Water Quality for Food Safety
item Monitoring Changes in Carbon Budgets: Chesapeake Bay Watershed Caused by Agricultural Conservation through Integrating Remote Sensing Data/Modeling
item Pollinator Ecosystem Services Assessment Project Project
item Prevention of Pathogen Contamination in the Lettuce Production Continuum-Beltsville
item Remote Detection and Functional Assessments for Wetlands
item Remote Detection and Functional Assessments for Wetlands in the Mid-Atlantic Region
item Root-Zone Soil Moisture Using P-band Observations
item Rural Diet Diversity in New England
item Strategies for Controlling Miscanthus x Giganteas and Evaluating Potential Spread on the Delmarva Peninsula
item Sustainable Intensification of Crop and Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems at Multiple Scales (BRIDGE)
item The Mid-Atlantic Wetland Conservation Effects Assessment Project
item Using MESA as a Tool to Elucidate Wetland N Fluxes in Agricultural Landscapes
item Using SMAP Soil Moisture Products to Improve Streamflow Forecasting in Ungauged Basins
item Watershed Legacy N – Source Determination and Influencing Factor Assessment