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Agave
Agricultural supplies, general/other
Air
Alfalfa
Almond
Animal research, general
Annual grasses, other
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
Hard red winter wheat
item A Streamlined Genomic-Assisted Wheat Breeding Pipeline
item Accelerating Breeding Cycles in Wheat
item Advancing Establishment of an Introduced Parasitoid for Biocontrol of Drosophila suzukii in Mid-Atlantic States
item Advancing Field FHB Phenotyping Capabilities
item Agreement Regarding Mutual Understanding of Requirements for Cooperator Employees to Ride In or Operate Government-Owned Vehicles
item Agricultural Biosecurity PARTNERSHIP: Predicting, Mitigating and Rapidly Responding to Quarantined Stored Product Insects of Global Importance
item Animal and Plant Health Research - Biosafety - Infectious Agent and Recombinant DNA Control
item Approaches to Reduce the Impact of FHB in Delaware
item Areawide Implementation Mating Disruption and Behaviorally-based Monitoring at Food Facilities to Thwart Immigration Risk by Stored Product Moths
item Areawide Implementation Mating Disruption, Behaviorally-based Monitoring Food Facilities, to Thwart Immigration Risk by Stored Product Moths
item Attract-and-kill and Mating Disruption of the Stored Product Quarantine Threat Khapra Beetle
item Barley Pest Initiative - Virginia
item Barley Pest Initiative - Virginia
item Better Trap Design, Identification Automation, and Spatial Modeling for Better Stored Product Insect Pest Control
item Better Trap Design, Identification Automation, and Spatial Monitoring for Better Stored Product Insect Pest Control
item Biochemistry and Physiology of Crop Adaptation to Soil-Based Abiotic Stresses
item Bolstering Winter Wheat FHB Resistance in the Carolinas
item Breed FHB Resistant Cultivars Via Doubled Haploid and MAS
item Breed Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) resistant HWW via Doubled Haploid
item Breeding FHB Resistant Cultivars via Doubled Haploid and Marker-assisted Selection
item Breeding FHB Resistant Winter Wheat for the NE U.S.
item Breeding Fusariam Head Blight (FHB) Resistant Winter Wheat Varieties for Montana
item Breeding Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) resistant Hard Winter Wheat for North Dakota
item Breeding Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) Resistant Spring Wheat
item Breeding Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) Resistant Winter Wheat and Barley
item Breeding Fusarium Head Blight (FHB)-resistant winter wheat for Texas and the Southern U.S.
item Breeding Spring and Winter Barley with Lower DON
item Breeding to Improve Yield and FHB Resistance in Wheat
item Cadmium and Zinc Partitioning in Winter Wheat
item Characterization and Improvement of Wheat FHB Resistance Using Genomic Tools
item Characterization of Quality, Nutrition and Marketability of Western U.S. Pulses and Wheat
item Characterization of Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight in Wheat and its Relatives
item Characterizing Diverse Genes for Robust Crops
item Chromosome Engineering for FHB Resistance in Wheat
item Corn Mycotoxin Mitigation Initiative
item Creating improved Methods for Grapevine Regeneration and Editing
item Creating Improved Methods for Grapevine Regeneration and Edting
item Curation of Nutrient-Associated Enzymes and Machine Learning Analysis of Mutational Effects in Enzymatic Activity in Wheat and Barley Pangenomes
item Deciphering and Improving Cereal Resistance to Rust Diseases Using Genome Editing Tools
item Deoxynivalenol (DON) and DON-3-glucoside in Wheat and Barley
item Deoxynivalenol (DON) in Wheat and Barley
item Deoxynivalenol Diagnostic Services
item Deriving Functional Wheat Bran Extracts for Bakery Applications
item Determination of Biochemical Functions of Hessian Fly Effectors
item Determining Performance Requirements for the Thermoformed Meal Bag for Military Rations and Investigating Compostable Solutions
item Develop an Improved Understanding of Microbe-pathogen Interactions for Biological Control
item Developing a Rapid Response Protocol for Phosphine Resistance Management at Food Facilities by Leveraging Tools at or Close to Market
item Developing Automated Monitoring Solutions for Detection and Identification of Insect Pests of Grain
item Developing Commercialization Methods Supporting the Symbiont Therapeutic Delivery Platform for Citrus Greening Disease
item Developing Diverse Solutions for Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) in Wheat
item Developing FHB Resistant Hard Red Wheat Cultivars
item Developing Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) Resistant Wheat for the Coastal Plain
item Developing More Durable Wheat Rust Resistant Germplasm
item Developing Pangenome Assessments for Agricultural Gain
item Developing Regional Crop Rotation Strategies to Manage Wheat Stem Sawfly
item Developing Scab Resistant Wheat and Barley via Genomics
item Developing Semiochemical Tools for a New Putative Postharvest Seed Crop, Silphium Integrifolium
item Development of Biological Control Methods for Control of Spotted Lanternfly
item Development of Efficient, Tissue Culture Free Genome Editing Tools for all Plant Species
item Development of Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) Resistant Wheat and Barley for the NE U.S.
item Development of Genomic Tool for Cereal Crop Improvement
item Development of Novel Disease Resistance Receptor Genes
item Diagnostic Services for Deoxynivalenol
item Drought Stress Tolerance Trait Discovery in Wheat
item Ecologically Based Management of Grasshoppers, Wheat Stem Sawfly and Other Rangeland and Crop Insects in the Great Plains
item Ecosystem Services for Sustainable Plant Production and Pest Management
item Elucidating the Grape Malate Tonoplast Transporter: A Targeted Approach for Controlling Fruit & Wine Acidity & Improving Grapevine Tolerance
item Enhance Barley Breeding and Pest Research Capabilities
item Enhance Barley Breeding and Pest Research Capabilities
item Enhance Wheat Germplasm through Characterizing, Introgressing, and Engineering Stem Rust Resistance
item Enhancing Food Security through Improved Management of Stored Product Insects
item Enhancing Wheat Resistance and Production on Acidic Soils
item Evaluating Integrated Management Strategies for Fusarium Head Blight in Virginia
item Evaluation of Grain Protectants on Grain Shrink Characteristics During Storage
item Evaluation of Integrated Management Programs and Fungicides for Fusarium Head Blight & DON in Indiana
item Evaluation of Novel Sources of Wheat Stem Sawfly Resistance
item Evaluation of Sorghum Polyphenols and their End-use in Food Safety and Human Health Applications
item Evaluation of Wheat Rust Resistance in South Texas
item Examination of Emerging Cereal Grain Varieties
item Expanding Alternative Detection, Mitigation, and Risk Assessment Protocols for Stored Product Insects and Natural Enemies
item FHB Breeding for the U.S. South
item FHB Integrated Management in Durum with Fungicides
item FHB-Resistant Barley Doubled Haploid Production
item Forecasting Models for Wheat Fusarium Head Blight
item Functional Genomic Analysis of Host-Pathogen Interaction in Cereal Rust Fungi
item Functional Properties and Nutritional Quality of Pea Starch and Protein as Affected by Genetic and Environmental Variables
item Fusarium Graminearum Species Complex Diversity
item Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) Management in Wheat in South Dakota
item Fusarium Head Blight Management in Kansas
item Fusarium Head Blight Management in Kentucky
item Fusarium Head Blight of Wheat & Barley Prediction Models
item Fusarium Head Blight of Wheat and Barley
item Fusarium Head Blight of Wheat and Barley
item Fusarium Head Blight of Wheat and Barley
item Fusarium Head Blight Prediction Models
item Fusarium Head Blight Research in Delaware
item Fusarium Mycotoxins Management in Sprouted Cereal Grains
item Genes with Micro-Exons and Population Diversity in Hessian Fly
item Genetic and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Plant-Insect Interactions in Cereal Crops
item Genetic Characterization and Utilizations of Thinopyrum junceum Introgressions for Wheat Improvement
item Genetic Characterization of Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Barley
item Genetic Improvement for Resistance to Aphids and Major Diseases in Wheat, Barley, and Sorghum in the Great Plains
item Genetic Improvement of Small Grains and Characterization of Pathogen Populations
item Genetic Interactions between Stored Product Insects and Microbial Symbionts
item Genetic Resistance and Integrated Management of Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) in Intermountain West
item Genetic Transformation of Cereal Crops
item Genetics of Aggressiveness in Fusarium graminearum
item Genomic Analysis of Pest Resistance Genes in US Winter Wheat
item Genomic Characterization of Seed Filling and Nutritional Features in Edamame and Mature Soybeans
item Genomic Selection for Stable FHB Resistance in Winter Wheat and Barley
item Genomics Approaches to Developing Scab Resistant Barley and Wheat
item GrainGenes- A Global Data Repository for Small Grains
item Grapevine Genomics and Biotechnological Research
item Grapevine Genomics and Biotechnological Research Investigating Smoke Taint
item Hard Winter Wheat Fusarium Head Blight Evaluation
item Heat Treatments for Improved Organic-compatible Disinfestation of Khapra Beetle in Stored Products
item Heat Treatments for Improved Organic-compatible Disinfestation of Khapra Beetle in Stored Products
item Heat Treatments for Improved Organic-Compatible Disinfestation of Khapra Beetle in Stored Products
item High Fidelity/Temporal Detection of Field Fusarium Head Blight (FHB)
item Identification of Viral and Wheat Factors Involved in Synergistic Interactions between Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus and Triticum Mosaic Virus
item Identification, Characterization, and Utilization of Priority Traits for the Genetic Improvement of Winter Wheat and Barley Germplasm Adapted to the Great Plains
item Identifying Drivers of Economic Rangeland Grasshopper Outbreaks
item Identifying Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Multitrophic Interactions Between Insect Pests and Cereal Plants
item Identifying New Targets for Fusarium Head Blight Control Through Genomics
item Immunogenomics of Insects
item Impacts of Climate Change on Integrated Pest Management of Stored Product Insects
item Impacts of Single Kernel NIR Sorting on Hard Winter Wheat Quality, Flour Functionality and Applications
item Improve Hessian Fly Resistance of Southern Soft Red Winter Wheat - Georgia
item Improve Hessian Fly Resistance of Southern Soft Red Winter Wheat - Louisiana
item Improving Abiotic and Biotic Stress Tolerance of Small Grains
item Improving Durum Wheat Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight Using Genome Editing Technology
item Improving FHB Resistance in UNL Wheat and Barley
item Improving FHB Resistance of TX SRW Wheat for the SE Region
item Improving Phenotyping Accuracy Using Artificially Intelligent Technologies and Innovative Method
item Improving Resilience of Dryland Legume Cropping Systems through Enhancement of Beneficial Microbiomes
item Improving the Efficacy of Methyl Bromide Alternatives for Stored Grains in Food Grade Shipping Containers
item Improving the Efficacy of Methyl Bromide Alternatives for Stored Grains in Shipping Containers
item Improving Wheat Resistance to Hessian Fly - Lousiana
item Inheritance and Introgression in Fusarium graminearum
item Integrated FHB and DON Management Strategies
item Integrated FHB Management in Minnesota
item Integrated Fusarium Head Blight Management in Kansas
item Integrated Management of Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) in Pennsylvania
item Integrated Management of Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) in the Intermountain West
item Integrated Management of Fusarium Head Blight in New York
item Integrated Management of Fusarium Head Blight in Wheat and Barley in Pennsylvania
item Integrated Pest Management Strategies for Sorghum
item Integrated Research to Enhance Forage and Food Production from Southern Great Plains Agroecosystems
item Introgression and Molecular Mapping of Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Wheat and Barley Type of
item Introgression of Aphid Resistance Genes from Ae. Tauschii into Bread Wheat
item Introgression of Greenbug and Bird Cherry-oat Aphid Resistance Genes from Synthetic Hexaploid Wheat Lines into Bread Wheat
item Landscape Ecology of Stored Product Insects and Their Role as Pests in Alternate Agroecosystems
item Leveraging Interaction Between Exclusion and Internal Tolerant Mechanisms to Enhance Aluminum Resistance in Wheat
item Management of Diverse Germplasm and Associated Descriptive Information in the USDA Agricultural Research Service National Small Grains Collection
item Management of FHB and DON in Wheat in Nebraska
item Management of Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) and DON in Wheat and Barley
item Management of Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) in Missouri
item Management of Invasive Arthropod Pests and Diseases of Small Grains in Southern and Central Plains Climates
item Management of the USWBSI Networking & Facilitation Office
item Managing Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) Through Lab and Field Studies
item Mapping Genes Causing FHB Variation For Targeting
item Measuring the Impact of Egg Parasitoids on Emerald Ash Borer and Other Agrilus pests in Georgia
item Measuring the Impact of Egg Parasitoids on Emerald Ash Borer and Other Agrilus pests in Louisiana
item Measuring the Impact of Egg Parasitoids on Emerald Ash Borer and Other Agrilus Pests in the U.S.
item Measuring the Impact of Egg Parasitoids on Emerald Ash Borer and Other Agrilus pests in the U.S.
item Mobilizing Ancient Grains Genetic Resources for Wheat Improvement
item Mobilizing Genetic Resources and Technologies for Breeding Profitable, Resilient, and Nutritious Hard Winter Wheat
item Modeling Mormon Cricket Centers of Endemism with Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) Analysis of Spatiotemporal Distribution Data
item Modeling Mormon Cricket Centers of Endemism with Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) Analysis of Spatiotemporal Distribution Data
item Modeling Mormon Cricket Centers of Endemism with Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) Analysis of Spatiotemporal Distribution Data
item Modeling of Phosphine Fumigations in Shipping Containers for Humanitarian Aid
item Molecular Characterization of Fusarium Head Blight of Wheat and Barley
item Molecular Mechanisms of Two Tauschii-Derived Genes for Insect Resistance and Yield Increase in Wheat
item Molecular Network in Wheat - Hessian Fly Interactions
item Molecular Resources for Enhanced Crop Biotechnology
item Monitoring and Characterizing Cereal Rust Pathogens and Their Host Resistance
item Monitoring Cereal Rust Development on Alternate Hosts
item Monitoring Climatic Changes in Northwest Oklahoma
item Multi-modal Prediction and Cross-scale Monitoring of Wheat Rust Disease at the Field Level
item Multitrophic Interactions of Aphids, Viruses, Microbiomes and Cereal Plants
item Mycotoxin Diagnostic Services at Virginia Tech
item Mycotoxin Testing Services at Virginia Tech
item New Genetic and Genomics Resources to Improve Wheat Quality and Resilience to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses
item New Technologies for Quality Preservation and Improvement of Grain and Grain-based Products
item New Uses for Low Falling Number Hard Winter Wheat and Mechanism Study
item NIFA CAP for Innovation in Genomic Technology to Accelerate Breeding
item NIFA CAP for Innovation in Genomic Technology to Accelerate Breeding: Leveraging high-throughput genotyping and phenotyping technologies
item Optimization of Hard Winter Wheat Quality Data for Commercial Wheat Line Development
item Optimizing U.S. Manufactured Spray Drone Applications
item Pest Management Strategies for Flour Mills
item Phenotyping and Marker Development for Hessian Fly Resistance in Wheat
item Phenotyping of Wheat and Barley Germplasm for Disease Resistance
item Plant-Fungal Interactions and Host Resistance in Fusarium Head Blight of Barley and Wheat
item Producing FHB-Resistant Doubled Haploids in Barley
item Rearing, Identification, and Evaluation of Emerald Ash Borer Larval Parasitoid Spathius agrili Collected from its Established Areas
item Regional Screening Nurseries - Kansas
item Regulation of Plant Infection and DON Biosynthesis in Fusarium graminearum
item Scalable Phenotyping for Fusarium Head Blight
item Smoke Exposure Effects in the Vineyard on the Grapevine Transcriptome and Metabalome
item Smoke Exposure Effects on Grape Berry Development and Metabolism
item Smoke Exposure Effects on the Grapevine Transcriptome and Metabalome
item Sorting of Haploid Maize Kernels for Accelerated Maize Development
item Sources of FHB Resistance in Hard Winter Wheat
item Structures and Functions of Selected Hessian Fly Effectors
item Studies of Genetic Mechanisms of Sorghum Resistance to Aphids
item Surveillance and Analysis of Stem Rust on Hybrid and Parental Barberries
item Surveillance, Pathogen Biology, and Host Resistance of Cereal Rusts
item Survey and recovery of native North American parasitoids attacking the invasive Asian longhorned beetle in South Carolina
item Systems-Based Approaches for Mitigating Losses from Stored Product Insects
item Therapeutic Molecule Evaluation and Field Delivery Pipeline for Solutions to HLB, Albany, California
item Tools for High-throughput Rheological Evaluation of Breeding Germplasm
item Toward Improving Transformation and Editing in Triticum aestivum and Sorghum Bicolor
item Ug99 Surveillance Through California Sentinel Plots
item Ug99 Surveillance Through Sentinel Plots
item Ug99 Surveillance Through Sentinel Plots
item Understanding Mechanisms of Multitrophic Interactions between Aphids, Viruses, Symbionts and Cereal Plants
item Understanding Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Wheat
item USWBSI Networking and Facilitation Office Organizational Management
item USWBSI Wheat Transformation/Gene Editing Facility
item Validate the Functions of Wheat Candidate Genes for Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight and Hessian fly Using Gene Editing
item Virus-Host-Vector Interactions of Barley/Cereal Yellow Dwarf Viruses
item Wheat and Pulse Nutrition, Lipids, and Microbiome
item Wheat and Pulse Nutrition, Lipids, and Quality
item Wheat Breeding and Variety Development (Wheat Improvement Team)
item Wheat Crop Improvement for Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) Resistance by Cytogenetics
item Wheat Crop Improvement for Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) Resistance by Cytogenomics
item Wheat Genetic Transformation and Editing Facility
item Wheat Pathology Research
item Wheat Resilience Initiative: Breeding for Wheat Stem Sawfly Resistance in Colorado
item Wheat Resilience Initiative: Breeding for Wheat Stem Sawfly Resistance in Montana
item Wheat Resilience Initiative: Breeding for Wheat Stem Sawfly Resistance in Nebraska
item Wheat Resilience Initiative: Digital Phenotyping Technology for Wheat Stem Sawfly
item Wheat Stem Rust Gap Analysis and Laboratory/Field Research Project