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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
Plant research, general
item Alternative Proteins Research (Climate)
item Calibration and Evaluation of a Multi-Scale Spatially Distributed Evapotranspiration (ET) Algorithm
item Conservation Effects Assessment Project - 2019, 2020, 2021
item Conservation Effects Assessment Project - 2022
item Cotton Leaf Roll Dwarf Virus Disease Management
item Curation and Research to Safeguard and Expand Collections of Plant and Microbial Genetic Resources and Associated Descriptive Information
item Curation, Modernization, and Information Management of the U.S. National Arboretum Herbarium Collections
item Developing Canopy Temperature Based Methodologies to Inform Irrigation Decisions
item Development of a Carbon Dynamics Model for Predicting GHG Emission and Sequestration in Croplands
item Development of Enhanced Tools and Management Strategies to Support Sustainable Agricultural Systems and Water Quality
item Discovery of Plant Genetic Mechanisms Controlling Microbial Recruitment to the Root Microbiome
item Exploring the Molecular Causes and Phenotypic Consequences of Bacterial Enrichment Patterns in the Root Endospheres of Drought-Stressed Crop Systems
item Field-Scale SWAT+ Modeling to Support Regional Legacy P Model Development
item FY 2022 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on croplands) Temple
item FY2021, FY2022 Contribution of Legacy Phosphorus to Watershed Outcomes, Phase 2 (Temple, TX)
item Genetic Resources Acquisition, Conservation, International Exchange, and Taxonomic Expertise in Support of the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System
item GxExM Systems Approach to Crop Disease Management
item Headquarters Cooperative Programs - Crop Production and Protection (CPP)
item Improve Irrigation Management with Remote Sensing Technology
item Improve the Usage of Remote Sensing and Advanced Machine Learning Algorithms for Crop Management
item Improving Crop Performance and Precision Irrigation Management in Semi-Arid Regions through Data-Driven Research, AI, and Integrated Models
item Improving Irrigated and Dryland Agriculture Via Xylem, Stomata, and Leaf Traits
item Improving Pennycress and Winter Camelina as Cash Cover Crops
item Integrated Agroecosystem Research to Enhance Forage and Food Production in the Southern Great Plains
item Integrated Animal Production Research
item Integrated Grassland and Cropland Observation Systems for Multi-Scale Observations Agroecosystem Processes
item Integrating Field Measurements and Models to Evaluate Solar Induced Fluorescence as a Predictor of Dryland Crop Productivity
item Integration of a New Groundwater Flow and Salinity Model in SWAT+
item Integration of Small Ruminant Production into Orchard Enterprises to Improve Economic and Ecological Sustainability
item Integration of SWAT+/MODFLOW and Inclusion in the Geospatial Modeling Interface
item Microscopy Applications for the Identification and Management of Agricultural Pests and Pathogens (Bridge)
item Mobilizing Innovation in Biotechnology, Genetics, and Genomics to Mitigate Climate Change and to Transform Crops into Better Foods, Biobased Products, and Biofuels
item Molecular Causes and Phenotypic Consequences of Bacterial Enrichment Patterns in the Root Endospheres of Drought-Stressed Crop Systems
item Molecular Causes and Phenotypic Consequences of Bacterial Enrichment Patterns in the Root Endospheres of Drought-Stressed Crop Systems
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 Organomineral Fertilizers: A Sustainable Fertility Option for Farmers?
item Phytoelectronic Xylem Sensing
item Precision Application of Conservation in Upper Midwestern Cropping Systems
item Precision Fertilizer Application Studies to Further Adoption of Precision Agriculture Technologies
item Precision Nutrient Management Through Improved Understanding of Soil Dynamics
item Sweetening the Crop: Perennial Flax for Pollinator/Ecosystem Benefits
item Texas Water Observatory Monitoring at the Riesel Watersheds
item The Genetic Architecture of Hydraulic and Whole-plant Performance under Cold Temperatures in Sunflower
item The Impact of Climate and Water Availability on Foliar Xylem Traits of Sunflower
item Understanding Soil and Environmental Effects on Crop Species and Rangeland Ecosystems Under Water Limitation