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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
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
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
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 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
Weeds
item Establishment and Evaluation of Brazilian Peppertree Biological Control
item A Decision Support Tool for Adaptive Management of Cereal Rye in No-till Organic and Conventional Soybeans
item Advancing Biological Control of Cheatgrass
item Advancing On-farm and Experiment Station Research to Manage Herbicide Resistant Weeds in the Pacific Northwest
item Advancing Soil Health and Agricultural Performance to Promote Sustainable Intensification and Resilience of Northwest Dryland Cropping Systems
item Agronomic and Molecular Responses of Maize and Sunflower to Competition with Cover Crops and Alfalfa
item Archbold Biological Station Release, Establishment, and Evaluation of the Brazilian Pepper Biological Agents
item Area-wide Management of Agricultural Pests
item Area-Wide Project for Integrated Management Addressing Waterhyacinth (Pontederia Crassipes)
item Area-Wide Project for Integrated Management Addressing Waterhyacinth (Pontederia Crassipes)
item ARS, APHIS, and NIFA Support for CAST Communications
item Assessing Micro-nutrients Applications for Efficient Soybean Production in the Mississippi Delta
item Assessing Micro-nutrients Applications for Efficient Soybean Production in the Mississippi Delta
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 Assistance With the Establishment and Evaluation of Brazilian Peppertree Biological Control
item Assistance with the establishment and evaluation of brazilian peppertree biological control
item Attaining High Quality Soft White Winter Wheat through Optimal Management of Nitrogen, Residue and Soil Microbes
item Augmenting Microbial Biopesticides with Genetic Biocontrol for Improved Weed Suppression
item Australian - American Collaboration on Biological Control of Invasive Pests
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 Bagrada Bug (FY22)
item Biological Control of Bagrada Bug (FY23)
item Biological Control of Earleaf Acacia (Acacia Auriculiformis) in Florida
item Biological Control of Invasive Australian Plants
item Biological Control of Invasive Pests in Agroecosystems and Wetland, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystems in the Far Western U.S.
item Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the Western USA
item Biological Control of Invasive Weeds and Insect Pests
item Biological Control of Latin American Weeds and Insects
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 of Weeds Endemic to Southeast Asia and Australia that are Invasive in the United States
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 and Control of Weeds in the Pacific Northwest
item Biology of Weed-Crop Interactions to Improve Weed Management Strategies in Northern Agro-ecosystems
item Building Resilient Organic Weed Management Systems with Precision Smart Sprayer Technologies
item Building Resilient Organic Weed Management Systems with Precision Smart Sprayer Technologies
item Building resilient organic weed management systems with precision smart sprayer technologies
item CERP BIOLOGICAL CONTROL IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT
item Climate Stress Effects on Major Row Crops of Mississippi
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 Cotton Leaf Roll Dwarf Virus Disease Management
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 Creating Weed Tolerant Corn
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 Developing a Collection Management System for ARS Collections
item Developing Systems to Expedite Phenotyping of Freezing Damage in Brassica Oilseed Crops
item Development and Implementation of Biological Control Programs for Natural Area Weeds in the Southeastern United States
item Development of A Geospatial Database for Mapping Herbicide Resistant Weeds in the Pacific Northwest Dryland Wheat Production Region
item Development of Cheatgrass Biological Control with Microbes and Integrated Cape-ivy Control to Reduce Populations of Non-native, Invasive Weeds
item Development of Data Bases for Model Development and Field Testing of Crop Models in Mid-West Farms
item Development of Database on Crop Responses to Climate Change for Model Development and Validation
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 for Controlling Old World Climbing Fern
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 Pre-Release Evaluation of Weed Biocontrol Agents
item Discovery and Pre-Release Evaluation of Weed Biocontrol Agents
item Discovery and Production of Beneficial Microbes for Control of Agricultural Pests through Integration into Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems
item Dual Disturbances: Do Fuel Treatments and Wildfire Protect or Harm Sagebrush Valued Resources?
item Ecology and Genomics of Soilborne Pathogens, Beneficial Microbes, and the Microbiome of Wheat, Barley, and Biofuel Brassicas
item Effects of Herbicide as a Fuel Reduction Treatment in the Mojave Desert
item Endemic Plant Pathogens for Biological Control of Invasive Aquatic and Terrestrial Weeds
item Enhancing the Sustainability of United States Cropping Systems through Cover Crops and an Innovative Information and Technology Network
item Establishing Alfalfa in Intercropping with Sunflower and Sorghum to Improve Alfalfa Yield and Profitability
item Establishment and Evaluation of Ganaspis brasiliensis to Suppress Spotted Wing Drosophila
item Establishment and evaluation of Lilioceris egena for air potato biocontrol
item Establishment and Evaluation of Lilioceris Egena for Air Potato Biocontrol
item Establishment and evaluation of the Brazilian pepper biological control
item Evaluating Rotational Cropping Systems and their Impact on Soil Microbiota, Crop Yield and Ecosystem Benefits in Northern Agro-Ecosystems
item Evaluation of the Brazilian Pepper Biological Control Agents
item Expanding the Cover Crop Breeding Network: New Species and Traits for Organic Growers
item Experimentally Assessing and Modeling the Impact of Climate and Management on the Resiliency of Crop-Weed-Soil Agro-Ecosystems
item Experimentation, Model Development and On-Farm Application Crop and Soil Process models for Corn, Potato...Experiment Stations
item Exploration for Natural Enemies of Invasive Species Originating from China and the Surrounding Areas
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
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Adoption
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Adoption
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Research and Adoption
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Research and Adoption
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Research and Adoption - NC State
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Research and Adoption - NDSU
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Research and Adoption - OH State Univ.
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Research and Adoption - Penn State Univ.
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Research and Adoption - Southern IL Univ.
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Research and Adoption - Un of KY
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Research and Adoption - Un of MN
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Research and Adoption - Un of NE
item Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Research and Adoption - VPI
item First Steps to Creating Weed Tolerant Corn
item Flowering Rush Agent Rearing and Collection
item Foreign Exploration and Preliminary Testing of Potential Biological Control Agents for Azolla Pinnata Subspecies Pinnata
item Fuel Treatment and Fire Suppression Effects on Valued Resources in Sagebrush Steppe
item Fuel Treatment and Wildfire Effects on Sagebrush Valued Resources
item Fuel Treatment Durability in Sagebrush Ecosystems in Current and Future Climates
item Functional Studies of Candidate Genes Associated with Heterotic Yield Effects (Hybrid Vigor) in Canola
item Genetics and Genomics of Introduced Species for Biological Control of Invasive Species
item Genetics and Phenomics of Pacific Northwest Weeds
item Genetics Approaches to Identify the Modes of Action of Phytotoxins
item Genetics, Ecology, and Biological Control of Invasive Annual Grasses
item Genomics, Genetic Diversity and Ecology of Plant Pathogens and Biocontrol Agents in Northwest Cereal-Based Cropping Systems
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-resistant Weed Epidemic
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - CSU
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - Iowa State Univ.
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - KSU
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - Montana State Univ.
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - NC State
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - Penn State Univ.
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - Purdue
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - Southern IL Univ.
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - Texas AgriLife
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - Un of IL
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - Un of KY
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - Un of NE
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - Univ of GA
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - VPI
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - WSU
item GxExM Systems Approach to Crop Disease Management
item Hydrology and Erosion Dynamics Following Compost Applications on Annual Grassland
item Identifying Components Required for the Transport and Exudation of the Allele Chemical Sorgoleone in Sorghum Bicolor
item Impacts of Long-Term Management on Surface and Subsurface Transport and Biogeochemical Fluxes within the Cook Agronomy Farm
item Improving Pennycress and Winter Camelina as Cash Cover Crops
item Improving Rehabilitation Practices in the Great Basin and Mojave Deserts
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 Invasive Plant Management Strategies for Endangered Plant Recovery and Tidal Wetland Restoration under Changing Environmental Conditions
item Investigating Impacts on Community Restoration: The Role of Biological Control Herbivores
item Investigating Inter- and Intra-specific Interference in Sunflower
item Investigating Multiple Herbicide Resistance in Italian Ryegrass
item Investigating Mutations in Arabidopsis That Increase Deacclimation Resistance
item Long-term Data Analyses and Data Collection on the Desatoya Mountains Project
item Management and Restoration of Rangeland Ecosystems
item Managing Invasive Weeds and Insect Pests Using Biologically-Based Methods
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 Northwest and Alaska Climate Science to Enable Climate-Smart Decision-Making
item Nova Southeastern University Assistance with Area-Wide Project for Integrated Management Addressing Waterhyacinth (Pontederia Crassipes)
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 Alternative Grain Crops: Innovative Production Systems and Agroecosystem Services
item Overseas exploration, quarantine and development of new insect biological control agents for aquatic weeds.
item Overseas Surveys and Testing for the Development of Biological Control Cogongrass (Imperata Cylindrica)
item Overseas surveys and testing for the development of biological control cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica)
item Overseas Surveys and Testing for The Development of Biological Control Cogongrass (Imperata Cylindrica)
item Overseas Surveys, Curation, and Colonization of Potential Biological Control Agents of Cogongrass (Imperata Cylindrica)
item Pacific Northwest Herbicide Resistance Initiative
item Pinyon and Juniper Ecophysiology in the Great Basin
item Plant-Soil Feedbacks Driving Cheatgrass Invasion
item PNW Herbicide Resistant Weeds Intiative: Community Engagement and Integrated Management of Herbicide Resistant Weeds
item Pre-release Monitoring and Rearing Development for Bagous Nodulosus, a Biological Control Agent for Flowering Rush
item Precision Integrated Weed Management in Conventional and Organic Crop Production Systems
item Predicting Nitrogen and Sulfur Deficiency in Corn using Optical Sensors and Weed Mapping with UAV Multispectral Sensors
item Preparation for field release and evaluation of classical biological control of brazilian pepper at U.S. Air Force bases in Florida
item Prioritizing Weed Targets for Biological Control: Testing a South African Model for Western USA
item Proactive Classical Biological Control of Tuta absoluta in California
item Proactive Classical Biological Control of Tuta absoluta in California
item Public/Private Partnerships for Assessing Integrated Weed Management - LSU
item Public/Private Partnerships for Assessing Integrated Weed Management Strategies
item Public/Private Partnerships for Assessing Integrated Weed Management Strategies
item Public/Private Partnerships for Assessing Integrated Weed Management Strategies - Texas A&M
item Public/Private Partnerships for Assessing Integrated Weed Management Strategies - Univ. of IL
item Public/Private Partnerships for Assessing Integrated Weed Management Strategies - VPI
item Quantifying Factors that Contribute to the Enemy Release in Weed of Urban Versus Natural Ecosystems
item Quantifying Growth, Development, and Freezing Damage in Brassica Oilseed Crops
item Quarantine Testing to Develop Biological Control of Old World Climbing Fern, Lygodium microphyllum, in Florida
item Rangeland Ecohydrology
item Rangeland Ecohydrology and Soil Erosion Course
item Reducing the Impact of Invasive Weeds in Pacific West Estuaries through Plant Community Restoration
item Rehabilitation Practices in the Mojave Desert
item Resilience of Grain Crops to Chilling and Waterlogging Stress
item Resilience of Integrated Weed Management Systems to Climate Variability in Midwest Crop Production Systems
item Risk Analysis of Invasive Weeds as Pathways for the Spread of Foreign Plant Pathogens
item Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation Project
item Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation Project
item SCA Assistance Evaluation of the Brazilian Pepper Biological Control Agents
item Seeding Technologies for Post-Fire Restoration
item Soil Erosion and Ecosystem Recovery After Wildfire Under a Changing Climate
item Soil, Water, Meadow and Rangeland Monitoring on the Desatoya Mountains Project
item Student Conservation Association Assistance in Release, Establishment, and Evaluation of the Brazilian Pepper Biological Control Agents
item Sunn Hemp Variety and Seeding Rate Evaluation
item Sweetening the Crop: Perennial Flax for Pollinator/Ecosystem Benefits
item Synergies in Aquatic Plant Biological Control: Translating Research Between the Southern and Western USA
item Trajectories of Change: How Climate, Wildfire, and Management Drive Shrubland Ecosystem Transitions
item Trajectories of Ecosystem Change
item Treatment Durability
item Treatment Durability using LANDIS-II
item Understanding Cold-induced Developmental Changes in Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
item Understanding Freezing Tolerance and Other Agronomically Important Traits in Canola
item University of Florida Assistance in Release, Establishment, and Evaluation of the Brazilian Pepper Biological Control Agents
item User-testing of Cover Crop Performance Mapping Tool for Precision Integrated Weed Management
item User-testing of cover crop performance mapping tool for precision integrated weed management
item User-Testing of Cover Crop Performance Mapping Tool for Precision Integrated Weed Management
item User-Testing of Cover Crop Performance Mapping Tool for Precision Integrated Weed Management
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
item Weed Management in Dryland Wheat-Fallow Systems