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Agave
Agricultural supplies, general/other
Air
Alfalfa
Almond
Animal research, general
Apple
Apricot
Aquatic plants
Arboreta and botanical gardens
Atmosphere, general/other
Bacteria
Banana
Barley
Beans (dry)
Beans (fresh, fresh-processed)
Bedding/garden plants
Beef cattle, general/other
Beef cattle, live animal
Bees, honey, and other pollinators, general
Berries and cane fruits, other
Biological Cell Systems
Blueberry
Broadleaf forests of the South
Canola
Carrot
Catfish
Cheese
Chemurgic Crops
Cherry
Citrus, general/other
Climate
Cocoa
Coffee
Cole crops (includes cabbage, kale, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower,
Conifer forests of the North
Conifer forests of the South
Conifer forests of the West
Cool season perennial grasses (includes bluegrass, bromegrass, fescue)
Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480)
Cotton, other
Cottonseed (for meal, oil, etc.)
Cranberry
Cross-commodity research--multiple animal species
Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
Cucumber
Cucurbits, other (includes pumpkin, squash, gourd)
Cut flowers, foliage, and greens
Dairy cattle, general/other
Dairy cattle, live animal
Date
Deciduous and small fruits, general/other
Deciduous tree fruits, other
Desert and semidesert shrub land and shinnery
Domestic and community water supply facilities and systems
Drainage and irrigation facilities and systems
Duck and goose, live animal
Durum wheat
Economy, general/other
Edible tree nuts, general/other
Egg-type chicken, live animal
Eggplant
Eggs
Experimental design and statistical methods
Feed and feed additives
Fertilizers
Fiber crops, general/other
Filbert
Finfish
Fish habitats
Florist crops, other
Food (not readily associated with specific plant and animal products)
Forage legumes, other
Freshwater shrimp
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)
Ground covers
Guayule
Hard red spring wheat
Hard red winter wheat
Hard white wheat
Hemp
Herbaceous perennials and decorative greens
Herbs and spices
Honey bees
Hops
Horses, ponies, and mules
Individuals (as workers, consumers, members of society)
Insects
Kenaf
Kiwi
Laboratory animals
Land
Leguminous vegetables, other
Lemon
Lentil
Lesquerella
Long fiber cotton
Machinery and equipment
Mango
Marine shrimp
Marketing, processing, and supply firms other than cooperatives
Meat, beef cattle
Meat, dairy cattle
Meat, sheep
Meat, swine
Meat-type chicken, live animal
Melons (includes cantaloupe, muskmelon, watermelon)
Microorganisms, general/other
Milk
Mint
Miscellaneous and new crops, general/other
Mixed conifer-broadleaf forests
Mountain grasslands, meadow, and alpine
Mushrooms and other edible fungi
Narcotic plants
Nectarine
Nematodes
Noncrop plant research
Nonfarm structures and related facilities, including those used in
Oats
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 Pollinators
Other poultry products
Other swine products
Oysters
Papaya
Paper and pulp derived products
Parks and urban green space
Pasture
Pasture and forage crops, general/other
Peach
Peanut
Pear
Peas (dry)
Peas (fresh, fresh-processed)
Pecan
People and communities, general/other
Peppers
Perennial grasses, other
Pesticides (includes herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, etc.)
Pineapple
Pinyon-juniper
Plant research, general
Plum
Potato
Potted plants
Poultry meat
Poultry, general/other
Protozoa
Raisin grapes
Rangelands and grasslands, general
Rangelands, other
Raspberry
Red clover
Remote sensing equipment and technology
Research equipment and methods, general/other
Research on research management (not research management per se)
Rhizomes, tubers, bulbs, and root crops, general/other (for potato use 1310)
Rice
River basins
Rubber, gum, and resin plants, other
Rye
Salmon
Seeds and other plant propagules
Sewage and waste disposal facilities and systems
Sheep and wool, general/other
Sheep, live animal
Shellfish
Soft red wheat
Soft white wheat (includes club, western)
Soil
Soil and land, general
Solanaceous and related crops, general/other (for potato use 1310)
Solar radiation
Soybean
Spiders, mites, ticks, and other arthropods
Strawberry
Striped bass
Structures, facilities, and equipment, general/other
Sugar beet
Sugar cane
Sugar crops, general/other
Summer annual grasses (includes forage sorghums, sudangrass, sorghum)
Sunflower
Sweet potato
Sweet sorghum
Sweetcorn
Swine, general/other
Swine, live animal
Table grapes
Taro
Tea
The family and its members
The farm as an enterprise
Tilapia
Tomato
Trees, forests, and forest products, general
Tropical/subtropical fruit, general/other
Trout
Tung
Turf (includes bentgrass, bermudagrass, bluegrass, dichondra, fescue)
Turkey, live animal
Upland cotton
Vegetables, general/other
Viroids, mycoplasmas, spiroplasmas, etc.
Viruses
Walnut
Warm season perennial grasses (includes dallisgrass, bluestems)
Water resources
Watersheds
Watersheds and river basins, general
Weather
Weeds
Wetland and riparian systems
Wheat, other
Wild animals
Wildlife and natural fisheries, general/other
Wildlife habitats
Wine grapes
Winter annual legumes (includes subterranean clover, arrowleaf clover)
Wood and wood products
Wool fiber
Apple
item Agreement with Agricultural Marketing Services (AMS) to Store PVP Seed Material
item AI-based Morphological Feature Analysis for Early and Rapid Diagnosis of Phytoplasma Diseases in Plants
item Anti-microbial Coating and Surface Treatment to Improve Food Quality
item Asian Giant Hornet (AGH) Lure Development
item Assessing Barriers to and Benefits of AMF Colonization in Apple
item Assessing Barriers to and Benefits of AMF Colonization in Apple
item Augmenting Earwigs with Drones
item Automated Technologies for Harvesting and Quality Evaluation of Fruits and Vegetables
item Biology, Management and Reducing the Impact of the Spotted Lanternfly
item Biology, Management and Reducing the Impact of the Spotted Lanternfly in Specialty Crops in the Eastern USA
item Breeding Designer Apple Rootstocks to Match Nutrient Parameters under Organic Management
item Characterization and Detection of Viruses that Impact the Exchange and Curation of Plant Germplasm
item Collaborative Research with the Center for Plant Conservation to Determine Responses to Long-term Storage Conditions
item Coordinated Precision Application Technologies for Sustainable Pest Management and Crop Protection
item Curation and Research to Safeguard and Expand Collections of Plant and Microbial Genetic Resources and Associated Descriptive Information
item Deep Learning-based 3D Fruit-Tree Perception Through Efficient Multi-Sensor Fusion for Robotic Harvesting of Apples
item Develop Functional Plant-Based Proteins
item Developing Cas12a-Based Technologies for Early Detection of Exotic Phytoplasmas
item Development of a Computer Program to Predict Spray Droplet Displacement Discharged from Intelligent Sprayers
item Development of a Control and Planning System for an Apple Robotic Harvester
item Development of a Fast, Cost-effective Approach for Quantification of Microbial Community Shift in Chitin Amended Soil
item Development of Conventional and Organic Tools to Manage Postharvest Decay of Pome Fruits
item Development of Educational Materials for the Conservation and Use of Plant Genetic Resources
item Development of Improved Apple Rootstocks with Tolerance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses
item Development of Trapping Systems for the Asian Giant Hornet
item Dissecting the Molecular Basis for Dormancy in Trees
item Earwig Augmentation and Conservation in the Wenatchee Valley
item Enhanced Discovery of Genetic Factors Related to Postharvest Fruit Quality Traits
item Enhanced Mitigation and Rapid Response to Reduce Spread and Impact of Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) in the United States
item Enhancement of Apple, Pear, and Sweet Cherry Quality
item Enhancing Educational Outcomes for Plant Genetic Resources Conservation and Use
item Enhancing the Safety and Quality of Fresh Produce and Low-Moisture Foods by Waterless Non-Thermal Technologies
item Evaluating Suppression of Erwinia Amylovora in Commercial Apple Production using Symbiotic Methylobacteria
item Evaluating the Multifaceted Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Apple
item Evaluation of Germplasm of Horticulture and Sugarcrops
item Fast and Accurate Identification of Grapevine Flavescence Dorée Phytoplasma Strains via MinION, a Portable Real-Time Device for DNA Sequencing
item Genetic Engineering of Moth Viruses for Enhanced Insecticidal Efficacy
item Genotypic Analyses of the USDA-National Plant Germplasm System Apple Collection
item Impact of Specialized Lipid Mediators Derived from EPA and DHA On Gut Microbiota
item Implementation of Variable-Rate Airflow to Intelligent Sprayers Used in Apple Orchards
item Improve Spray Droplet Retention Capabilities on Targets with Amendment of Spray Solution Properties
item Improving Apple and Pear Cold Chain Outcomes
item Improving Food Quality via Nano Technologies
item Improving Sensor Detection Accuracy for Greenhouse Intelligent Sprayer Development
item Integrated Approach to Manage the Pest Complex on Temperate Tree Fruits
item Integrated Production and Automation Systems for Temperate Fruit Crops
item Integration of Intelligent Spray Technology into IPM Programs in Specialty Crop Production
item Management and Development of Apple, Cold-Hardy Grape, and Tart Cherry Genetic Resources and Associated Information
item New Approaches to Enhance Fresh Fruit Quality and Control Postharvest Diseases
item New Sustainable Processes, Preservation Technologies, and Product Concepts for Specialty Crops and Their Co-Products
item Novel Control of Codling Moth with RNA Interference
item Novel Isochoric Processing For Sustainable, Safe And High Quality Preservation Of Fluid Foods
item Novel Isochoric Processing for Sustainable, Safe and High Quality Preservation of Fluid Foods
item Omics-Based Approach to Detection, Identification, and Systematics of Plant Pathogenic Phytoplasmas and Spiroplasmas
item Patriot Guardens: An Integrated Agriculture and Technology Support Program for Appalachia – Supporting Agreement
item Plant Exploration in the Central Highlands and Mountainous Area of Northern Vietnam to Collect Malus doumeri Germplasm
item Plant Genetic Resources for Tropical Crop Collections
item Polyphenol-Rich Foods and Promotion of Intestinal Health
item Quantifying Invasive Insect Movement Within and Across Landscapes Using Laser Detection Technology and Unmanned Aerial Systems - Marquette Univ.
item Quantifying Invasive Insect Movement Within and Across Landscapes Using Laser Detection Technology and Unmanned Aerial Systems - Penn State Univ.
item Quantifying Invasive Insect Movement Within and Across Landscapes Using Laser Detection Technology and Unmanned Aerial Systems - Univ. of Missouri
item Reducing Postharvest Loss and Improving Fresh Produce Marketability and Nutritive Values through Technological Innovations and Process Optimization
item Resolving Inoculum Sources and Evaluating Alternatives to Mitigate Postharvest Diseases, Food Losses, and Mycotoxin Contamination in Apple
item RNA Integrity as a Powerful Metric of Aging in Preserved Seed Collections of Wild Rare Plant Species
item Seed Quality and Germination Tests of Seeds Stored at NLGRP
item Staffing and Operation for National Clonal Repositories for Plant Germplasm
item Superior Fruit Tree Cultivars for Orchard Resilience, Sustainability, and Consumer Appeal
item System Approaches Using Genomics and Biology to Manage Postharvest Fruit Decay, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Mycotoxins to Reduce Food Loss and Waste
item Tactics To Improve Natural Enemy Releases In Tree Fruit
item Technical Support for New Test Material of ISO sprayer Cleanout Standard
item The Chemistry and Effectiveness of Plant Vitrification Solutions for Use in Cryopreservation
item The Development of an Effective Trapping System for the Invasive Greater Banded Hornet, Vespa tropica, in Guam
item Threat Assessment and Resistance Characterization of a Novel Ecotype of Woolly Apple Aphid
item Towards Next Generation Maturity Indices: Apple Biomarker Discovery
item Transcriptome Sequencing and Enterprise Genome
item Uncovering Rootstock Disease Resistance Mechanisms in Deciduous Tree Fruit Crops and Development of Genetics-Informed Breeding Tools for Resistant Germplasm
item Understand and Mitigate Fungicide Resistance in Penicillium spp
item Using Intelligent Sprayer Technology to Enhance Economic and Environmental Sustainability in Nurseries and Apple Orchards
item Validation and Commercialization of Innovative Processing Technologies
item Whole Genome, Transcriptome and Comparative Genomics of Postharvest Fungal Plant Pathogens
item Wigging Out, Then Wigging In: Removing Earwigs From Stone Fruit and Augmenting Them in Pome Fruit