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Agave
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
Cassava (or manioc)
Catfish
Cheese
Chemurgic Crops
Cherry
Citrus, general/other
Climate
Cocoa
Coffee
Cole crops (includes cabbage, kale, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower,
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
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
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
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)
Soybean
Spiders, mites, ticks, and other arthropods
Strawberry
Striped bass
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
Weeds
item A Decision Support Tool for Adaptive Management of Cereal Rye in No-till Organic and Conventional Soybeans
item Agronomic and Molecular Responses of Maize and Sunflower to Competition with Cover Crops and Alfalfa
item An Integrated Pest Management Approach to Addressing the Multiple Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic in U.S. Field Crop Production (LSU AgCenter)
item Applying Rangeland Hydrology & Erosion Models on Pastures and Annual Grasslands
item Aquatic Weeds Associated with Agricultural Water Supply
item Area-wide Management of Agricultural Pests
item Areawide Management of Invasive Weeds in the Sacramento/San Joaquin River Delta
item Assessing Benefits of Conservation Practices on Rangelands and Pastures with the Rangeland Hydrology and Erosion Model
item Assessing Sustainable Rangeland Livestock Production Systems in Kazakhstan
item Assessing Wind and Water Erosion on Western Rangelands
item Assessment and Improvement of Soil Health under Modern Cropping Systems in the Mid-Southern United States
item Benefits and Risks of Dicamba Herbicide in Vegetable Production Systems
item Bioherbicidal Control of Invasive Weeds with Indigenous Plant Pathogens
item Biological Control and Habitat Restoration for Invasive Weed Management
item Biological Control in Integrated Weed Management of Invasive Weeds from Europe, Asia, and Africa
item Biological Control of Earleaf acacia (Acacia auriculiformis) in Florida
item Biological Control of Invasive Australian Plants
item Biological Control of Invasive Water Primroses, Ludwigia spp.
item Biological Control of Invasive Weeds
item Biological Control of Invasive Weeds and Insect Pests
item Biological Control of Old World Climbing Fern
item Biological Control of Schinus terebinthifolia (Brazilian pepper tree) in South Florida With Special Reference to Miami-Dade County
item Biological Control of Weeds Endemic to Southeast Asia and Australia that are Invasive in the United States
item Biological Control Organism Databases and Assessments
item Biology of Weed-Crop Interactions to Improve Weed Management Strategies in Northern Agro-ecosystems
item BLM ARS Monitoring Effects of Invasive Annual Grass Removal on Native Vegetation
item Causal Factors of Weed Control Failure in Northeast Vegetable Legume Production Systems
item CERP BIOLOGICAL CONTROL IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT
item Characterization of Patterns of Genetic Diversity in North American Ashes (Fraxinus spp.)
item Combining Large-scale Ecological, Genetic, and Insect Agent Data to Improve Leafy Spurge Management through Biocontrol
item Combining Large-scale Ecological, Genetic, and Insect Data to Improve Leafy Spurge Management through Biocontrol
item Conservation Systems to Improve Production Efficiency, Reduce Risk, and Promote Sustainability
item Cooperation between EBCL and the Aristotle of Thessaloniki, Greece School of Agriculture
item Cotton Leaf Roll Dwarf Virus Disease Management
item Cover Crop-Based Weed Management: Defining Plant-Plant and Plant-Soil Mechanisms and Developing New Systems
item Creating New Partnerships to Manage the Invasion of Foreign Weeds into National Wildlife Refuges.
item Creating New Partnerships to Manage the Invasion of Foreign Weeds into Natural Areas of Florida
item Determination of the Origin of Invasive Common Ice Plants and Identification of Biological Control Agents in South Africa
item Determination of the Origin of Invasive Common Ice Plants and Identification of Biological Control Agents in the Mediterranean Basin
item Develop a Microencapsulation Platform for Xanthomonas Campestris that Supports Bacterial Survival and Disease
item Developing Cover Crop Decision Support Tools and Meta-analysis for NRCS and the Northeast, Southeast, and Midwest Cover Crop Councils
item Development and Implementation of Biological Control Programs for Natural Area Weeds in the Southeastern United States
item Development of Data Bases for Model Development and Field Testing of Crop Models in Mid-West Farms
item Development of Ecological Strategies for Invasive Plant Management and Rehabilitation of Western Rangelands
item Development of Productive, Profitable, and Sustainable Crop Production Systems for the Mid-South
item Development, Rearing, Release and Monitoring of Biological Control Agents Targeting Old World Climbing Fern
item Discover and Develop Biological Control Agents for Invasive Aquatic Weeds (including Hydrilla)
item Discovery and Development of Biological Control Agents for Weeds that are Invasive in the U.S. and Native to Australia and Asia
item Discovery and Development of Microbial-Based Biological Control Agents for Use Against Invasive Weeds in the United States
item Discovery and Evaluation of Biological Control Agents of Invasive Annual Grasses
item Discovery and Production of Beneficial Microbes for Control of Agricultural Pests through Integration into Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems
item Discovery, Description and Evaluation of Eriophyoid Mites as Biological Control Agents of Invasive Annual Grasses
item Ecological, Ecophysiological and Biochemical Responses of Native and Alien Cordgrasses and Yellow flag Iris to Sea Level Rise with Climate Change
item Enabling Sustainable Landscape Design for Continual Improvement of Operating Bioenergy Supply Systems
item Enhancing the Sustainability of United States Cropping Systems through Cover Crops and an Innovative Information and Technology Network
item Evaluation of Ecosystem Services Provided by Camelina Sativa as a Cover Crop for Northern Climates
item Experimentally Assessing and Modeling the Impact of Climate and Management on the Resiliency of Crop-Weed-Soil Agro-Ecosystems
item Exploration for Natural Enemies of Invasive Species Originating from China and the Surrounding Areas
item Field Bindweed Host-Specificity Testing
item Field surveys in Australia and Asia and host-range testing of potential insect agents for the biological control of Old World climbing fern (Lygodiu
item Foreign Exploration And Preliminary Testing Of Potential Biological Control Agents For Azolla Pinnata Subspecies Pinnata
item Foreign Explorations for Natural Enemies of Invasive Weeds
item Functional Trait Responses of Invasive Ludwigia Species to Contrasting Hydrologic Conditions
item Genetics and Demography of Invasive Knapweeds (Centaurea spp.)
item Genetics, Ecology, and Biological Control of Invasive Annual Grasses
item Great Basin Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
item Great Basin Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit NFCA
item GxExM Systems Approach to Crop Disease Management
item Host Specificity and Systematics of Insect Biological Control Agents
item Identify Factors Associated with Increase Establishment and Persistence of Grasses, Legumes, and Forbs on Conservation Reserve Program Land
item Identify Factors Associated with Increased Establishment and Persistence of Grasses, Legumes, and Forbs on Conservation Reserve Program
item Identifying Loci and Markers Associated with a Simple Dominant Freezing Tolerant Trait in Camelina
item Improved Predictions of Potato Early-Die Disease Complex Integrating Thermal Imagery and Soil Health Indicators into Crop Simulation Systems
item Improved Predictions of Potato Early-Die Disease Complex Integrating Thermal Imagery and Soil Health Indicators into Crop Simulation Systems
item Integrate Vegetative Bud-based Propagation and Seeds in Restoration of Rangeland Native Plant Communities
item Integrated Management of South American Pests and Weeds
item Integrated Weed Management and Restoration Strategies to Protect Water Resources and Aquatic and Wetland Ecosystems of the Far Western U.S.
item Integrated Weed Management in Cover Crop-based Field Crop Production
item Investigating Deacclimation in Canola
item Investigating Inter- and Intra-specific Interference in Sunflower
item Management and Restoration of Rangeland Ecosystems
item Management of Invasive Weeds in Rangeland, Forest and Riparian Ecosystems in the Far Western U.S. Using Biological Control
item Managing Cover Crop-herbicide Interactions to Improve Herbicide Efficacy
item Managing Cover Crop-Herbicide Interactions to Improve Herbicide Efficacy
item Managing Invasive Weeds and Insect Pests Using Biologically-Based Methods
item Martin Fire Seedling Trials
item Mass Rearing Yellow Starthistle Rosette Weevil
item Northern Great Basin Native Seed Production Cooperative
item Novel Weed Management Tools from Natural Product-Based Discoveries
item Oilseed Pennycress – A New Cash Cover-Crop for the Midwest
item Optimizing Oilseed and Grain Crops: Innovative Production Systems and Agroecosystem Services
item Pest Management and Improvement of Pollinator Health
item Post-Fire Wind Erosion in the Great Basin
item Precision Integrated Weed Management in Conventional and Organic Crop Production Systems
item Preparation for Field Release and Evaluation of Classical Biological Control of Brazilian Pepper at U.S. Air Force Bases in Central Florida
item Preparation for Field Release and Evaluation of Classical Biological Control of Brazilian Pepper at U.S. Air Force Bases in Central Florida
item Preparation for Field Release and Evaluation of Classical Biological Control of Brazilian Pepper at U.S. Air Force Bases in Florida
item Preparing for release of the Asian leaf beetle, Lilioceris egena, a biological control of air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) in Florida
item Protection of Biodiversity from Invasive Species in France
item Quarantine Testing to Develop Biological Control of Old World Climbing Fern, Lygodium microphyllum, in Florida
item Rangeland Assessment and Beef Livestock Production Value Chain Assessment
item Reducing the Impact of Invasive Weeds in Northern Great Plains Rangelands through Biological Control and Community Restoration
item Reducing the Impact of Invasive Weeds in Pacific West Estuaries through Plant Community Restoration
item Rehabilitation Practices in the Mojave Desert
item Release and Evaluation of Biocontrol Agents of Weeds as Part of Areawide Weed Management in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
item Release Strategy Optimization of Classical Biological Control Agents for Brazilian peppertree in Florida
item Resilience of Integrated Weed Management Systems to Climate Variability in Midwest Crop Production Systems
item Seasonal Dynamics of Spotted Wing Drosophila and its Natural Enemies in Crop Fields and Adjacent Non-crop-Habitats
item Seeding Technologies for Post-Fire Restoration
item Soil, Water and Riparian Monitoring and Research in Nevada
item Sustainable Use of Rangelands and Grasslands Resources for Improved Livelihoods
item Systematics, Nomenclature, and Genetic Diversity of Priority Genera of Woody Landscape Plants
item Trends Observed in Herbicide Evaluation
item Understanding Cold-induced Developmental Changes in Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
item Using Genetic, Biotic Information in Developing a Biological Control Program for Ventenata dubia
item Weed Biology and Development of Improved Management Technologies for Invasive and Herbicide-Resistant Weeds