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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
Clams and mussels
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
Tomato
item A New Mechanism to Improve Crop Yield and Nutritional Quality
item A Novel Genetic Strategy and Mechanism to Improve Tomato Fruit Yield
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 Agricultural Biosecurity: A Versatile High-Throughput Molecular Diagnostic Protocol To Detect Plant Pathogens
item AI-based Morphological Feature Analysis for Early and Rapid Diagnosis of Phytoplasma Diseases in Plants
item AI-Enabled Hand-Held Multispectral Plant Health Scanner for Real-time Disease Diagnosis
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 Anti-microbial Coating and Surface Treatment to Improve Food Quality
item Application Strategies for Biological Control Strains of Verticillium Nonalfalfae
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 Assessment of Slow Release Herbicide Retention Under Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation
item Assessment of Smoke Exposure Impacts on Grape and Wine Quality and Techniques for Mitigation in the Vineyard and in the Winery
item Basic and Applied Approaches for Pest Management in Vegetable Crops
item Basic and Applied Approaches for Pest Management in Vegetable Crops
item Biological and Biotechnological Approaches for Management of Insect Vectors and Vector-borne Viruses Affecting Vegetable Crops
item Biological Effects of Particles Generated by Biodiesel Fuels and Wildfires
item Biotransformation of Smoke Taint Marker Compounds by Native Grape Microbiota
item Bridging Plant Pathology and Plant Nutrient Research to Stakeholders
item Broadening Our Knowledge of Scab Pathogens and Exploring Effective Management Strategies
item Broadening Our Knowledge of Scab Pathogens and Exploring Effective Management Strategies
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 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 Climate-resilient high-quality tomato varieties for sustainable production
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 Common Scab Pathogen Population Stability and Soil Factors Associated With Disease Suppression
item Conservation, Characterization, Evaluation, and Utilization of Priority Vegetable Crop Genetic Resources and Associated Descriptive Information
item Control Citrus Huanglongbing by Using the Citrus Isolate of Nectarine Marafivirus M and its Expression System
item Control of Phytophthora, Powdery Mildew, and Downy Mildew in Greenhouse Production
item Controlled Environment Agriculture Platform for Hydroponic Cultivation of Salt-Tolerant Crops with Integrated Saline Water Irrigation
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 Coordination and Support for Stewardship of Sorghum Pathway and Phenotype Data in Sorghum Base
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 Demonstration of New Vegetable Production Techniques for Urban Horticulture
item Develop Functional Plant-Based Proteins
item Developing Novel Solutions to Manage the Emerging Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus on Tomato
item Development of Immuno-detection for Lettuce Dieback Associated Virus and Greenhouse Evaluation of Lettuce for Resistance
item Development of Innovative Technologies for Pre-harvest Precision Quality/Maturity Assessment and Robotic Harvesting of Fruits
item Development of Innovative Technologies to selectively Remove Off-flavors in Wine (Smoke Taint, Brettanomyces Off flavor and Reduction)
item Development of Novel Disease Control Strategies Based on Virus and Viroid Biology
item Development of Pan-genomic & Computational Resources for Agriculture
item Diploid Potato Breeding for Scab Resistance and Heat Tolerance
item Diploid Potato Breeding for Scab Resistance and Heat Tolerance
item Eastern Potato Breeding Group Seed Nursery
item Eastern Potato Breeding Group Seed Nursery
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 Bacterial Biosensors to Detect Potato Pathogens
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 Crop Resilience to Biotic and Abiotic Stress Through Understanding the Microbiome and Immune Signaling Mechanisms
item Enhancing Crop Security through Genetic Control of Plant Development, Pathogen Protection, and Stress Tolerance
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 and Genetic Study of Tomato, Spinach and Arugula under Controlled Environmental Conditions
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 Expanding the Limits of Cut Flower Postharvest Longevity
item Expanding the Utility of Direct Dormant Tuber Testing
item Exploration of Microbiome Properties with I-Cultiver
item Exploration of Tomato Epigenetics with Bene Sseeds
item Exploring the Link Between Soil and Human Health: Protein, Protein Quality, and the Nutraceutical Amino Acid Ergothioneine
item Fast and Accurate Identification of Grapevine Flavescence Dorée Phytoplasma Strains via MinION, a Portable Real-Time Device for DNA Sequencing
item Fermentation for Functional Proteins
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 Analysis of Tomato Fruit Quality, Nutrient and Ripening Genes via Genetic Diversity Analysis
item Functional Characterization of Tomato Ripening Regulators
item Functional Modulation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 by the Lettuce Phyllosphere Microbiome
item Genetic Regulation of Fruit and Vegetable Nutritional Quality and Maturation and Technology Development
item Genome-based Data and Computational Support for Crop Improvement
item Genomic and Molecular Characterization of Bacterial Strategies Used in Plant Pathogen Interactions
item Genomic and Phenotypic Assessment of E. coli O157:H7 REPEXH02 Strains
item Genomic Epidemiology of Campylobacter to Improve Disease Control in Low and Middle Income Countries
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 Manipulation of Potato Genes Involved in Thaxtomin Response to Manage Common Scab Disease
item Identification and Regulation of Critical Transcriptional Regulators under Biotic and Abiotic Stresses in Solanaceous Crops
item Identification, Mapping and Risk Prediction of Whitefly- and Thrips-transmitted Viruses in Fruiting Vegetables in Florida
item Identifying Landscape Variables and Cropping Patterns Associated with Viral Epidemics in Lettuce
item Immune Priming of Potato Plants with Thiamin for Management of Common Scab
item Impact of Microbial Population Levels on Water Uptake in Cut Flowers
item Impact of Residue Biochemical Quality on Soil Disinfestation
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 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 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 Institutional Biological Safety Committee (IBC) Agreement - Michigan State University
item Integration of Host Plant Resistance with Immunity Modification for Management of Established and Emerging Virus Threats to Melons
item Investigation of B-Carotene Accumulation and Stable Storage in Endosperm Toward Engineering Next-Generation Golden Rice
item Investigation of Crops with High Level and Stable Storage of Carotenoids
item Investigation of Verticillium Nonalfalfae as a Potential Bioherbicide for the Invasive Weed Ailanthus Altissima
item Machine Learning-Enabled Produce Quality Monitoring Platform for Nondestructive Supply Chain Management
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 MBAO: Fumigation and Alternatives for Production, Storage, and Trade Conference
item Memorandum of Agreement by and Between US Dept of Agriculture and the General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, Energy Division
item Memorandum of Agreement by and Between US Dept of Agriculture and the General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, Energy Division
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 Monitoring and Cultural Strategies to Reduce the Impact of Thrips-Transmitted INSV Affecting Lettuce on the Central Coast of CA
item Nano Particle Coatings In Supply Chains of Fresh Produce to Improve Food Safety and Quality
item National Chip Program
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 Non-funded Cooperative Agreement Between University of Calfornia, Berkeley and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service
item Novel and Sustainable Processing Technologies and Healthy Food Ingredients
item Novel Approaches to Support Fresh Produce Production and Preservation on Earth and in Space
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 Novel Production Practices for Sustainable Vegetable Production and Nutritional Value
item Omics-Based Approach to Detection, Identification, and Systematics of Plant Pathogenic Phytoplasmas and Spiroplasmas
item Optimizing Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation for Organic Strawberries in Florida
item Organic Soil Treatment Methods for Nematode Control in California Carrots
item Phytopathogenic Bacteria Biology, Diagnostics, Epidemiology, and Control
item Plant Hormones, Bioregulators, and Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance
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 Promoting Tomato Fruit Folate Stabilization and Storage to Enhance Plant Nutrient Bioavailability
item Purchase of an Agilent Gas Chromatography Triple Quadrupole (GC/QQQ) System, With Associated Autosampler and Sample Preparation Equipment
item Quality Assurance for ARS Research on Minor Use Pesticides Supporting the IR-4 Project
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 Regional Monitoring, Transplant Monitoring, and Assessing Spray Coverage: Improving Management of Thrips and Aphids in Lettuce
item Regulation, Biosynthesis, and Function of Plant Chemical Defenses and their Role in Climate-Resilient Agriculture
item Regulatory Mechanisms Controlling Plant Development, Biotic and Abiotic Stress Responses, and Microbiome Interactions
item Replacing Virus Reservoirs with Beneficial Plants to Support Healthy Lettuce Ecosystems
item Research for Managing Whiteflies and Whitefly-transmitted Viruses in Vegetable Crops in the Southeastern U.S.
item SAM: Sustainable Anthracnose Management for Watermelon and Cucumber Growers in the Eastern United States
item Soil Amendment Effects on Tomato Bacterial Spot
item Soil Disinfestation Treatments for Organic Carrot Production
item Solanaceous Crop Improvement and Disease Management
item Strengthening Plant Biotech Program by Integrating Genome Editing and Artificial Intelligence Technologies in Tomato Projects
item Sustainable Management for Whiteflies and Whitefly-Transmitted Viruses in Vegetable Crops in the Southeastern U.S.
item Synergistic Combination of Polyphenolics with Probiotics for Enhanced Delivery, Persistence and Functionality of Probiotic Bacteria
item Tracking Sources of Dickeya and Pectobacterium That Lead to Soft Rot and Blackleg Outbreaks
item Understanding the Genetic Basis of Fruit Development and Quality
item University of Florida, IFAS and FAES
item Utilization of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Inoculum in Sustainable Crop Production
item Utilizing Nuclear Magnetic Resonance to Determine the Effect of Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation on Soil Properties