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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
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
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
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
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
Strawberry
item A Metagenomics Marker System for Identification of All Fusarium oxysporum Taxa in Field Soils
item A Metagenomics Marker System for Identification of all Fusarium oxysporum Taxa in Field Soils
item Advanced Breeding for Broad Genetic Resistance to Downy Mildew in Spinach for Organic Production
item Agricultural Water, Land Retirement, and Habitat on the Pacific Flyway: A Non-market Value Assessment
item Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation for Enhancing and Advancing the SustainabilitY of Organic Specialty Crop Production Systems (ASD-EASY Organic)
item Application of a Watershed Model to Assess Groundwater Sustainability Under Changing Climatic and Management Scenarios
item Areawide Pest Management of Whitefly and Thrips Transmitted Viruses in Fruiting Vegetables in Four Production Regions of Florida
item Areawide Pest Management of Whitefly- and Thrips-Transmitted Viruses in Fruiting Vegetables in Four Production Regions of Florida
item Areawide Pest Management of Whitefly- and Thrips-Transmitted Viruses in Fruiting Vegetables in Four Production Regions of Florida
item Areawide Pest Management of Whitefly- and Thrips-Transmitted Viruses in Fruiting Vegetables in Four Production Regions of Florida with F1K9
item Areawide Pest Management of Whitefly- and Thrips-transmitted Viruses in Fruiting Vegetables in Four Production Regions of Florida with GCC
item Areawide Pest Management of Whitefly- and Thrips-Transmitted Viruses in Fruiting Vegetables in Four Production Regions of Florida with Univ. of FL
item Assessing the Fate of Metal Oxide Associated Contaminants During Managed Aquifer Recharge
item Beet Leafhopper Genome and Transcriptome Research
item Bioherbicide Development for Control of Ailanthus Altissima (Tree-of-Heaven)
item Biological and Biotechnological Approaches for Management of Insect Vectors and Vector-borne Viruses Affecting Vegetable Crops
item Canine Detection of Exotic and Emerging Plant Pathogens
item Characterization and Modeling of Strawberry Yield Data Using Remote Sensing Technology
item Collaborative Research to Control Thrips and Orthotospoviruses
item Controlled Environment Approaches for Optimizing Microgreen Plant Growth and Nutritional Value
item Delivering Breeding and Management Solutions to Prevent Losses to Emerging and Expanding Disease Threats in Strawberry
item Deployment of a Commercial Early-Warning System for Airborne Pathogens
item Determining Subsurface Hydraulic Properties and Water Content Using Geophysical Methods and Limited Soil/Sediment Datasets
item Development and Evaluation of Attractants for Anastrepha Fruit Flies
item Development of a Molecular Assay for Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lactucae
item Development of Biologically-based Pest Control Strategies for Invasive Pests
item Development of Immuno-detection for Lettuce Dieback Associated Virus and Greenhouse Evaluation of Lettuce for Resistance
item Development of Natural Antimicrobial Agents from Byproducts of Olives
item Development of Preseason Risk Prediction Models to Facilitate Areawide Pest Management of Whitefly-transmitted Viruses of Vegetables
item Development of Preseason Risk Prediction Models to Facilitate Areawide Pest Management of Whitefly-transmitted Viruses of Vegetables
item Development of Preseason Risk Prediction Models to Facilitate Areawide Pest Management of Whitefly-transmitted Viruses of Vegetables
item Development of Preseason Risk Prediction Models to Facilitate Areawide Pest Management of Whitefly-transmitted Viruses of Vegetables
item Discerning the Polyamine Roles in the Biotic and Abiotic Stress Biology of Plants
item Disease Management and Improved Detection Systems for Control of Pathogens of Vegetables and Strawberries
item Effect of Novel Potential Plant Growth Regulators on Tree Fruits Ripening and Quality
item Enhanced Surveillance Strategies of Thrips Vectors and Understanding the Interplay between INSV and Pythium Wilt of Lettuce
item Enhancing Specialty Crop Tolerance to Saline Irrigation Waters
item Enhancing Vegetable and Ornamental Production by Synergistically Managing Nutrients and Pests
item Enhancing Virus Control in Lettuce and Melons by Optimizing Immunity Priming Approaches
item Erythritol Efficacy and Non-target Effects
item Establishing Agronomic and Pest Management Practices for Vegetable, Specialty Crops, and Fruit Growers while Improving Pollinator Health
item Evaluation of Carboxamide Derivatives to Suppress Potato Sprouting as an Alternative to Current Dormancy Promoting Chemistries
item Genetic Diversity of Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus (INSV) Isolates Affecting Important Vegetable and Horticultural Crops
item Geographic Patterns in Cropland Use in Strawberry Producing Regions of California
item Harnessing Genomic Technologies Toward Improving Vegetable Health in Field and Controlled Environments
item Host Resistance and Fumigation Alternatives for Control of Macrophomina Phaseolina in Strawberry
item Host Resistance and Fumigation Alternatives for Control of Macrophomina Phaseolina in Strawberry - Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation
item Host Resistance and Fumigation Alternatives for Control of Macrophomina Phaseolina in Strawberry - Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation Testing
item Host Resistance and Fumigation Alternatives for Control of Macrophomina Phaseolina in Strawberry - Strawberry Genomics
item Identification of Carbon Input Requirements for Small Farm Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation Under Temperate Production Systems
item Identification of the Physiological Mechanism of Pheromone Biosynthesis in Thrips and Development of Biological Control Methods
item Identifying Important Physiological Mechanisms in Thrips and Other Emerging Pests
item Identifying Landscape Variables and Cropping Patterns Associated with Viral Epidemics in Lettuce
item Identifying Sources of Thrips Vector Populations that Pose a Risk for Transmitting Impatiens necrotic spot virus to Lettuce in the Salinas Valley
item Impact of Specialized Lipid Mediators Derived from EPA and DHA On Gut Microbiota
item Implementation of gaseous chlorine dioxide fumigation to improve post-harvest stockpile management of almonds
item Implementing a Rapid Response Strategy for the Emergence of Resistance-Breaking Strains of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. fragariae
item Improved Agroecosystem Efficiency and Sustainability in a Changing Environment
item Improved Pathogen Detection and Management of Bulb and Nursery Diseases
item Improved Systems-based Approaches that Maintain Commodity Quality and Control of Arthropod Pests Important to U.S. Agricultural Production, Trade and Quarantine
item Improvement of a Novel Plant-Based Deterrent Against Drosophila Suzukii
item Improvement of American Fruit and Vegetable Quality by Genome Editing
item Improving Food Quality via Nano Technologies
item Improving Irrigation Efficiencies and Sustainability in Woody Perennial Crops Specific to California
item Improving Soil and Water Productivity and Quality in Irrigated Cropping Systems
item Improving the Efficiency of Container Substrates: Developing Water and Nutrient Profiles
item Integrated Approaches to Improve Fruit and Vegetable Nutritional Quality with Improved Phenolics Contents
item Integrated Optimization Framework of California Water and Land Use
item Integration of Host Plant Resistance with Immunity Modification for Management of Established and Emerging Virus Threats to Melons
item Interregional Surveillance of Spinach and Lettuce Downy Mildew in California to Improve Management Practices
item Interregional Surveillance of Spinach and Lettuce Downy Mildew in California to Improve Management Practices - Coachella Valley
item Interregional Surveillance of Spinach and Lettuce Downy Mildew in California to Improve Management Practices - Imperial Valley
item Investigating Organic Amendments for Weed and Disease Management Using Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation
item Investigation of the Relationship between the Obligate Pathogen Polymyxa betae and its Hosts
item Investigation of Verticillium Nonalfalfae as a Potential Bioherbicide for the Invasive Weed Ailanthus Altissima
item Leveraging Population Genomics to Understand the Migration and Evolution of the Causal Pathogens of Boxwood Blight
item Linking Measured Root Zone Dynamics to Atmospheric and Subsurface Fluxes
item Managed Aquifer Recharge to Sustain Irrigated Agriculture
item Management of Diseases Caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. fragariae and Macrophomina phaseolina (Year 3)
item Management of Diseases, Pests, and Pollinators of Horticultural Crops
item Management of Temperate-Adapted Fruit, Nut, and Specialty Crop Genetic Resources and Associated Information
item Mass Production of Insects for Biological Control of Arthropod Pests and as Food Sources
item Methyl Bromide Alternative Treatments for Perishable and Stored Products
item Methyl Bromide Alternatives for Weed and Disease Control in Strawberry Production
item Minor Use Pesticide Testing on Vegetables and Sugar Crops
item Mitigation of Domestic, Exotic, and Emerging Diseases of Subtropical and Temperate Horticultural Crops
item Molecular Diagnostic Development for Tomato torrado virus (ToTV) and Other Torradoviruses in Seeds and Plant Material of Related Vegetable Crops
item Monitoring and Cultural Strategies to Reduce the Impact of Thrips-Transmitted INSV Affecting Lettuce on the Central Coast of CA
item New Sustainable Processes, Preservation Technologies, and Product Concepts for Specialty Crops and Their Co-Products
item Non-Fumigant Nematode Control in Carrot
item Nonequilibrium Processes Influencing Contaminant Fate During Managed Aquifer Recharge
item Novel Detection, Sampling, Epidemiology and Modeling Strategies for Plant Pathogens
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 Novel Precision Technologies to Reduce Insecticide Use Targeting Aphids and Thrips in Lettuce
item Nutrient Management in Container Production Utilizing Secondary Water Sources
item On-Farm Integration of Organic Management of Spotted-Wing Drosophila in Fruit Crops
item Optimization Of Techniques For Detection And Quantification Of Soilborne Pathogens Using Molecular Techniques
item Organic Amendment Effects on Strawberry Pathogens
item Organic Soil Treatment Methods for Nematode Control in California Carrots.
item Pathogenomics-based Development of Crop-specific Diagnostics Tools for Emerging and Expanding Fungal Diseases in the U.S.
item Pest Management for Spotted Wing-Drosophila
item Polyphenol-Rich Foods and Promotion of Intestinal Health
item Preservation of Food By Isochoric (Constant Volume) Freezing
item Pretreatment Technologies for Managed Aquifer Recharge to Mitigate Clogging and to Remove Contaminants
item Receptor Inference: A Novel IPM Technology for Managing Key Insect Pests of Vegetables in California
item Receptor Inference: A Novel IPM Technology for Managing Key Insect Pests of Vegetables in California (Corvallis)
item Reducing Postharvest Loss and Improving Fresh Produce Marketability and Nutritive Values through Technological Innovations and Process Optimization
item Salinity and Drought Stress Tolerance Mechanisms in Plants
item Site-specific Soil Pest Management in Strawberry & Vegetable Cropping Systems - Characterization of Plant Health
item Site-specific Soil Pest Management in Strawberry & Vegetable Cropping Systems - Economic Analysis
item Site-specific Soil Pest Management in Strawberry & Vegetable Cropping Systems - Food Origins Yield Quantification
item Site-Specific Soil Pest Management in Strawberry & Vegetable Cropping Systems - Fumigation and Weed Management
item Site-specific Soil Pest Management in Strawberry & Vegetable Cropping Systems - Modeling Strawberry Yield
item Site-specific Soil Pest Management in Strawberry & Vegetable Cropping Systems - Remote Sensing
item Site-specific Soil Pest Management in Strawberry & Vegetable Cropping Systems - Santa Maria
item Site-Specific Soil Pest Management in Strawberry & Vegetable Cropping Systems - Yield Monitoring
item Site-specific Soil Pest Management in Strawberry & Vegetable Cropping Systems – Oxnard Plot Management
item Site-specific Soil Pest Management in Strawberry and Vegetable Cropping Systems – Oxnard Trials
item Small Fruit and Nursery Research
item Small Fruit Breeding in the Pacific Northwest
item Soil Amendment Effects on Tomato Bacterial Spot
item Spotted Wing-drosophila Area Wide and Emerging Pests Project
item Spotted Wing-Drosophila Areawide Project
item Strawberry Crop Improvement through Genomics, Genetics, and Breeding
item Sustainable Management of Arthropod Pests in Horticultural Crops
item Synergistic Managed Aquifer Strategies to Sustain Irrigated Agriculture
item Synergistic Managed Aquifer Strategies to Sustain Irrigated Agriculture (CA)
item Synergistic Managed Aquifer Strategies to Sustain Irrigated Agriculture (NACA)
item Systematic Identification of Oomycete Plant Pathogens Important to California Specialty Crops
item Systematic Identification of Oomycete Plant Pathogens Important to California Specialty Crops
item Testing Releases of Sterile Male Spotted Wing Drosophila for Pest Control Using Precision-Guide Sterile Insect Technique
item The Phagostimulant Potential of Yeasts Including Endemic Species for SWD Management in PNW Blueberries
item Tomato Resistance-breaking Tospoviruses
item Tomato Resistance-breaking Tospoviruses
item Understanding the Extent of Symphylan Damage in Strawberry Production
item Using a Robot for UV-C/Dark Treatments of Field-Grown Strawberries for Control of Fungal Diseases and Arthropod Pests