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Agave
Agricultural supplies, general/other
Air
Alfalfa
Almond
Animal research, general
Apple
Aquatic plants
Arboreta and botanical gardens
Atmosphere, general/other
Bacteria
Baitfish (minnows and shiners)
Banana
Barley
Beans (dry)
Beans (fresh, fresh-processed)
Bedding/garden plants
Beef cattle, general/other
Beef cattle, live animal
Berries and cane fruits, other
Biological Cell Systems
Blueberry
Broadleaf forests of the South
Butter
Canola
Carrot
Catfish
Cheese
Chemurgic Crops
Cherry
Chinese tallow
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
Crawfish
Cross-commodity research--multiple animal species
Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
Cucumber
Cucurbits, other (includes pumpkin, squash, gourd)
Cultured aquatic animals, general/other
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
Endangered species
Experimental design and statistical methods
Feed and feed additives
Fertilizers
Fiber crops, general/other
Filbert
Finfish
Fish habitats
Flax
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
Gums
Hard red spring wheat
Hard red winter wheat
Hard white wheat
Hemp
Herbaceous perennials and decorative greens
Honey bees
Hops
Horses, ponies, and mules
Ice cream
Individuals (as workers, consumers, members of society)
Insects
Invertebrates, general/other
Kiwi
Laboratory animals
Land
Leguminous vegetables, other
Lemon
Lentil
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
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 poultry products
Other swine products
Oysters
Papaya
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
Sensory evaluation/analysis methods (human senses)
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
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 Advancement of Strawberries for Indoor Environments: Mapping Chemical Compositions, Genetics, and Growing Conditions for Premium Flavor (NCGR)
item Aerial Dispersal of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. fragariae and the Airborne Microbiome on the Central Coast of California
item Agricultural Biosecurity Partnership: Leveraging Genomic Resources for a Systematic Approach To Detection of Key Fusarium Wilt Diseases
item Agricultural Water, Land Retirement, and Habitat on the Pacific Flyway: A Non-market Value Assessment
item An Image Analysis and Interpretation System to Facilitate High Throughput Disease Screening of Field-Grown Strawberry Breeding Plants
item Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation for Enhancing and Advancing the SustainabilitY of Organic Specialty Crop Production Systems (ASD-EASY Organic)
item Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation for Organic Strawberry Production
item Analysis of the Carrot Rhizosphere
item Anti-microbial Coating and Surface Treatment to Improve Food Quality
item Application of a Watershed Model to Assess Groundwater Sustainability Under Changing Climatic and Management Scenarios
item Application of Seed Treatments to Reduce Specialty Crop Pathogens
item Application Strategies for Biological Control Strains of Verticillium Nonalfalfae
item Applications of Innovative Sensors to Quantify Atmospheric and Subsurface Fluxes of Water, Energy, and Contaminants
item Areawide Management of Spotted-wing Drosophila and Adoption of Sustainable Practices (NBF)
item Areawide Management of Spotted-wing Drosophila and Adoption of Sustainable Practices (ODA)
item Areawide Management of Spotted-wing Drosophila and Adoption of Sustainable Practices (OSU)
item Areawide Management of Spotted-wing Drosophila and Adoption of Sustainable Practices (WSU)
item Areawide Pest Management of Whitefly- and Thrips-Transmitted Viruses in Fruiting Vegetables in Four Production Regions of Florida
item ASD WEED STOP: Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation for Sustainable Management of Weeds in Organic Transition
item Assessing the Fate of Metal Oxide Associated Contaminants During Managed Aquifer Recharge
item Assessment of Slow Release Herbicide Retention Under Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation
item Automation Technology for use in Strawberry Production Systems Toward Improving Production Practices and Control of Pests and Diseases
item Automation Technology for use in Strawberry Production Systems Toward Improving Production Practices and Control of Pests and Diseases
item Biological and Biotechnological Approaches for Management of Insect Vectors and Vector-borne Viruses Affecting Vegetable Crops
item Building Sustainable Practices for Managing Insect Pests and Viruses in California Lettuce
item CAP: Fast Selection, Assessment, and Delivery of HLB-Resistant/Tolerant Citrus Variants as New Scion and Rootstock Cultivars
item Characterization and Modeling of Strawberry Yield Data Using Remote Sensing Technology
item Characterizing the Accumulation of Impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV) in Lettuce Tissues and Incidence in Thrips Vectors
item Citrus Black Spot – What is the Risk of Dispersal of Inoculum in FL in Relation to Current Quarantine Measures?
item Collaborative Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) Oversight and Research between UC Riverside and ARS Salinity Lab
item Collaborative Research to Control Thrips and Orthotospoviruses
item Conservation and Utilization of Temperate-Adapted Fruit, Nut, and Other Specialty Crop Genetic Resources
item Control Citrus Huanglongbing by Using the Citrus Isolate of Nectarine Marafivirus M and its Expression System
item Controlling Citrus Huanglongbing by Using the Citrus Isolate of Nectarine Marafivirus M and Its Expression System
item Controlling Citrus Huanglongbing by Using the Citrus Isolate of Nectarine Marafivirus M and Its Expression System
item Controlling Citrus Huanglongbing by Using the Citrus Isolate of Nectarine Marafivirus M and Its Expression System
item Delivering Breeding and Management Solutions to Prevent Losses to Emerging and Expanding Disease Threats in Strawberry
item Demonstration of New Vegetable Production Techniques for Urban Horticulture
item Designing and Building the Next Generation of Soil Steam Applicators for Strawberry Production
item Determining Subsurface Hydraulic Properties and Water Content Using Geophysical Methods and Limited Soil/Sediment Datasets
item Develop Functional Plant-Based Proteins
item Develop Monitoring Tools Such As Identifying Pheromones for Western Flower Thrips and Grey Garden Slug
item Developing and Optimizing Pre- and Post- Harvest Technologies to Enhance the Quality of Fruits and Vegetables
item Development of a Molecular Assay for Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lactucae
item Development of a Molecular Assay for Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lactucae
item Development of a Molecular Assay for Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lactucae
item Development of Chlorobenzene and Sulfur Dioxide Fumigation Treatments for Control of Ham Mites on Meat Products
item Development of Immuno-detection for Lettuce Dieback Associated Virus and Greenhouse Evaluation of Lettuce for Resistance
item Development of Sterile Insect Technique for Navel Orangeworm
item Diagnostic Test for Fusarium Oxysporum f. sp. apii Race 4 and Establishment of Pathogen Collection to Support Celery Breeding
item Disease Management and Improved Detection Systems for Control of Pathogens of Vegetables and Strawberries
item Downy Mildew Epidemiology and Spinach Seed Treatment
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 Genetic Pest Control Tools For Navel Orangeworm (Amyelois Transitella) In California Tree Nuts
item Enhancing Specialty Crop Irrigation: Advancing Evapotranspiration Forecasting with Satellites and Machine Learning
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 Establishing Agronomic and Pest Management Practices for Vegetable, Specialty Crops, and Fruit Growers while Improving Pollinator Health
item Establishing Agronomic and Pest Management Practices for Vegetable, Specialty Crops, and Fruit Growers while Improving Pollinator Health
item Etiology, Detection, and Management of Fusarium Wilt of Strawberry and Blackberry - Cal Poly
item Etiology, Detection, and Management of Fusarium Wilt of Strawberry and Blackberry - UC Davis
item Etiology, Detection, and Management of Fusarium Wilt of Strawberry and Blackberry - University of Arkansas
item Etiology, Detection, and Resistance to Fusarium wilt of Strawberry and Blackberry
item Evaluating Genotypic Differences in the Obligate Fungal Plant Pathogen Poylmyxa betae and its Ability to Vector BNYVV
item Evaluating Models of Radiation Transfer and Carbon-Water Exchange in Vineyard and Orchard Canopies
item Evaluating Physiology and Gene Expression Following Induced Polyploidy of Specialty Crops
item Evaluating Strawberry Genotypes for Response to Emerging Pathogens
item Evaluation of Carboxamide Derivatives to Suppress Potato Sprouting as an Alternative to Current Dormancy Promoting Chemistries
item Evaluation of Economic and Environmental Sustainability of Alternative Plant Proteins
item Evaluation of the Risk of Huanglongbing in Cold-Hardy Citrus Production Systems
item Examining Perennial Crop Physiology, Evapotranspiration, and Carbon Dynamics Using Surface-based Measurements and Proximal Remote Sensing Techniques
item Fermentation for Functional Proteins
item Genome Assembly of Fusarium oxysporum Taxa Using Long Read Sequence Data
item Genomic Sequencing and Assembly of Graminicolous Downy Mildews
item Harnessing Genomic Technologies Toward Improving Vegetable Health in Field and Controlled Environments
item Identification of Biological Targets and Application to Existing and Invasive Pests
item Identification of the Physiological Mechanism of Pheromone Biosynthesis in Thrips and Development of Biological Control Methods
item Identification of Verticillium Wilt Resistant Lettuce Using a Rapid Assay
item Identification, Mapping and Risk Prediction of Whitefly- and Thrips-transmitted Viruses in Fruiting Vegetables in Florida
item Identifying High Quality Vegetable and Small Fruit Crops Suitable for Controlled Environment Agriculture Production
item Identifying Landscape Variables and Cropping Patterns Associated with Viral Epidemics in Lettuce
item Identifying Vegetable Crop Germplasm for Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) Production and Potential Diseases that Affect Them
item Impact of Residue Biochemical Quality on Soil Disinfestation
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 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 Methods for Trapping and Monitoring Thrips in Lettuce Crops
item Improved Methods for Trapping and Monitoring Thrips in Lettuce Crops (UC Davis)
item Improved Pathogen Detection and Management of Bulb and Nursery Diseases
item Improved Strategies for Managing Key Pests of Vegetable Crops
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 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 Sustainability of Diamondback Moth Management in Cruciferous Vegetables
item Improving the Surveillance and Knowledge of Thrips Species in Lettuce and Characterizing INSV Infections in Key Non-crop Reservoirs
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 Investigation of Verticillium Nonalfalfae as a Potential Bioherbicide for the Invasive Weed Ailanthus Altissima
item Linking Climate Change Impacts on Forest Health, Fire Risk, and Vegetation and Snow Dynamics in California
item Linking Ground Based and Remotely Sensed Stress Physiology of California Woody Perennial Crops
item Linking Measured Root Zone Dynamics to Atmospheric and Subsurface Fluxes
item Long Term Screening of Spinach Cultivars for Downy Mildew Resistance
item Machine Learning for Unearthing Environmental Drivers of Soil Moisture Dynamics and Scaling to Hillslope and Remote Sensing Observations
item Machine Learning-Enabled Produce Quality Monitoring Platform for Nondestructive Supply Chain Management
item Managed Aquifer Recharge to Sustain Irrigated Agriculture
item Management of Soilborne Pathogens in Strawberry Production
item Mass Production of Insects for Biological Control of Arthropod Pests and as Food Sources
item MBAO: Fumigation and Alternatives for Production, Storage, and Trade Conference
item Methyl Bromide Alternative Treatments for Perishable and Stored Products
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 Monitoring and Cultural Strategies to Reduce the Impact of Thrips-Transmitted INSV Affecting Lettuce on the Central Coast of CA
item Monitoring Aquifer Recharge Dynamics in the Deep Vadose zone using Borehole Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Logging
item Monitoring of Insects Using Deep Learning and Automated Systems
item Nano Particle Coatings In Supply Chains of Fresh Produce to Improve Food Safety and Quality
item Next-Gen Smart Surfaces/Coatings to Improve Food Safety and Water Efficiency of US Specialty Crops in Harvesting, Storage, Sorting, and Processing
item Non-Fumigant Nematode Control in Carrot
item Nonequilibrium Processes Influencing Contaminant Fate During Managed Aquifer Recharge
item Novel Approaches to Support Fresh Produce Production and Preservation on Earth and in Space
item Novel Biologically-Based Control Method for Invasive Insect Pests
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 Management Strategies for Invasive Pests, Plant Diseases, and Bee Pollinators of Horticultural and Nursery Crops in the southeastern United States
item Novel Precision Technologies to Reduce Insecticide Use Targeting Aphids and Thrips in Lettuce
item Novel Production Practices for Sustainable Vegetable Production and Nutritional Value
item On-Farm Integration of Organic Management of Spotted-Wing Drosophila in Fruit Crops
item Optimization of Precision Strawberry Yield Data Collection and Analysis
item Optimization of Steam Soil Disinfestation for Healthy Soils and Communities Around the Ag-urban Interface of Coastal California
item Optimizing Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation for Organic Strawberries in Florida
item Organic Soil Treatment Methods for Nematode Control in California Carrots
item Pest Management for Spotted Wing-Drosophila - Area Wise Pest Managament
item Phosphine - Cold Combination Treatments for Tephritid Control
item Precision Agriculture for Management of Strawberry Production
item Predicting Individual Response to Dietary Intake
item Pretreatment Technologies for Managed Aquifer Recharge to Mitigate Clogging and to Remove Contaminants
item Propagating 'USDA Lumina' Strawberry Tips for Plug Producers
item Quality of Cryostored Strawberry Plant Germplasm from the University of Florida
item Quantifying Land-Atmosphere Fluxes of Carbon, Water, and Energy in Woody Perennial Cropping Systems
item Rapid Assay for Identification of Verticillium Wilt Resistant Lettuce
item Rapid Response to Novel Resistance-Breaking Strain of Pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum in Cultivated Strawberry
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 Current and Future Fungicide use in California Crops by Providing Decision Support and Rotation Tools for Managing Fusarium falciforme
item Reducing Postharvest Loss and Improving Fresh Produce Marketability and Nutritive Values through Technological Innovations and Process Optimization
item Regional Monitoring, Transplant Monitoring, and Assessing Spray Coverage: Improving Management of Thrips and Aphids in Lettuce
item Replacing Virus Reservoirs with Beneficial Plants to Support Healthy Lettuce Ecosystems
item Rethinking California’s Managed Aquifer Recharge Beyond Flat Terrains: A Multi-Method Assessment of Hillslope Processes
item Site-specific Soil Pest Management in Strawberry & Vegetable Cropping Systems - Modeling Strawberry Yield
item Small Fruit and Nursery Research
item Soil Amendment Effects on Tomato Bacterial Spot
item Soil Disinfestation Treatments for Organic Carrot Production
item Spatial and Ecological Considerations for Groundwater Markets and Managed Recharge
item Strawberry Crop Improvement through Breeding, Genetics, Genomics, and Molecular Biology
item Sustainable Management of Arthropod Pests in Horticultural Crops
item Synergistic Managed Aquifer Strategies to Sustain Irrigated Agriculture (CA)
item Synergistic Managed Aquifer Strategies to Sustain Irrigated Agriculture (NACA)
item Testing Sterile Males for Controlling Spotted-wing Drosophila
item Understanding the Extent of Symphylan Damage in Strawberry Production
item University of Florida, IFAS and FAES
item Using a Robot for UV-C/Dark Treatments of Field-Grown Strawberries for Control of Fungal Diseases and Arthropod Pests
item Utilizing Nuclear Magnetic Resonance to Determine the Effect of Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation on Soil Properties