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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
Cocoa
Coffee
Narcotic plants
Soil
Tropical/subtropical fruit, general/other
Vegetables, general/other
Research Projects within Cocoa
item Assessment of Soil Quality parameters in Tropical Soils and Elemental Composition in Tropical Crops Subjected to Abiotic Stresses
item Cacao Genotypic Response to Abiotic Stresses, and Management Practices on Soil and Cocoa Bean Quality
item Characterizing and Evaluating the Genetic Diversity and Horticultural Value of Genetic Resources for Cacao and Other Tropical tree crops Economically important to the United States
item Chitin Interactions in Plant Disease Mitigation and Analysis of Erythroxylum species
item Developing Genomics Resources for Tropical Perennial Crops Economically Important to the United States
item Developing Pathogen and Plant Based Genetic Tools for Breeding Disease Resistance in Theobroma Cacao
item Development and Implementation of GBS and SNP Tools for Tropical Plant Genotyping
item Development of Pathogen- and Plant-Based Genetic Tools and Disease Mitigation Methods for Tropical Perennial Crops
item Evaluate Wild Cacao Germplasm for Tolerance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses and Develop Genomes and Transcriptomes of Cacao Pathogen Species
item Evaluation of Cacao Germplasm for Targeted Agronomic Traits in the International Cocao Genebank, Trinidad
item Genome Sequencing with Dovetail Genomics, LLC
item Genomics of Asimini Triloba, the American Pawpaw
item Identification and Conservation of Fine Flavored Cacao Varieties (Theobroma cacao)
item Metabolomic Analysis of Various Theobroma Cacao Diseases
item Molecular Characterization and Diversity Analysis of Colombian Cacao Genebank Collections and Cacao Pathogens from Colombia
item Molecular Characterization and Diversity Analysis of Colombian Cacao Genebank Collections and Cacao Pathogens from Various Regions of Colombia
item Molecular Characterization of CATIE International Coffee Collections
item Molecular Characterization of Coffee Germplasm Collection in the Centre National de Recherche Agronomique (CNRA), Cóte d’Ivoire
item Quarantine, Germplasm Acquisition/Maintenance, Phytopathology Studies and Clone Evaluation of Theobroma Cacao
item The Assembly and Analysis of Genomes and Transcriptomes from Plant Pathogens of Theobroma Cacao
item Utilization of Next Generation Sequences to Address Genetic Diversity and Disease Interactions of Perennial Tropical Crops