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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
Rice
item Activated Foods Promote Health
item Activated Foods Promote Health
item Advancing the Nutritional Quality of Staple Food Crops for Improved Intestinal Function and Health
item Agreement with Agricultural Marketing Services (AMS) to Store PVP Seed Material
item Application of Forward and Reverse Genetics to Rice Improvement (continuing project)-2023
item Attract and Kill to Monitor and Manage Khapra Beetle
item Attract-and-kill and Mating Disruption of the Stored Product Quarantine Threat Khapra Beetle
item Biobased and Biodegradable Chemicals and Materials for Home and Personal Care Products
item Biochemical Approach to Protein Processing, Texturization and Nutritionally Beneficial Plant-based Foods
item Biochemical Approach to Protein Processing, Texturization and Nutritionally Beneficial Plant-based Foods
item Biochemistry and Physiology of Crop Adaptation to Soil-Based Abiotic Stresses
item Bioplastics and Natural Carotenoid from Cheese Byproducts
item Bioproducts and Biopolymers from Agricultural Feedstocks
item Characterizing the Genomic Basis of Weedy Rice Competitiveness
item Collaborative Animal Research Between Cornell University and USDA-ARS
item Collaborative Research with the Center for Plant Conservation to Determine Responses to Long-term Storage Conditions
item Comprehensive Winter Nursery Operations with University of Puerto Rico
item Computational and Genomic Resources to Support Plant Genome Function
item Determining the Suitability of California Heirloom Rice Varieties for the Production of Premium Quality Sake
item Develop Functional Plant-Based Proteins
item Developing Semiochemical Tools for a New Putative Postharvest Seed Crop, Silphium Integrifolium
item Development and Validation of Predictive Models and Pathogen Modeling Programs; and Data Acquisition for International Microbial Databases
item Development of Educational Materials for the Conservation and Use of Plant Genetic Resources
item Development of Natural Antimicrobial Agents from Byproducts of Olives
item Development of Pan-genomic & Computational Resources for Agriculture
item Dissecting the Mechanisms of Phytochrome Photoperception, Signaling and Gene Regulation
item Enhancing Educational Outcomes for Plant Genetic Resources Conservation and Use
item Evaluation and Utilization of Novel Genetic Variation in Rice for the Enhancement of Agronomic Performance and Grain Quality
item Evaluation of Sustainable Packaging Solutions for Humanitarian Aid
item Exploring Microbial Symbioses for Reduced CH4 Emissions in Irrigated Drill Seeded Rice
item Function, Structure and Regulation of Membrane Transport Proteins Mediating Plant Mineral Nutrition and Abiotic Stress Responses
item FY 2022 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on croplands) - (Jonesboro)
item Gene Discovery and Crop Design for Current and New Rice Management Practices and Market Opportunities
item Genetic Analysis of the Sheath Blight Resistance in IR8 and Functional Analysis of the Candidate Gene OsABC9 to Rhizoctonia Solani
item Genetic Approaches to Improve Wheat Aluminum Resistance in a Carbon-Use-Efficient Means
item iCORP: Increasing Coastal Organic Rice Production in South Carolina Using Salt Tolerant Cultivars
item Identification of Semiochemicals for Regulation of Potentially Invasive Pests or Beneficial Organisms for the Control of Invasive Pests to the U.S.
item Immunogenomics of Insects
item Impacts of Climate Change on Integrated Pest Management of Stored Product Insects
item Improved Biologically-Based Methods for Management of Native and Invasive Crop Insect Pests
item Improving Conservation Management Practices for Sustainable Production in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
item Improving Irrigated Crop Management System for Humid and Sub-humid Climates
item Improving Irrigated Crop Production in Southeast Missouri
item Improving Nutrient and Sediment Loss Modeling through Field Validation in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
item Improving Water Use Efficiency and Grain Yield of Furrow-Irrigated Rice
item Life After the Flood: Disrupting Rice Farming by Integrating Automated, LoT-Irrigation Technologies into a Low-Water-Use Production System
item Management of Diverse Germplasm and Associated Descriptive Information in the USDA Agricultural Research Service National Small Grains Collection
item Mapping Crop Genome Functions for Biology-Enabled Germplasm Improvement
item Maximizing Adoption by Demonstrating the Compatibility of Insecticide Netting with Diverse Pest Management Tactics at Food Facilities
item New Sustainable Processes, Preservation Technologies, and Product Concepts for Specialty Crops and Their Co-Products
item Next-Generation Approaches for Monitoring and Management of Stored Product Insects
item Non-funded Cooperative Agreement Between University of Calfornia, Berkeley and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service
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 Nutritional Benefits of Health-Promoting Rice and Value-Added Foods
item Nutritional Quality and Micronutrient Bioavailability of Foods
item Optimizing the Management of Irrigated Cropping Systems in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
item Plant Breeding Partnership: Modeling Genetic Variation of Rice Hydraulic Response to Changes in Soil Moisture
item Plant Exploration in the Central Highlands and Mountainous Area of Northern Vietnam to Collect Malus doumeri Germplasm
item Plant Genetic Resources for Tropical Crop Collections
item Preserving Water Quantity and Quality for Agriculture in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
item Prevention of Obesity Related Metabolic Diseases by Bioactive Components of Food Processing Waste Byproducts and Mitigation of Food Allergies
item Regulatory Mechanisms Controlling Plant Development, Biotic and Abiotic Stress Responses, and Microbiome Interactions
item RNA Integrity as a Powerful Metric of Aging in Preserved Seed Collections of Wild Rare Plant Species
item Seaweed-based Packaging
item Seed Quality and Germination Tests of Seeds Stored at NLGRP
item Standards Development for Phenotypes and Pathway Resource for Sorghum
item Synergistic Combination of Polyphenolics with Probiotics for Enhanced Delivery, Persistence and Functionality of Probiotic Bacteria
item The Chemistry and Effectiveness of Plant Vitrification Solutions for Use in Cryopreservation
item Transgenerational Adaptation of Plants to Acidic pH and Toxic Metals in Soil
item Value-Added Product Development From Sprouted High-Protein Brown Rice and African Yellow Beans
item Water Management Strategies to Reduce C Footprint and Preserve High Productivity in Irrigated Rice Systems