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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
Dairy cattle, live animal
item 16S Metagenomic Sequencing Analysis
item Accelerating Genetic Improvement of Ruminants Through Enhanced Genome Assembly, Annotation, and Selection
item Advancing Grass-Fed Dairy: A Whole Systems Approach to Enhancing Productivity, Quality, and Farm Viability in the U.S.
item African Lungfish CTxA: A Toxin That Supports Terrestrialization And Barrier Protection
item African Swine Fever Collaborative Agreement
item Analysis of Specific Spoilage Organisms and Other Bacteria Isolated from Food and Agriculture Products
item Animal Studies in BSL-3 Containment at Pat Roberts Hall for Comparative Zoonotic Arbovirus Studies
item Antigen Presenting Neutrophils in Cattle
item Antimicrobial Resistance in Surface Waters: Pilot Environmental Monitoring Effort
item Antimicrobial Resistance in the Gut Microflora of Young Calves
item Aptamer-based Pen-side Diagnostics for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Variants
item Arbovirus Diagnosis Development and Evaluation
item Areawide Management of Invasive Ants
item Assembly and Annotation of Rumen Protist Genomes to Determine Their Metabolic Contribution and Environmental Presence
item Assembly and Annotation of Rumen Protist Genomes to Determine Their Metabolic Contribution and Environmental Presence
item Assembly and Annotation of Rumen Protist Genomes to Determine their Metabolic Contribution and Environmental Presence
item Assessing Arbovirus Effects on Sensory Function and Behavior of Female Culicoides Sonorensis Midges
item Assessing the Potential Transmissibility of Bovine and Cervid Prions with a Human Prion Protein-based Model
item Assessing the Risk of Arthropod-Borne Disease in the Caribbean and the Americas (RACE Risk of Arthropod-borne diseases in the Caribbean)
item Assessment of the Effectiveness of Conservation Practices to Decrease Ammonia Emissions From Open Lot Cattle Operations
item Association of Plasma Indicators to Feed Efficiency Status of Growing Dairy Heifers
item Attachment and/or Entry Mechanisms of Bluetongue Virus into Bovine Red Blood Cells
item Biohazard Consultation and Review Services
item Biology and Control of Invasive Ants
item Biology and Management of Dipteran Pests of Livestock and Other Animals
item Biophotonics – Emerging Imaging Technologies for Food Animal Research
item Biophotonics- The Application of Novel Imaging Methodologies to Livestock Production Research
item Bovine and Porcine Research Projects Conducted at the Livestock Issues Research Unit's Liberty Farm Research Complex
item Bringing Interseeding of Alfalfa into Corn to the Farm through On-Farm Research, Demonstration, and Outreach
item Characterization of Arbovirus-mosquito-vertebrate Host Interactions
item Characterization of Cellular Receptors for Bluetongue Virus
item Chronic Wasting Disease Challenge
item Chronic Wasting Disease Translational Research
item Collaborative Animal Research between Kansas State University and ARS
item Collaborative Animal Research between WTAMU and ARS
item Collection of Sheep Germplasm in the Mid-Atlantic Region
item Comparisons of Grass-Based and Alfalfa/Corn Silage Forage Systems for Dairy Cows in Central Wisconsin
item Continued Development of Antibodies for Bottlenose Dolphin Immune Assays
item Cropland Carbon Sequestration, Emissions, and Ecosystem Service Comparisons in Alfalfa and Corn Based Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems
item Deployed Warfighter Protection Research Program
item Detection and Characterization of Arboviruses and Environmental Influences on Transmission at the U.S. Wildlife and Livestock Interface
item Detection and Characterization of Potential Emerging and Emergent Arboviruses in Mosquitoes in the Caribbean
item Detection and Characterization of Potential Emerging Arboviruses in Brazil
item Detection and Fate of Environmental Chemical and Biological Residues and their Impact on the Food Supply
item Detection of Ivermectin Target-site Resistance in Rhipicephalus Microplus
item Determination of Pharmacokinetic Values of Cattle Treated with Pour-on and/or Injectable Formulations of Macrocyclic Lactones to Control Cattle
item Determining Fire Ant Bait Specificity to Extend Fire Ant Control by Conserving Non-Target Ants
item Determining Genetic Factors That Influence Protein Quality and Yield In Alfalfa
item Determining the Thermal Preference of Weanling Pigs
item Develop Alternatives to Antibiotics for Priority Diseases in Animal Agriculture
item Developing an Aptamer Magnetic Nanoparticle-Based Lateral Flow Assay for Detecting Pathogens
item Developing Resilient Irrigated Cropping Systems in Concentrated Dairy Production Areas of the Semi-arid West
item Developing Strategies to Improve Dairy Cow Performance and Nutrient Use Efficiency with Nutrition, Genetics, and Microbiology
item Development and Testing of Mycobacterium Avium Subsp. Paratuberculosis Diva Vaccines in Dairy Cattle
item Development and Validation of TB Diagnostics for Deer and Cattle that have been Vaccinated with BCG
item Development of a Mucosal, Polyanhydride-based Nanoparticle Vaccine for Use Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in the Neonate
item Development of a Transgenic Mouse that Expresses the Bovine Prion Polymorphism T231
item Development of Diagnostic Reagents and Assays for Arbovirus Surveillance
item Development of Improved Diagnostic and Control Strategies for Brucellosis in Livestock and Wildlife
item Development of Lateral Flow Assays for Rift Valley Fever Virus Antigen and Antibody Detection
item Development of Short-Term Experiential Opportunities to Enhance the Veterinary Workforce
item Development of Wireless Sensors for Detecting Misfolded Prion Proteins and Rumen pH of Deer
item Diagnostic and Mitigation Strategies to Control Tuberculosis in Cattle and Wildlife
item Diversifying Ecosystem Services in Dairy Forage Systems
item Ecological Factors that Enable Colonization, Retention, and Dispersal of Foodborne Pathogens and Intervention Strategies to Control the Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance in Cattle and Swine
item Ecology of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus
item Ecology of Hemorrhagic Orbiviruses in North America
item Effects of Ant-Produced Compounds on Microbes
item Elucidating Mechanisms of Pyrethroid Resistance in Stable Flies
item Elucidating the Pathobiology and Transmission of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
item Emerging Animal Diseases that Exist Offshore
item Enabling Tools for Microbiome-based Trait Selection in Dairy Cows
item Energy and Economic Value of Alfalfa, Harvested as Haylage, in Growing Cattle Diets
item Enhancing Functional Annotation of Livestock Genomes
item Enhancing On-Farm Demonstration and Outreach Efforts for Alfalfa and Dual Purpose Cover Cropping Systems
item Environmental Enrichment Effects on Pig Welfare During Lactation, Nursery and Grow-Finish Phases
item Environmental Enrichment in Swine and Poultry
item Epidemiological Fitness Assessment of Segmented RNA Viruses
item Evaluating, Educating, and Communicating the Value of Cover Crop in WI Crop Rotations, for Enhanced Productivity, Water, and Soil Quality Protection
item Evaluation of Corn Silage Containing A-Amylase in Dairy Cattle Diets
item Evaluation of Transboundary Disease Mitigation Strategies in Kenya
item Evaluation the potential of the silvopastoral cattle production system to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the Peruvian tropics.
item Experimental Infections of Elk With SARS-CoV-2
item Exploring Alternative Uses for Muscid Antimicrobial Effectors
item Exploring Insecticide Resistance Mechanisms and Effects on House Fly Behavior and Biology
item Exploring the Biology and Ecology of Dipteran Pests to Improve Management and Mitigation Strategies
item Facilitated Expert Gap Analysis and Review of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP)
item Field Collections and Rearing of Tick Parasitoids from Australia
item Field Collections and Rearing of Tick Parasitoids from Italy
item Field Exposures of Cattle Fever Tick Eggs and Larvae in Vietnam to Rear Biological Control Agents
item Forage and Feed Characteristics on Performance, Feed Efficiency, Environmental Impact, and Farm Nutrient Cycling of Dairy Production Systems
item Fostering Resilience and Ecosystem Services in Landscapes by Integrating Diverse Perennial Circular Systems
item FY21 Developing Biological Control and other Safeguarding Tools to Manage Invasive Pests
item FY22 Developing Biological Control and other Safeguarding Tools to Manage Invasive Pests
item Generation of a Transposon Mutant Library of Mycoplasma Mycoides Subspecies Mycoides
item Genetic Improvement and Cropping Systems of Alfalfa for Livestock Utilization, Environmental Protection and Soil Health
item Genomic and Mitigation Strategies to Control Mastitis
item Global Foot and Mouth Disease Research Alliance (GFRA) MOU (2022-2027)
item Host Cellular Immune Responses to Arboviruses
item Host-pathogen Interactions and Control Strategies for Bacterial Respiratory Pathogens in Cattle
item Host-pathogen Interactions and Control Strategies for Bacterial Respiratory Pathogens in Cattle
item Identification and Culture of Californian Marine Macroalgae Capable of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Production from Ruminant Livestock
item Identification and Synthesis of Ant Toxins and Behavior Modifying Compounds
item Identification of Antigens and Host Innate Immune Responses for Control of Johne's Disease
item Identifying Phenotypic and Genotypic Indicators of Dairy Cattle Resilience in Automated Farming Systems
item Identifying, Prioritizing, and Testing Vaccine Target Candidates for Blood-Feeding Nematode Parasites of Sheep and Humans
item Improved Surveillance and Control of Stable Flies, House Flies, and Other Filth Flies
item Improving Dairy Cow Feed Efficiency and Environmental Sustainability Using Genomics and Novel Technologies to Identify Physiological Contributions and Adaptations
item Improving Dairy Feed Efficiency, Sustainability, and Profitability by Impacting Farmer's Breeding and Culling Decisions
item Improving Fire Ant IPM in the Coachella Valley: Effects of Irrigation on Bait Efficacy, Mating Flight Phenology, and the Status of Biocontrol Agents
item Improving Forage Genetics and Management in Integrated Dairy Systems for Enhanced Productivity, Efficiency and Resilience, and Decreased Environmental Impact
item Improving Utilization of Forages in Integrated Dairy Production Systems to Enhance Sustainable Farming Systems and Food Security
item Improving Welfare of Swine and Poultry through Environmental Enrichment
item Incidence of Bacterial Pathogens in Regulated Foods and Applied Processing Technologies for Their Destruction
item Incorporate Functional Annotation Data in Cattle GWAS and Genomic Selection
item Institutional Biological Safety Committee (IBC) Agreement - University of Minnesota
item Integrated Pest Management of Cattle Fever Ticks
item Integrated Pest Management of Mosquitoes and Biting Flies
item Integrating Vesicular Stomatitis Surveillance, Phylogenetic Analysis and Remote Sensing Toward an Early Warning System for Vector-borne Diseases
item International Grassland Congress and NIRS Consortium Conference
item Interstadial and Temporal Changes in Rhipicephalus Microplus Salivary Glands and Salivary Extracellular Vesicles
item Intervention Strategies for Spirochete Diseases
item Intervention Strategies to Prevent and Control Viral Respiratory Pathogens of Ruminants
item Intestinal Microbial Ecology and Non-Antibiotic Strategies to Limit Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and Antimicrobial Resistance Transmission in Food Animals
item Invasion history and spread of the little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata, in Florida.
item Investigating Risk Factors of Rift Valley Fever Virus Direct Transmission in Kenya
item Investigation of a PRNP Polymorphism on Susceptibility to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
item Investigation of Arboviral Infection Rates and Blood Meal Sources of Various Mosquito Species in Rift Valley Fever Endemic Areas in Kenya
item Isolation and CRISPRI-based Functional Genomics Approaches for Pathogenic Leptospira Isolated From Environmental Samples
item Liver Abscesses in Cattle
item Maintaining and Refining Animal GRIN
item Mammalian Responses to Arboviruses and Sorghum Polyphenols
item Management of Fire Ants and Other Invasive Ants
item Management of Stable Flies to Improve Livestock Production
item Management of Ticks of Veterinary Importance
item Managing Alfalfa for Climate Smart Agriculture
item Managing Alfalfa for Climate Smart Agriculture (DFRU)
item Measuring Field-scale Changes in Soil Ecosystem Services and Crop Production with the Integration of Conservation Practices in Dairy Forage Systems
item Microbial Ecology of Antimicrobial Resistance
item Modernizing Parasite Control in Cattle Using Data Automation
item Molecular Characterization and Epidemiological Surveillance of Arboviruses in Kenya’s Livestock
item Molecular Characterization and Epidemiological Surveillance of Arboviruses in Kenya’s Wildlife
item Molecular Characterization of Arbovirus-Mosquito-Vertebrate Host Interactions
item Molecular Characterization of Arboviruses in South African Livestock
item Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Ostertagia ostertagi Infection in Cattle
item Molecular, Immune and Microbiome Approaches for Mitigating GI Nematode Infections of Livestock
item Mosquito Dome Particles
item Mosquito Vector Predictive Modeling in a Changing Climate
item MOU between USDA/ARS, USDA/NIFA, and Dairy Management Inc.
item National Animal Germplasm Program
item Northeast Pasture Consortium Annual Conference
item Novel Model to Study Liver Abscesses in Cattle
item Novel Partnerships for an Early-career Pipeline to Enhance the Biodefense Veterinary Workforce
item Novel Spatial Repellents and Insecticides to Circumvent
item Novel Techniques for Culicoides Vector Control and Evaluation
item Optimizing Welfare for Food Producing Animals
item Outreach and Promotion of Regenerative Grazing Practices to Support Soil Health and Economic Resilience
item Pan-genome and structural variation analyses in dozens of de novo assembled diploid cattle genomes
item Precision Interseeding of Cover Crops Using Autonomous Robotic Technology
item Predicting and Mitigating Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV) in North America
item Predicting and Mitigating Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV) Outbreaks in North America
item Predicting Insect Contact and Transmission Using Historical Epidemiological Data
item Predilection Sites of Larvae, Nymphs, and Adults of Rhipicephalus Microplus
item Protection of Food and Water Supplies from Pathogens and Human Induced Chemicals of Emerging Concern
item Rapid Antemortem Tests for the Early Detection of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies and Other Animal Diseases
item Rapid Immunoassays for Pen-side Detection of SARS-CoV2 Viral Variants
item RAV3N Phase II: Network of University and Federal BSL-3/4 Large Animal and Laboratory Agricultural Research Facilities
item Regeneration of Y Chromosome in Holstein Cattle
item Research Supporting Workforce Development for the National Bio-Agro Defense Facility: Virus-Host Interactions of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus
item Researching and Developing Cover Cropping in Midwestern Agricultural Systems
item Response to APHIS SARS-CoV-2 Research Priorities Phase 1
item Revealing Mechanisms for Internal Salmonella Colonization and Persistence in Porcine Lymphoid and Fat Tissues
item Rift Valley Fever Pathogenesis and Epidemiology
item Ruminant Farm Systems (RuFaS) model: A Next-Generation, Whole-farm, Dairy Systems Model to Support Sustainable Productivity and Environmental Health
item SARS-CoV-2 White-tailed Deer Infection Dynamics and Antibody Persistence
item Screening Alfalfa Cultivars for Value-Added Biochemical Characteristics
item Silvopasture Research and Demonstration at the US Dairy Forage Research Center
item Smart Traps for Enhanced Disease Vector Surveillance
item Soil Health Collaborative: Evaluating the Social, Economic, Policy, and Biophysical Drivers and Barriers to Greater Use of Soil Health Practices
item Soil Health Collaborative: Evaluating the Social, Economic, Policy, and Biophysical Drivers and Barriers to Greater Use of Soil Health Practices
item Standardization Set Rescan on Near-infrared Spectroscopy
item Statistical Design and Methods
item Strategic Integration of Perennials in Annual Crop Production Systems
item Strategies to Manage Feed Nutrients, Reduce Gas Emissions, and Promote Soil Health for Beef and Dairy Cattle Production Systems of the Southern Great Plains
item Supplementing Dairy Calves with L-glutamine to Reduce Antibiotic Use
item Support Antimicrobial Resistance/Alternatives to Antibiotics Scientific Activities
item Support of Lameness in Ruminants Conference 2022
item Supporting and Enhancing the Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Grand Challenge Project
item Surveillance of Non-Sylvatic Mayaro Virus Transmission and Other Arbopathogens and Insecticide Resistance in Mosquito Vectors in the USSOUTHCOM AOR
item Sustainable Intensification of Integrated Crop-Pasture-Livestock Systems in Northeastern Landscapes
item Synergizing Pyrethroid-treated Military Fabrics with Potassium Channel Blockers
item TB Diagnostics in Vaccinated Cattle and Deer
item The Agrosecurity Partnerships for Innovative Research (ASPIRE) Project for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF)
item The Role of Endosymbionts in the Biology and Vectorial Capacity of Culicoides spp., Vectors of Human and Animal Disease
item The Role of House Flies in Harboring and Disseminating Antimicrobial-Resistant (AMR) Bacteria at Kansas Cattle Operations
item Towards Novel Acaricide Development Against Cattle Fever Tick: GPCR Target Validation, Tissue Localization and Bioactivity of Chemical Hits
item Toxicology, Chemical Ecology and Management of Invasive Ants
item Understanding Multiscale Environmental Predictors of Zoonotic Risk from Satellite Data
item Using Genomics to Mitigate the Threat of the Invasive Asian Longhorned Tick, Haemaphysalis Longicornis, in the United States
item Using Modeling to Develop Monitoring Strategy and Scheduling for Microbial Quality of Irrigation Water Sources
item Utilization of Canola Meal in the Diets of Early­Lactation Dairy Cows
item Utilize the Purdue Animal Care and Use Committee (PACUC)
item Utilizing the University of Wisconsin Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
item UTMB-USDA Collaboration on Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Ticks and Animals
item Vector-Enhanced Arboviral Vaccines
item Vesicular Stomatitis as a Model for a Predictive Disease Ecology
item World Alfalfa Congress