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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 Citrus, general/other
item A Comprehensive Survey of Flat Mite Transmitted Viruses in Different Hosts and in Brevipalpus spp. in Colombia
item A Holistic Time-Series Analysis of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease
item AI-based Morphological Feature Analysis for Early and Rapid Diagnosis of Phytoplasma Diseases in Plants
item Characterization of Virus Populations Associated with Cotton Leafroll Dwarf Virus-Infected Plants in Cotton
item Developing Cas12a-Based Technologies for Early Detection of Exotic Phytoplasmas
item Developing Genomic and Biological Resources to Characterize, Diagnose and Detect Emerging and Invasive Vectored Bacterial and Viral Plant Pathogens for Safeguarding U.S. Agriculture
item Development of Molecular Tools to Control Citrus Greening Disease
item Diagnostics and Biological Approaches for Management of Emerging Oomycete Plant Pathogens
item Discovery, Characterization, and Diagnostics of Endemic and Exotic Citrus Pathogens Using High Throughput Sequencing (HTS)
item Ecology and Integrated Management of Ambrosia Beetles in Eastern US Orchard and Ornamental Tree Crops
item Evaluation of Symbiont Technology in Florida Citrus Groves
item Fast and Accurate Identification of Grapevine Flavescence Dorée Phytoplasma Strains via MinION, a Portable Real-Time Device for DNA Sequencing
item Genomics of Fungi Associated with Invasive Invertebrates
item Grove Evaluation of Symbiont Technology
item Identification of Microbes for Biological Control of SCN in NY State
item Interfering with Insect Vector Transmission of Plant Pathogens Using RNA-based Technology
item Leveraging a Structure-Function Approach to Block Polerovirus Transmission by Aphids
item Leveraging a Structure-Function Approach to Block Polerovirus Transmission by Aphids
item Management and Biology of Arthropod Pests and Arthropod-borne Plant Pathogens
item Microbial Interactions in the Soybean Cyst Nematode Suppressive Soil Microbiome
item Microbial Interactions in the Soybean Cyst Nematode Suppressive Soil Microbiome
item New Bioactive Dairy Products for Health-Promoting Functional Foods
item Omics-Based Approach to Detection, Identification, and Systematics of Plant Pathogenic Phytoplasmas and Spiroplasmas
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 SP: Molecular Strategies to Block Psyllid Transmission of the Huanglongbing (HLB) Pathogen
item Therapeutic Molecule Evaluation and Field Delivery Pipeline for Solutions to HLB