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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
Endangered species
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)
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
Tomato
item A Nutrimetabolomic Approach to Identify Biomarkers of Whole Grain Intake
item Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism and Excretion of Food Components and their Impact on Chronic Disease Risk
item Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism and Excretion of Food Components and their Impact on Chronic Disease Risk
item Advancing Knowledge of the Biology and Etiology of Bacterial Plant Pathogens Towards Management Strategies
item Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation for Enhancing and Advancing the SustainabilitY of Organic Specialty Crop Production Systems (ASD-EASY Organic)
item Applying Biotechnology Techniques to Improve Disease Resistance of Tomato
item Applying Biotechnology Techniques to Improve Disease Resistance of Tomato
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 Heat Tolerance in the Field to Direct Variety Development
item Automated Technologies for Harvesting and Quality Evaluation of Fruits and Vegetables
item Automation Scalability for Direct Testing of Potato Tubers to Safeguard US Seed Potato Health
item Automation Scalability for Direct Testing of Potato Tubers to Safeguard US Seed Potato Health
item Basic and Applied Approaches for Pest Management in Vegetable Crops
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 Biological Control and Integrated Management of Invasive Arthropod Pests from Europe, Asia, and Africa
item Canine Detection of Exotic and Emerging Plant Pathogens
item Characterization and Detection Methods for Lettuce Dieback associated Virus
item Characterization of Fruit Ripening at the Tissue and Cellular Level
item Collaborative Research to Control Thrips and Orthotospoviruses
item Computational and Genomic Resources to Support Plant Genome Function
item Computational Genomic Assessment of Gene Editing Fidelity
item Conservation and Utilization of Priority Vegetable Crop Genetic Resources and Associated Information
item Controlled Environment Agriculture Platform for Hydroponic Cultivation of Salt-Tolerant Crops with Integrated Saline Water Irrigation
item Coordination of Research Activities to Register Minor Use Pesticides, and Research in Food and Ornamental Crops to Support the IR-4 Program
item Cornell University & USDA/ARS-New York Facilities: (Holley Center-Ithaca, NY; Grape Genetics & Plant Genetic Research Units-Geneva, NY)
item Deciphering the Genetic and Molecular Mechanism Underlying Green Curd Color in Cauliflower
item Develop Functional Plant-Based Proteins
item Developing Cas12a-Based Technologies for Early Detection of Exotic Phytoplasmas
item Development of Genomic Tools for Control and Characterization of Rhizoctonia solani and Other Soil- borne Plant Pathogens
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 Novel Disease Control Strategies Based on Virus and Viroid Biology
item Development of Pan-genomic & Computational Resources for Agriculture
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 Resistance Gene Regulation through RNA Silencing for Improved Crop Protection
item Dissecting the Mechanisms of Phytochrome Photoperception, Signaling and Gene Regulation
item Elucidating the Factors that Determine the Ecology of Human Pathogens in Foods
item Elucidation of Genetic Elements Governing Quality Traits in Cauliflower
item Engineering Sustainable 3D Scaffolds for Enhancing Delivery and Growth of Probiotics in the Gut
item Enhanced Surveillance Strategies of Thrips Vectors and Understanding the Interplay between INSV and Pythium Wilt of Lettuce
item Enhancing the Safety and Quality of Fresh Produce and Low-Moisture Foods
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 Evaluation, Genome-wide Association Study and Genomic Prediction for Bacterial Wilt and Salt and Drought Tolerance in Tomato
item Evolving and Integration of Management Plans for Major Taxonomic Groups and Potential New Invasive Pests of Ornamental and Floriculture Production
item Expanding the Utility of Direct Dormant Tuber Testing
item Exploring the Link Between Soil and Human Health: Protein, Protein Quality, and the Nutraceutical Amino Acid Ergothioneine
item Field Performance Evaluation of 497 Novel Primary Dihaploid Potato Lines
item Field Validation of a Quantitative PCR Diagnostic Assay for Common Scab of Potato
item Filling the Pits Caused by Potato Common Scab in North Dakota
item Functional Characterization of Tomato Nutrient Genes
item Functional Characterization of Tomato Ripening Regulators
item Genetic Approaches of Improving Crop Nutritional Quality Traits
item Genetic Approaches of Improving Crop Nutritional Quality Traits
item Genetic Diversity of Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus (INSV) Isolates Affecting Important Vegetable and Horticultural Crops
item Genetic Regulation of Fruit and Vegetable Nutritional Quality and Maturation and Technology Development
item Genomic and Molecular Characterization of Bacterial Strategies Used in Plant Pathogen Interactions
item Genomic Epidemiology of Campylobacter to Improve Disease Control in Low and Middle Income Countries
item Genomic Features of Human Adaptation of Campylobacter in Low-Income Settings
item Harnessing Genomic Technologies Toward Improving Vegetable Health in Field and Controlled Environments
item Human Pathogens within the Produce Production Continuum; their Detection, Mechanisms for Persistence, and Ecology
item Identification and Characterization of Genes that Controls Nutritional Quality Traits in Fruits and Vegetables
item Identification and Regulation of Critical Transcriptional Regulators under Biotic and Abiotic Stresses in Solanaceous Crops
item Identification of Carbon Input Requirements for Small Farm Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation Under Temperate Production Systems
item Identification of Lettuce Cultivars that are Inhibitory to E. coli O157:H7 Survival upon Fresh-cut Processing and Cold Storage
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 Immune Priming of Potato Plants with Thiamin for Management of Common Scab
item Impact of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Inoculation on the Phytonutrient Content of Potatoes
item Impact of Food and Particulates on Metabolic Risk
item Implementation of gaseous chlorine dioxide fumigation to improve post-harvest stockpile management of almonds
item Improved Methods for Trapping and Monitoring Thrips in Lettuce Crops
item Improved Pathogen Detection and Management of Bulb and Nursery Diseases
item Improving Food Quality via Nano Technologies
item Improving the Efficiency of Container Substrates: Developing Water and Nutrient Profiles
item Integration of Host Plant Resistance with Immunity Modification for Management of Established and Emerging Virus Threats to Melons
item Investigating Organic Amendments for Weed and Disease Management Using Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation
item Investigation of Verticillium Nonalfalfae as a Potential Bioherbicide for the Invasive Weed Ailanthus Altissima
item Leveraging the National Potato Soil Health Project Platform
item Maintenance and Distribution of Wild Species Germplasm at the C.M. Rick Tomato Genetic Resources Center
item Managing Invasive Weeds and Insect Pests Using Biologically-Based Methods
item Managing Invasive Weeds and Insect Pests Using Biologically-Based Methods
item Managing Whiteflies and Whitefly-transmitted Viruses in Vegetable Crops in the Southeastern U.S.
item Mapping Crop Genome Functions for Biology-Enabled Germplasm Improvement
item Metabolomics of Seeds (Corn Grain) and Tomato
item Microscopy Applications for the Identification and Management of Agricultural Pests and Pathogens (Bridge)
item Mining Collections of Wild Germplasm and Novel Defense Regulators for Enhanced Plant Defenses
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 Mitigation of Foodborne Pathogens in Water and Fresh Produce via Application of Biochar
item Molecular Diagnostic Development for Tomato torrado virus (ToTV) and Other Torradoviruses in Seeds and Plant Material of Related Vegetable Crops
item Molecular Understanding of the Nexus between Plant Bioregulators, Stress Tolerance, and Nutrient Content in Plants
item Monitoring and Cultural Strategies to Reduce the Impact of Thrips-Transmitted INSV Affecting Lettuce on the Central Coast of CA
item National Chip Program
item New Sustainable Processes, Preservation Technologies, and Product Concepts for Specialty Crops and Their Co-Products
item Non-Fumigant Nematode Control in Carrot
item Non-funded Cooperative Agreement Between University of Calfornia, Berkeley and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service
item Northern Organic Vegetable Improvement Collaborative (NOVIC III)
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 Omics-Based Approach to Detection, Identification, and Systematics of Plant Pathogenic Phytoplasmas and Spiroplasmas
item Organic Soil Treatment Methods for Nematode Control in California Carrots.
item Phage Endolysins as Alternative Antibiotics to Control Clostridia in Poultry
item Phytopathogenic Bacteria Biology, Diagnostics, Epidemiology, and Control
item Plant Hormones, Bioregulators, and Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance
item Potato and Other Solanaceous Crop Improvement and Disease Management
item Prevention of Obesity Related Metabolic Diseases by Bioactive Components of Food Processing Waste Byproducts and Mitigation of Food Allergies
item Prevention of Pathogen Contamination in the Lettuce Production Continuum
item Prevention of Pathogen Contamination in the Lettuce Production Continuum - TTU
item Prevention of Pathogen Contamination in the Lettuce Production Continuum - UC Davis
item Prevention of Pathogen Contamination in the Lettuce Production Continuum- U-Arizona
item Profiling Cell Specific Transcriptomes and Proteomes to Understand Pollen Development Under Heat Stress in Tomato
item Receptor Inference: A Novel IPM Technology for Managing Key Insect Pests of Vegetables in California
item Reducing Postharvest Loss and Improving Fresh Produce Marketability and Nutritive Values through Technological Innovations and Process Optimization
item Regulatory Mechanisms Controlling Plant Development, Biotic and Abiotic Stress Responses, and Microbiome Interactions
item Soil Amendment Effects on Tomato Bacterial Spot
item Survey of Beneficial Endophytic Fungi in the Potato Endobiome
item Synergistic Combination of Polyphenolics with Probiotics for Enhanced Delivery, Persistence and Functionality of Probiotic Bacteria
item The Potential Contribution of Beta-Carotene Metabolites to Cancer Risk
item The Potential Contribution of Beta-Carotene Metabolites to Cancer Risk
item Tomato Resistance-breaking Tospoviruses
item Tomato Resistance-breaking Tospoviruses
item Translation of Plant Pathology and Agricultural Nutritional Impact Research Outcomes to Stakeholders
item Uncovering Novel Genes and Mechanisms Underlying Carotenoid Accumulation in Melon Fruit
item Understanding Nutritionally Modifiable Risk Factors for Cancer Prevention
item Understanding the Genetic Basis of Fruit Development and Quality
item Utilization of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Inoculum in Sustainable Crop Production