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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
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
Potato
item Acquisition and Establishment of Rose Virus Positive Control Collection
item Addressing Prevalence of Beet Curly Top Virus in Beet Leafhopper and Potato, and Screening Potato Cultivars for Susceptibility to BCTV
item Advancing Knowledge of the Biology and Etiology of Bacterial Plant Pathogens Towards Management Strategies
item AgriVectors: An Open Access Resource to Encourage Productive Collaboration between Researchers of Potato and Citrus Pests and Diseases
item Applying Molecular Markers To Select For Promising Virus Resistant Germplasm
item Areawide Management of Insect Vectors in Columbia Basin Vegetable and Seed Crops
item Areawide Management of Insect Vectors in the Columbia Basin of Oregon
item Assessing Heat Tolerance in the Field to Direct Variety Development
item Assessing Traits or Optimizing Management of New Potato Lines with Improved Disease Resistance, Yield, or Quality
item Assessing Whether Potato Leafroll Virus Transmission and Feeding Behavior of the Green Peach Aphid in Potatoes is Altered by Afidopyropen
item Assessment of Beet Leafhopper and BLTVA Phytoplasma Impact on Potato Tuber Yield and Quality
item Beyond Micronutrients – Discovering Natural Compounds in Potato and their Health Benefits
item Biobased and Biodegradable Chemicals and Materials for Home and Personal Care Products
item Biology and Management of Invasive Plant Pathogens Affecting Potato and Soybean
item Bioproducts and Biopolymers from Agricultural Feedstocks
item Breeder Seed Increase Site
item Breeding and Selecting Russet and Specialty Varieties with Improved Tuber Qualities, Disease and Pest Resistance, and Sustainability
item Building Sustainable Cropping Systems for the Northeast
item Characterization of Novel Viruses Pathogenic to Potato Psyllid
item Characterization of Soil Health Parameters from Nematode Infested Potato Fields in the Columbia Basin
item Control of Potato Root-Knot Nematodes Using Antagonistic Streptomycetes
item Control of Pythium Leak (Pythium Ultimum) and Silver Scurf (Helminthosporium Solani) Infection of Potato Using Antagonistic Streptomycetes
item Creating a New Paradigm for Potato Breeding and Seed Production Based on True Potato Seed
item Crop Rotation and Development of Resistance for Control of Globodera pallida
item Develop an Improved Understanding of Microbe-pathogen Interactions for Biological Control
item Developing Abiotic Stress Tolerant Wheat Using Gene Editing
item Developing Cas12a-Based Technologies for Early Detection of Exotic Phytoplasmas
item Developing Methods to Protect Potato Quality, Yields and Profitability.
item Developing New Potato Cultivars and Identifying Germplasm with Improved Performance
item Developing New Potatoes with Improved Quality, Disease Resistance, and Nutritional Content
item Developing Potato Common Scab Management Strategies Based on Streptomyces spp. Diversity from Suppressive and Non-Suppressive Sites
item Developing Potato Common Scab Management Strategies Based on Streptomyces spp. Diversity from Suppressive and Non-Suppressive Sites
item Developing Potato Common Scab Management Strategies Based on Streptomyces spp. Diversity from Suppressive and Non-Suppressive Sites
item Developing Rnai Techniques for Managing Phytophthora Infestans and P. Erythroseptica
item Developing Rnai Techniques for Managing Phytophthora Infestans and P. Erythroseptica
item Development and Release of Golden Nematode Resistant Potatoes
item Development of Diploid Potato Germplasm for Nitrogen Use Efficiency to Reduce Fertilizer Use and Ground Water Contamination
item Development of Image Analysis Tools to Quantify Storage Quality Traits
item Development of Novel Disease Control Strategies Based on Virus and Viroid Biology
item Development of Pheromone Based Detection Tool for the Cotton Seed Bug and Activity Evaluation
item Development of Strategies to Monitor and Mitigate Damage Caused by Soil-Borne Potato Pathogens
item Development Of Sustainable System-Based Management Strategies For Two Vector-Borne, Tuber Necrotic Viruses In Potato
item Development of Sustainable System-Based Management Strategies for two Vector-Borne, Tuber Necrotic Viruses in Potato
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 Dietary Interventions to Reduce Risk of Chronic Disease
item Ecology and Integrated Management of Ambrosia Beetles in Eastern US Orchard and Ornamental Tree Crops
item Effect of Minimally Processed Meat and Further Processed Meat on Biomarkers and Risk Factors for Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease - Phase 1
item Effect of Resistant Starch and Cruciferous Vegetables on Mucosal Immunity and Disease Resistance
item Elucidating Factors Impacting Skin Set and Periderm Development via Metabolomics and Genomic Analysis
item Evaluating Bruising in Storage among Fresh-market and Processing Varieties
item Evaluating Phenotypes or Optimizing Management of New Potato Lines with Improved Disease Resistance, Yield, or Quality
item Evaluation of Germplasm of Horticulture and Sugarcrops
item Exploring Tobacco Rattle Virus Insensitivity Differences Between North Dakota and Washington State
item Field Validation of a Quantitative PCR Diagnostic Assay for Common Scab of Potato
item Field Validation of a Quantitative PCR Diagnostic Assay for Common Scab of Potato
item Genebank Genetic Diversity Management with Respect to Climate Change and Physiological Stress
item Genomic and Functional Analysis of Emerging and Persistent Plant Pathogenic Bacteria to Support Disease Control
item Genomic and Molecular Characterization of Bacterial Strategies Used in Plant Pathogen Interactions
item Genomics Approaches for Understanding and Managing Blackleg and Soft Rot in Potato
item Gut Content Analysis to Pinpoint the Weed Sources of Potato Psyllid
item Hyperspectral Imaging for Early Detection and Control of Potato Diseases (Michigan)
item Hyperspectral Imaging for Early Detection and Control of Potato Diseases (Michigan)
item Hyperspectral Imaging for Early Detection and Control of Potato Diseases (Wisconsin)
item Identification of Psyllid Salivary Proteins to Improve Use of Host Plant Resistance
item Identify Non-Crop Host Plants of the Beet Leafhopper and BLTVA in the Columbia Basin
item Identifying Genes for Late Blight, Early Blight and Common Scab Resistance and Processing Traits in a Tetraploid Potato Mapping Population
item Identifying Important Parasites and Predators of Potato Psyllid in Non-Crop Habitats of the Columbia Basin
item Identifying the Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Wound-Healing Processes to Improve Postharvest Quality of Potato
item Immunity to Potato Cyst Nematodes
item Immunity to Potato Cyst Nematodes
item Impact of Agronomic and Post-harvest Management Practices on Potato Quality
item Improved Biologically-Based Methods for Management of Native and Invasive Crop Insect Pests
item Improving Potato Performance and Quality through Breeding and Management
item Improving Potato Postharvest Quality by Identifying and Manipulating Molecular Processes Regulating Tuber Dormancy and Wound-Healing
item Insecticide Resistance Influences the Emergence Phenology of the Colorado Potato Beetle – Implications for Management
item Integrating Metabolome and Phytohormone Analyses to Investigate Postharvest Physiology of Potato
item Integrating Next-generation Technologies for Blackleg and Soft Rot Management in Potato
item Integrating Predictive Diagnostics and Disease Management Strategies for Powdery Scab and Potato Mop Top Virus in the Pacific Northwest
item Integrating Predictive Diagnostics and Disease Management Strategies for Powdery Scab and Potato Mop Top Virus in the Pacific Northwest (UI)
item Integrating Predictive Diagnostics and Disease Management Strategies for Powdery Scab and Potato Mop Top Virus in the Pacific Northwest (WSU)
item Interaction between PVY and Potato Pathogens and its Effect on Disease Susceptibility
item Interfering with Insect Vector Transmission of Plant Pathogens Using RNA-based Technology
item Leveraging the National Potato Soil Health Project Platform
item Management and Biology of Arthropod Pests and Arthropod-borne Plant Pathogens
item Management of Genetic Resources and Associated Information in the U. S. Potato Genebank
item Managing Potato Purple Top: Leafhopper and BLTVA Landscape Ecology
item Maximizing the Impact of Potato Genebank Resources: Development and Evaluation of a Wild Species Genotype Diversity Panel
item Mechanisms of Compatible and Incompatible Interactions Between Potato and Potato Cyst Nematodes
item Metabolizable Energy Value of Pulses in the Human Diet
item Methyl Benzoate and Analogs to Control Mosquitoes of Medical Importance
item Microbial Interactions in the Soybean Cyst Nematode Suppressive Soil Microbiome
item Microbial Interactions in the Soybean Cyst Nematode Suppressive Soil Microbiome
item Molecular Genetic Tools Advancing the Application of Biotechnology for Crop Improvement
item National Fry Processing Trials-Part IV
item New Technologies and Methodologies for Increasing Quality, Marketability and Value of Food Products and Byproducts
item New Technologies and Strategies for Managing Emerging Insect Pests and Insect Transmitted Pathogens of Potatoes
item Omics-Based Approach to Detection, Identification, and Systematics of Plant Pathogenic Phytoplasmas and Spiroplasmas
item PCN Immunity
item PCN Immunity
item Phage Endolysins as Alternative Antibiotics to Control Clostridia in Poultry
item Phenotyping or Optimizing Management of New Potato Lines with Improved Disease Resistance, Yield, or Quality
item Phytopathogenic Bacteria Biology, Diagnostics, Epidemiology, and Control
item Plant-associated Nematode Management and Systematics and USDA Nematode Collection Curation
item Potato and Other Solanaceous Crop Improvement and Disease Management
item Potato Cultivar Sensitivity to Feeding of Three Lygus Species
item Potato Genetic Improvement for Enhanced Tuber Quality and Greater Productivity and Sustainability in Western U.S. Production
item Potato Research
item Profiling Pathogenic Genome Variation in Novel Haplotypes of 'Candidatus Liberibacter Solanacearum' Isolated from Psyllid Species from Potato
item Refining Molecular Mechanisms that Control Potato Meristem Dormancy and Tuber Sprouting via Omics
item Role of Vector Saliva in Pathogen Transmission
item Search For Wireworm Attractants
item Search for Wireworm Attractants in Idaho
item Search for Wireworm Attractants in Illinois
item Staffing and Operation for National Clonal Repositories for Plant Germplasm
item Support For The Investigation Of Emerging And Persistent Potato Diseases In The Northwest
item Survey of Beneficial Endophytic Fungi in the Potato Endobiome
item Sustainable Insect Pest Management for Urban Agriculture and Landscapes
item Targeting a Conserved Structural Model in Phytophthora Effectors for Disease Resistance
item The Impact of Different Approaches to Dietary Sugar Reduction on Food Preference and Intake
item The Impact of Different Approaches to Dietary Sugar Reduction on Food Preference and Intake
item Therapeutic Molecule Evaluation and Field Delivery Pipeline
item Therapeutic Molecule Evaluation and Field Delivery Pipeline for Solutions to HLB, Albany, California
item Understanding Differences in P. allius Populations from North Dakota and Washington State, and Their Role in TRV Transmission in Potato
item Understanding Differences in P. allius Populations from North Dakota and Washington State, and Their Role in TRV Transmission in Potato
item Updating Potato Seed Certification Practices to Effectively Manage Emerging Virus Disease
item Updating Potato Seed Certification Practices to Effectively Manage Emerging Virus Disease Issues
item Utilizing Essential Oils to Control Tuber Sprout Growth – Evaluating Methods to Scale-up for Industrial Applications
item Utilizing Essential Oils to Control Tuber Sprout Growth and Refining Molecular Mechanisms Associated with Meristem Dormancy in Potato