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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
Other bees (non-Apis bees)
item A Holistic Approach to Determining the Impact of an Established Exotic Pollinator, Bombus impatiens, on Bumble Bee Health in the Pacific Northwest
item Addressing the Challenge of Amitraz Resistance: Varroa Treatment Recommendations for Commercial Beekeepers
item Appalachian Headwaters Pollinator Recovery, Education, and Research Center
item Appalachian Headwaters Pollinator Recovery, Education, and Research Center
item Bee Stress Physiology and Aging
item Bee Stress Response and Overwintering Physiology
item Bees of the World - Phylogenomics, Biogeography, and Evolution of Host-Plant Associations
item Bees of the World - Phylogenomics, Biogeography, and Evolution of Host-Plant Associations
item Bees of the World – Phylogenomics, Biogeography, and Evolution of Host-Plant Associations
item Benefits for Bee Health and Diversity from Drought-Tolerant Plantings (“Bee Pasture”) for Drought-Stricken Areas in the West
item Biobased Antiviral Treatments for Bee Pollinators
item Biological Control and Habitat Restoration for Invasive Weed Management
item Climate-Smart Alternative Crops and Cropping Systems for the Upper Midwest
item Conservation and Improved Storage Technologies for Pollinators and Other Insects of Agricultural Importance
item Crop Coexistence with Pollinator-Mediated Gene Flow Under Changing Environments
item Determining Effects of Nutritional and Agrochemical Stressors on Honey Bee Health, via Longitudinal Studies on Colony Performance and Direct Tests
item Developing new Osmia species for commercial management and pollination diversification
item Developing new Osmia species for commercial management and pollination diversification
item Development and Implementation of Non-lethal Methodologies for Surveying Bee Fauna in the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex of California
item Discovery and Production of Beneficial Microbes for Control of Agricultural Pests through Integration into Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems
item Discovery and Production of Beneficial Microbes for Control of Agricultural Pests through Integration into Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems
item Effects of Prescribed Burns and Grazing Regimes on Spider Abundance and Richness
item Enhancing and Protecting Populations of Alfalfa Seed Pollinators
item Enhancing Pennycress Stand Establishment to Increase Weed Suppression
item Establishing mason bees as berry crop pollinators
item Field Release and Evaluation of Ramularia crupinae for the Management of Noxious Crupina vulgaris Populations
item Fusion of Machine Learning and Electromagnetic Sensors for Real-Time Local Decisions in Agriculture
item Fusion of Machine Learning and Electromagnetic Sensors for Real-Time Local Decisions in Agriculture
item Fusion of Machine Learning and Electromagnetic Sensors for Real-Time Local Decisions in Agriculture
item Harnessing Diverse Fungal Natural Products for Honey Bee Therapeutics
item Improving honey bee health and food security through breeding and IPM control of parasitic mites in California
item Improving Pennycress and Winter Camelina as Cash Cover Crops
item Integration of Data for the U.S. National Pollinating Insect Collection into the USDA Biocollections Symbiota Portal
item Invasive Ant and Pollinator Response to Prescribed Fire and Forest Management
item Investigating how Fuels Management Impacts Wild Bees
item IPPM in Alfalfa Seed Production
item Leveraging Plasticity of Thermal Tolerance in Megachile Rotundata and Pteromalus Venustus as a Potential Parasitoid Mitigation Strategy
item Long-Term Honey Bee Health Colony Monitoring
item Management, Conservation, Systematics, and Genomics of Diverse Bees for Sustainable Crop Production and Wildlands Preservation in a Changing Climate
item Monitoring, Implementing and Evaluating the Impacts of New Biological Control Programs for Flowering Rush and Common Crupina
item Novel approaches for Pest Management and Pollinator Protection during the Production of Alfalfa Grown for Seed
item Novel Approaches for Pest Management and Pollinator Protection during the Production of Alfalfa Grown for Seed
item Novel Approaches for Pest Management and Pollinator Protection during the Production of Alfalfa Grown for Seed
item Overwintering Physiology of Insect Pollinators and Pests
item Phase2: Development and Implementation of Non-lethal Methods for Surveying the Bees on the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex of California
item Pollinator Surveys on National Forests in Region 4, Intermountain Region
item Pollinators with Smart Foodscapes
item Promoting Pollinator Health and Recovery in Appalachia
item Promoting Resilient Forest Bee Communities through Fuel Management
item Revolutionizing Osmia Propagation: Exploring Sustainable Methods for Raising Osmia lignaria in Enclosurese All Life Thrives
item Sampling Midwest Bee Diversity for Genomics
item Sweetening the Crop: Perennial Flax for Pollinator/Ecosystem Benefits
item The Regulation of Diapause by Maternal Effects & the Effect of Environmental Stress on Bee Quality
item Understanding Seasonal Differences in Parasitic Varroa Mite Population Resistance Levels in Honey Bee Colonies
item Unravelling the Role of Structural Variation: A Super-pangenome Analysis of the Genus Osmia