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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
Vegetables, general/other
item Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism and Excretion of Food Components and their Impact on Chronic Disease Risk
item Advancing the Symbiont Strategy as a Solution to Citrus Greening Disease
item An Integrated Approach for Plant Genetic Resources Conservation, Characterization, Evaluation, Documentation, and Distribution
item Anti-microbial Coating and Surface Treatment to Improve Food Quality
item Area-wide Management of Agricultural Pests
item Assessing Romaine Lettuce “Forward Processing” for Potential Impacts on EHEC Growth, Antimicrobial Susceptibility, and Infectivity
item Assessing Romaine Lettuce Forward Processing for Potential Impacts on EHEC Growth, Antimicrobial Susceptibility, and Infectivity
item Augmenting Microbial Biopesticides with Genetic Biocontrol for Improved Weed Suppression
item Automated non-invasive Detection of Surface Contamination and Optimizing Surface Biofilm Removal Conditions in Large-Scale Food Processing Equipment
item Autonomous Robotic Electric Powered 2-wheel Drive Articulated Platform for CEA
item Basic and Applied Approaches for Pest Management in Vegetable Crops
item Basic and Applied Approaches for Pest Management in Vegetable Crops
item Behavioral Control for Colorado Potato Beetle
item Beyond Peat: Substrate Security for US Horticulture
item Biological Approaches to Mitigate Biofilm-Associated Food Safety Risks in Indoor Leafy Greens Production
item Biological Control and Integrated Management of Invasive Arthropod Pests from Europe, Asia, and Africa
item Biological Control of Invasive Ventenata Using Plant Pathogens
item Biological Effects of Particles Generated by Biodiesel Fuels and Wildfires
item Biologically-based Management Systems for Insect Pests and Pollinators in Agricultural Landscapes in the Southeastern Region
item Biologically-Based Products for Insect Pest Control and Emerging Needs in Agriculture
item Biologically-Based Products for Insect Pest Control and Emerging Needs in Agriculture
item Can Ozone Treatments Remediate Herbicide-Contaminated Irrigation Water?
item Carbon Accounting for Fertilized Soilless Substrates Physiochemically Evolving Due to Continuous Root Development and Daily Wetting and Drying
item CEA HERB: Controlled Environment Agriculture Herb Extension and Research Base
item Characterization of Water Quality in Greenhouse and Nursery Waters in Erie Lake Lowland and Drift Plain of the USA
item Characterizing Plant- and Virus-Derived Proteins in Important Crops that Enhance the Resistance to White Mold
item Characterizing the Solanum Melongena Germplasm Collection for Harvest-Mature Fruit Shape, Size, and Color Using Detached Fruit Images
item Chitin Interactions in Plant Disease Mitigation in Theobroma Cacao and Analysis of Erythroxylum Specie Gene Function
item Climate-smart, Adaptive, and Resilient Production and Pest Management Practices for Nursery, Greenhouse, and Protected Culture Crops
item Collaborative Research with the Center for Plant Conservation to Determine Responses to Long-term Storage Conditions
item Conservation, Characterization, Evaluation, and Utilization of Priority Vegetable Crop Genetic Resources and Associated Descriptive Information
item Controlled Environment Agriculture for Food Security in North Dakota
item Coupling Soilless Containerized Production Systems and Irrigation Technology to Address Water, Agrichemical, and Weed Management
item Curation and Research to Safeguard and Expand Collections of Plant and Microbial Genetic Resources and Associated Descriptive Information
item Develop Functional Plant-Based Proteins
item Develop Genetic Tools Towards the Control of Agricultural Insect Pests
item Developing an Integrated Pest Management Program for Thrips Parvispinus (Karny) on Ornamental Crops in the Southeastern U.S.
item Developing and Optimizing Pre- and Post- Harvest Technologies to Enhance the Quality of Fruits and Vegetables
item Developing Management Strategies for Ambrosia Beetle and Red-headed Flea Beetle, as Key Pests in Ornamental Nursery Production
item Developing On-Plant Biofactory System to Produce Therapeutic Molecules Used to Treat Citrus Greening Disease
item Developing Practices for Nutrient and Byproducts to Mitigate Climate Change, Improve Nutrient Utilization, and Reduce Effects on Environment (BRIDGE PROJECT)
item Developing, Harmonizing and Extending IPM strategies for Major Arthropod Groups and New Invasive Pests of Ornamental and Floriculture Production
item Development and Integration of Next-Generation Propagation Strategies to Increase the Resilience of the US Strawberry Supply Chain
item Development and validation of molecular detection tools for the invasive root lesion nematode Pratylenchus fallax
item Development of Educational Materials for the Conservation and Use of Plant Genetic Resources
item Development of New Approaches to Manage Exotic Ambrosia Beetles in Nurseries
item Development of Novel Disease Control Strategies Based on Virus and Viroid Biology
item Development of Online Content for Educating About Plant Genetic Resources
item Development of Pathogen- and Plant-Based Genetic Tools and Disease Mitigation Methods for Tropical Perennial Crops
item Discovery and Development of Microbial-Based Biological Control Agents for Use Against Invasive Weeds in the United States
item Discovery and Production of Beneficial Microbes for Control of Agricultural Pests through Integration into Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems
item Discovery and Production of Beneficial Microbes for Control of Agricultural Pests through Integration into Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems
item Ecology and Integrated Management of Ambrosia Beetles in Eastern U.S. Orchard and Ornamental Tree Crops-UGA
item Ecology and Integrated Management of Ambrosia Beetles in Eastern US Orchard and Ornamental Tree Crops
item Ecology and Integrated Management of Ambrosia Beetles in Eastern US Orchard and Ornamental Tree Crops-Auburn
item Ecology and Integrated Management of Ambrosia Beetles in Eastern US Orchard and Ornamental Tree Crops-Clemson
item Ecology and Integrated Management of Ambrosia Beetles in Eastern US Orchard and Ornamental Tree Crops-Cornell
item Ecology and Integrated Management of Ambrosia Beetles in Eastern US Orchard and Ornamental Tree Crops-NCSU
item Ecology and Integrated Management of Ambrosia Beetles in Eastern US Orchard and Ornamental Tree Crops-Penn State
item Ecology and Integrated Management of Ambrosia Beetles in Eastern US Orchard and Ornamental Tree Crops-TSU
item Ecology and Integrated Management of Ambrosia Beetles in Eastern US Orchard and Ornamental Tree Crops-UF
item Ecology and Integrated Management of Ambrosia Beetles in Eastern US Orchard and Ornamental Tree Crops-UTenn
item Ecology and Integrated Management of Ambrosia Beetles in Eastern US Orchard and Ornamental Tree Crops-Virginia Tech
item Effect of Blue light Intensity on Beta-carotene Accumulation in Watercress (Nasturtium Officinale)
item Effect of Novel Potential Plant Growth Regulators on Tree Fruits Ripening and Quality
item Enabling Sustainable Control Of Fruit-fly Agricultural Pests Using CRISPR-Editing Of High-throughput Selectable Traits Of Target Insect Species
item Energy Balance Model Development for Indoor Farming Systems
item Enhance the Sustainability of South Florida Nursery Production through Technology Transfer, Research and Extension
item Enhancing Soil Health in Potato Production by Applying Soil Amendments and Manipulating Post-Fumigation microbiomes
item Evaluating the Influence of Beneficial Microbes on Crop Quality in the Nursery and Greenhouse Industry
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 growth, fertility, and temperature in southeastern U.S. stratified substrate nursery and greenhouse production systems
item Evaluation of growth, fertility, and temperature in southeastern U.S. stratified substrate nursery and greenhouse production systems
item Evaluation of Strawberry Germplasm for Resistance to the Northern Root-Knot Nematode (Meloidogyne hapla)
item Examining Producers’, Scientists’, and Regulators’ Perceptions of Water Use Impacts on Agricultural Production and the Environment
item Exotic Whitefly and Subtropical Invasive Pests of Vegetables and Ornamental Plants
item Exploring RNAi-Based Management Strategies to Confer Plant Resistance to White Mold Infection
item Exploring the Virome and RNAi Strategies for Disease Control
item Factors Affect the Transfer of Bacterial Pathogens to Leafy Greens from Soils
item Factors Affect the Transfer of Bacterial Pathogens to Leafy Greens from Soils
item Factors Affecting the Transfer of Bacterial and Viral Pathogens to Produce to Protect Food Safety and Security
item Fermentation for Functional Proteins
item Field Release and Evaluation of Ramularia Crupinae for the Management of Invasive Crupina Vulgaris Populations in Idaho
item Field Release and Evaluation of Ramularia Crupinae for the Management of Noxious Crupina Vulgaris Populations
item Field Release and Evaluation of Ramularia crupinae for the Management of Noxious Crupina vulgaris Populations in Southern Washington
item Field Release and Evaluation of Ramularia crupinae for the Management of Noxious Crupina vulgaris Populations in the Nez Perce Tribal Reservation
item Field Release and Evaluation of Ramularia crupinae for the Management of Noxious Crupina vulgaris Populations in the Umatilla Indian Reservation
item Field Testing of Minor Use Pesticides
item Finding the Origin of Litylenchus Crenatae Mccanni, the Invasive Nematode Causing Widespread Decline of American Beech
item Gene Drive for Tanacetum Vulgare Control: A Model for Management
item Germination and Longevity Characteristics of Seeds from US Native Species Collected for the Seeds of Success Program to Support Genebanking and Use
item Germplasm Resources for the Floriculture Nursery Industry at the Ornamental Plant Germplasm Center
item Identifying and Managing Soilborne Pathogens in High Tunnel Vegetable Production
item Identifying High Quality Vegetable and Small Fruit Crops Suitable for Controlled Environment Agriculture Production
item Identifying Vegetable Crop Germplasm for Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) Production and Potential Diseases that Affect Them
item Impact of the Container Environment on Fertilizer Availability and Crop Growth in U.S. Pacific Northwest Nursery Production
item Improved Biologically-Based Methods for Management of Native and Invasive Crop Insect Pests
item Improved Models of Cover Crop Processes and Sustainable Crop Production
item Improvement of American Fruit and Vegetable Quality by Genome Editing
item Improvement of Pheromone Synthesis for Commercialization to Manage Cucurbit Pests
item Improvement of Sclerotinia Disease Resistance and Management
item Improving Current Tools and Diagnostics for Vector Surveillance and Control
item Improving Nursery Irrigation through Coupled Advances in Substrate Composition and Cyclic Irrigation Scheduling
item Improving Pre-harvest Produce Safety through Reduction of Pathogen Levels in Agricultural Environments and Development and Validation of Farm-Scale Microbial Quality Model for Irrigation Water Sources
item Incidence of Bacterial Pathogens in Regulated Foods and Applied Processing Technologies for Their Destruction
item Influence of Ingredients and Processing Methods on the Safety of Fermented and Acidified Foods
item Integrated Management of Arthropods of Medical and Veterinary Importance and Other Invasive Insect Pests of Agricultural Importance
item Integrated Strategies for High-Yield, High-Quality Tomato Production for Controlled Environment Agriculture in Florida
item Integration and Validation of Alternative and Multiple Intervention Technologies to Enhance Microbial Safety, Quality, and Shelf-life of Food
item Intervention Strategies to Mitigate the Food Safety Risks Associated with the Fresh Produce Supply Chain
item Investigating Effects of Algal Toxins on Plants
item Investigating Effects of Algal Toxins Plus Environmental Stress on Plants
item Machine Intelligence Driven Design of Anti-microbial Coatings for Fresh Produce
item Machine Learning-Enabled Novel Pathogen Detection Platform for Nondestructive Supply Chain Surveillance
item Machine Learning-Enabled Produce Quality Monitoring Platform for Nondestructive Supply Chain Management
item Magniture of the Residue Analyses in Minor Crops from Experimental Applications of Pesticides
item Managing Whiteflies and Whitefly-transmitted Viruses in Vegetable Crops in the Southeastern U.S.
item Membrane Systems for Humidity Control in CEA
item Methyl Benzoate and Analogs to Control Mosquitoes of Medical Importance
item Minor Use Pesticide – Food/Ornamentals
item Minor Use Pesticide Testing on Vegetables and Sugar Crops
item Mitigation of Foodborne Pathogens in Water and Fresh Produce via Application of Biochar
item Modeling Container Substrate Temperature to Predict Controlled Release Fertilizer Release and Crop Root Health
item Modeling Container Substrate Temperature to Predict Controlled Release Fertilizer Release and Crop Root Health
item Modernizing Floriculture Production with LEDs While Co-Optimizing the Environment
item Modernizing the Floriculture Supply Chain Facilitating Adoption of Cost-Effective Technologies to Create New & Resilient Crops in a Changing Climate
item Modernizing the Floriculture Supply Chain: Facilitating Adoption of Cost-Effective Technologies to Create Resilient Crops
item Modernizing the Floriculture Supply Chain: Facilitating Adoption of Cost-Effective Technologies to Create Resilient Crops
item Modernizing the Floriculture Supply Chain: Introducing Novel Postharvest Techniques for Improving Unrooted Cutting
item Molecular and Cellular Analysis of the Effects of Silicon on Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants
item Molecular and Cellular Analysis of the Effects of Silicon on Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants
item Multi-Task AI Vision Framework for Greenhouse Robotics: Disease Diagnosis, Path Planning, and Harvesting
item Multiplex Detection of Viable Pathogen - Empowering Conventional QA/QC Toolkits with Nano-Dyes and Machine Learning
item Nano Particle Coatings In Supply Chains of Fresh Produce to Improve Food Safety and Quality
item Nematode, Disease, Weed, and Mite Control on Minor Food Crops and Ornamentals
item Next-Gen Smart Surfaces/Coatings to Improve Food Safety and Water Efficiency of US Specialty Crops in Harvesting, Storage, Sorting, and Processing
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 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 Nursery and Greenhouse Production System Water Remediation Capacity
item Optimizing Predator and Prey Pheromones: Manipulating Tritrophic Interactions to Manage Colorado Potato Beetle
item Optimizing Production of Annual Bedding Plants while Reducing Energy Use through Improved Lighting and Greenhouse Control Systems
item Optimizing Production Protocols for Ginger and Other High Value Crops in Controlled Environment Agriculture
item Optimizing Sustainable Resource Use: Strategies and Technologies for Controlled Environment Agriculture
item Optimizing Sustainable Resource Use: Strategies and Technologies for Controlled Environment Agriculture
item Optimizing Sustainable Resource Use: Strategies and Technologies for Controlled Environment Agriculture
item Organic and Metal Contaminant Occurrence and Fate in Operational Water when Producing Containerized Specialty Crops
item Organic and Metal Contaminant Occurrence and Fate in Operational Water when Producing Containerized Specialty Crops
item Perceptions of Controlled Environment Agriculture: Identifying Public Clusters and Impact of Scientific Messaging
item Permeability of Vitrification Solutions into Plant Cells and Shoot Tips
item Plant-associated Nematode Management and Systematics and USDA Nematode Collection Curation
item Precision Climate Data for Improved Spray and Greenhouse Production Models
item Prevention of Pathogen Contamination in the Lettuce Production Continuum-Beltsville
item Pyramiding Plant-Derived Small Antifungal Proteins to Enhance White Mold Resistance
item Quality Assurances Services and Support for IR-4 Minor Use Pesticides Residue Laboratory in Wapato, Washington
item Reducing Postharvest Loss and Improving Fresh Produce Marketability and Nutritive Values through Technological Innovations and Process Optimization
item Reducing Weed Management Costs in Ornamental Nursery Production: Research that Answers Key Questions to Unlock Maximum Savings for the Industry
item Research for Managing Whiteflies and Whitefly-transmitted Viruses in Vegetable Crops in the Southeastern U.S.
item Residue Analysis of Minor Use Pesticides
item Risk Analysis of Invasive Weeds as Pathways for the Spread of Foreign Plant Pathogens
item RNA Integrity as a Powerful Metric of Aging in Preserved Seed Collections of Wild Rare Plant Species
item Sampling Midwest Bee Diversity for Genomics
item Scientific Challenges and Cost-Effective Management of Risks Associated with Implementation of Produce Safety Regulations
item Screening the USDA/ARS Collection of Okra Germplasm for the Presence of Destructive Seed-Borne Pathogens and Identifying Rapid Detection Systems
item Selection of Superior Calyx and Seed Producing Hibiscus Sabdariffa Genotypes for New Food and Tea Production
item SOD: Solutions for Organic farm Diseases: suppressing soilborne pathogens in vegetable high tunnels
item Specimen Management System Development and Updates for U.S. National Fungus Collections
item Storage and Usage of ARS Grain Drill Equipment
item Strategies and Tools to Improve Soil Resources and Pest Management on Organic and Conventional Vegetable and Strawberry Farms
item Survival of Foodborne Pathogens on Work in Process Produce Ingredients During Holding Time, and Pathogen Transference Potential onto Containers
item Sustainable Insect Pest Management for Urban Agriculture and Landscapes
item Sustainable Management for Whiteflies and Whitefly-Transmitted Viruses in Vegetable Crops in the Southeastern U.S.
item Targeted Gland Cell Transcriptomes of the Beech Leaf Disease Nematode
item Taxonomic Identification Of All Stages Of Nematodes
item Taxonomic Identification of all Stages of Nematodes
item Taxonomic Identification of All Stages of Nematodes
item Technology Transfer to Assist Nursery and Horticultural Growers in Research Adoption
item Testing Cucurbita Moschata Genebank Accessions for Cucumber Green Mottle Mosaic Virus (Tobamoviruses)
item Testing Wild Seeds for Germination Behavior, Vigor, Longevity
item Turning the Table on a Key Vegetable Pest: Exploiting Plant- and Insect-derived Volatile Aggregation Cues to Improve Cucumber Beetle IPM
item Unravelling the Role of Structural Variation: A Super-pangenome Analysis of the Genus Osmia
item Validation and Commercialization of Innovative Processing Technologies