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Agave
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
Cassava (or manioc)
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
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
Grasslands, 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
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
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)
Soybean
Spiders, mites, ticks, and other arthropods
Strawberry
Striped bass
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 "Green" Nature Inspired Nano-Sanitizers for Enhancing the Safety of Ready-to-Eat Fruits and Vegetables
item Accelerating the Development, Evaluation, and Adoption of New Apple Rootstock Technologies to Improve Apple Grower Profitability and Sustainability
item Accelerating the Development, Evaluation, and Adoption of New Apple Rootstock Technologies to Improve Apple Growers Profitability and Sustainability
item Acquisition and Establishment of Rose Virus Positive Control Collection
item Advancement of Intelligent Spray Application Technology in Oregon Specialty Crop Production
item Agreement with Agricultural Marketing Services (AMS) to Store PVP Seed Material
item Apple Genomes for Postharvest Fruit Quality Biomarkers
item Asian Giant Hornet Lure Development
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 and Selection of Apple Rootstocks to Match California Industry Needs
item Bringing Historic Seed Test Data Alive Through Machine Learning Algorithms: Proof of Concept
item Can We Get Codling Moth Females To Stop Laying Eggs On Apple
item Characterizing and Detecting Pathogens to Ensure Safe Exchange of Plant Germplasm
item Chemical and Enzymatic Basis of Browning in Romaine Lettuce
item Cooperative Agreement on Institutional Biosafety Committee
item Coordinated Precision Application Technologies for Sustainable Pest Management and Crop Protection
item Deposition Quality of Intelligent Sprayers used in Orchards and Nurseries
item Developing a Multi Life-Stage Management Strategy for Apple Maggot through the Integration of Attract-and-Kill and Biological Control
item Developing Augmentative Biocontrol Programs for Northwest Tree Fruit
item Developing Augmentative Biocontrol Programs for Oregon
item Developing Augmentative Biocontrol Programs for Washington
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 Apple Rootstock Technologies for U.S. and Kazakhstan Apple Growers
item Development of Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Apple Rootstocks
item Development of Food Processing Solar Thermal Technologies
item Development of Genebanking Training Materials and Seed Germination Studies
item Development of Novel Tools to Manage Fungal Plant Pathogens that Cause Postharvest Decay of Pome Fruit to Reduce Food Waste
item Development of Strategies to Reduce Insecticide Inputs against Invasive and Native Pests in Temperate Fruit Crops
item Development of Trapping Systems for the Asian Giant Hornet
item Developmental Genomics and Metabolomics Influencing Temperate Tree Fruit Quality
item Developmental Mechanisms Underlying Fleshy Fruit Diversity in Rosaceae
item Developmental Mechanisms Underlying Fleshy Fruit Diversity in Rosaceae
item Diagnostic Support for New and Emerging Pathogens to Facilitate the Safe Importation and Exchange of Plant Germplasm
item Diagnostic Support for New and Emerging Pathogens to Facilitate the Safe Importation and Exchange of Plant Germplasm
item Diagnostic Support for New and Emerging Pathogens to Facilitate the Safe Importation and Exchange of Plant Germplasm
item Directing Plant-Microbe Relations Toward Resiliency Post-Fumigation
item Discovering Pathogens Associated with Rapid Apple Decline
item Dynamic Controlled Atmosphere Storage for Non-Chemical Maintenance of Apple Quality
item Earwig Augmentation and Conservation in Oregon
item Earwig Augmentation and Conservation in the Wenatchee Valley
item Efficacy of Intelligent Spray Technology in Apple and Grape Production
item Efficient and Effective Preservation and Management of Plant and Microbial Genetic Resource Collections
item Enhanced Mitigation and Rapid Response to Reduce Spread and Impact of Spotted Lanternfly in the U.S.
item Enhanced Mitigation and Rapid Response to Reduce Spread and Impact of Spotted Lanternfly in the U.S.
item Enhanced Mitigation and Rapid Response to Reduce Spread and Impact of Spotted Lanternfly in the United States
item Enhanced Mitigation and Rapid Response to Reduce Spread and Impact of Spotted Lanternfly 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 Establishing Risk of Invasive Insect Pests in Green Yard Waste
item Evaluation of Germplasm of Horticulture and Sugarcrops
item Evaluation of Pesticides For Use Against EFFF in Regulatory Programs
item Genetic Engineering of Moth Viruses for Enhanced Insecticidal Efficacy
item Genome-Based Strategies and Physiological Biomarkers for Detection and Identification of plant Pathogenic Phytoplasmas and Spiroplasmas
item Improve Spray Droplet Retention Capabilities on Targets with Amendment of Spray Solution Properties
item Improving Disease Resistance, Fruit Quality, and Growth Habit of Temperate Fruit Crops through Genetic Engineering
item Improving Food Quality via Nano Technologies
item Improving Fruit Crop Traits Through Advanced Genomic, Breeding, and Management 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 Investigating The Chemical Ecology Of The Asian Giant Hornet (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) Under Field And Laboratory Conditions
item Investigation of Laser-guided Variable-rate Spray Technology in Washington State Apple Orchards
item Leveraging Pest Behavior for Implementation of Biological Control for Plum Curculio
item Management and Development of Apple, Cold-Hardy Grape, and Tart Cherry Genetic Resources and Associated Information
item Management of Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) in U.S. Specialty Crops
item Managing the Invasive Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) in Specialty Crops
item Metabolic Network Approaches for Deciphering Microbial Functions in Amendment-Based Solutions for Soil-Borne Disease Suppression
item Microbial Networks on Harvested Apples and the Design of Antagonistic Consortia to Control Postharvest Pathogens
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 Next Generation Sequences to Uncover Fungal Virulence and Fungicide Resistance Mechanisms(s) in the Blue Mold Fungus
item Non-Destructive Detection of Sun Stress Compromised Apples
item Non-Destructive Detection of Sun Stress Compromised Apples
item Patriot Gardens: An Integrated Agriculture and Technology Support Program for Appalachia
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 Exploration in 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
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 Rapid and Accurate Diagnostic Identification of Phytoplasmas for the Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) Program (ARS) FY2018
item Reducing Carbon Dioxide-Related Postharvest Disorders
item Reducing Postharvest Loss and Improving Fresh Produce Marketability and Nutritive Values through Technological Innovations and Process Optimization
item Seed Quality and Germination Tests of Seeds Stored at NLGRP
item Staffing and Operation for National Clonal Repositories for Plant Germplasm
item Tactics To Improve Natural Enemy Releases In Tree Fruit
item The Chemistry and Effectiveness of Plant Vitrification Solutions for Use in Cryopreservation
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 Utilization of the Rhizosphere Microbiome and Host Genetics to Manage Soil-borne Diseases
item Utilizing Environmental DNA (eDNA) as a Biosurveillance Tool for Spotted Lanternfly
item Validation and Commercialization of Innovative Processing Technologies
item Visual Servoing in Agricultural Environments
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