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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 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
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)
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 Aquatic Weeds Associated with Agricultural Water Supply
item Area-wide Management of Agricultural Pests
item Area-Wide Project for Integrated Management Addressing Waterhyacinth (Pontederia Crassipes)
item Areawide Management of Invasive Weeds in the Sacramento/San Joaquin River Delta
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 Attaining High Quality Soft White Winter Wheat through Optimal Management of Nitrogen, Residue and Soil Microbes
item Australian - American Collaboration on Biological Control of Invasive Pests
item Benefits and Risks of Dicamba Herbicide in Vegetable Production Systems
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 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 Water Primroses, Ludwigia spp.
item Biological Control of Invasive Weeds
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 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 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 Continued Work to Determine Genetic Origin of Invasive Common Ice Plants in California and to Prioritize Candidate Biological Control Agents
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 Creating Weed Tolerant Corn
item Determination of the Genetic Origin of Invasive Common Ice Plants (Mesembryanthemum spp.) in California and Prioritization of Biocontrol Agents
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 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 Targeting 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 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 Ecological, Ecophysiological and Biochemical Responses of Native and Alien Cordgrasses and Yellow flag Iris to Sea Level Rise with Climate Change
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 Establishment and evaluation of Brazilian peppertree biological control (PPA7721-6.0008.01)
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 Exploration for Natural Enemies of Invasive Species Originating from China and the Surrounding Areas
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 Field-Scale Testing of Weed Identification and Mapping Tools for Accelerating Integrated Weed Management Research and Adoption
item First Steps to Creating Weed Tolerant Corn
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 Fuel Treatment and Fire Suppression Effects on Valued Resources in Sagebrush Steppe
item Fuel Treatment and Wildfire Effects on Sagebrush Valued Resources
item Functional Studies of Candidate Genes Associated with Heterotic Yield Effects (Hybrid Vigor) in Canola
item Genetics and Demography of Invasive Knapweeds (Centaurea spp.)
item Genetics and Genomics of Introduced Species for Biological Control of Invasive Species
item Genetics, Ecology, and Biological Control of Invasive Annual Grasses
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - NC State
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - Purdue
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - Texas AgriLife
item GROW: A National Response to the Herbicide-Resistant Weed Epidemic - VPI
item GxExM Systems Approach to Crop Disease Management
item Hydrology and Erosion Dynamics Following Compost Applications on Annual Grassland
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 Improving Pennycress and Winter Camelina as Cash Cover Crops
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 Investigating Mutations in Arabidopsis That Increase Deacclimation Resistance
item Long-term Data Analyses on the Desatoya Mountains Project
item Management and Restoration of Rangeland Ecosystems
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 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 Surveys and Testing for the Development of Biological Control Cogongrass (Imperata Cylindrica)
item Post-Fire Wind Erosion in the Great Basin
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 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 Project AFCEA5322611, Split Fund D - Strategic Evaluation and Planning
item Public/Private Partnerships for Assessing Integrated Weed Management Strategies
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 Rangeland Ecohydrology
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 establishment of the Asian bulbil beetle, Lilioceris egena, a biological control of air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) in Florida
item Release and Evaluation of Biocontrol Agents of Weeds as Part of Areawide Weed Management in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
item Resilience of Integrated Weed Management Systems to Climate Variability in Midwest Crop Production Systems
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, Water and Riparian Monitoring and Research in Nevada
item Student Conservation Association Assistance in Release, Establishment, and Evaluation of the Brazilian Pepper Biological Control Agents
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 Understanding Cold-induced Developmental Changes in Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
item University of Florida Assistance in Release, Establishment, and Evaluation of the Brazilian Pepper Biological Control Agents
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