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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
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
Sheep, live animal
item Adaptive Management Research on Co-species Grazed Rangelands
item Advanced Host Genomics: Nasal Shedding of Mycoplasma Ovipneumoniae and Multiple Data Uses to Benefit Sheep Research
item African Swine Fever Collaborative Agreement
item Agricultural Research Service - American Type Culture Collection Biological Repository Partnership
item Agroecological Approach to Enhance U.S. Sheep Industry Viability and Rangeland Ecosystem Conservation
item Animal Protection and Care for Cattle, Horses, Goats, and Sheep
item Animal Studies in BSL-3 Containment at Pat Roberts Hall for Comparative Zoonotic Arbovirus Studies
item Antigen Presenting Neutrophils in Cattle
item Applied Epidemiolgoical Approaches to Evaluate the Progressive Control Pathway for Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Endemic Regions
item Arbovirus Diagnosis and Vaccine Development and Evaluation
item Arbovirus Diagnosis Development and Evaluation
item Assessing Arbovirus Effects on Sensory Function and Behavior of Female Culicoides Sonorensis Midges
item Assessing Pollinator and Gall Response to Climatic Gradients and Fire and Grazing Management in Sage
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 CCHV in Ugandan Cattle Corridor and Kenyan Arid North Tick Populations
item Assessment of the Immune Response to Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) in Small Ruminant and the Influence of Other Viral Diseases Susceptibility
item Attachment and/or Entry Mechanisms of Bluetongue Virus into Bovine Red Blood Cells
item Biological Safety Level 3 (BSL-3) Training Program for Research Support Personnel
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 Building Foundations for E. Ruminantium Vaccine Development
item BVDV Challenge of Calves
item Cattle and Carcass Grading Correlation and Training Center
item Characterization of Arbovirus-mosquito-vertebrate Host Interactions
item Chronic Wasting Disease Challenge
item Chronic Wasting Disease Translational Research
item Collaborative Animal Research between Kansas State University and ARS
item Collection of Sheep Germplasm in the Mid-Atlantic Region
item Comparative Genomics and Transcriptomics of Dipteran Pests Affecting Livestock and Humans
item Continental Divide Cooperative Weed Management Area
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 Developing a Genetic Solution to the Billion-dollar Horn Fly Problem
item Developing a Systems Biology Approach to Enhance Efficiency and Sustainability of Beef and Lamb Production
item Developing an Ovine Pangenome
item Developing Collaborative Research Partnerships with the BSL4 Zoonotic network (BSL4Znet): Responding to Emerging Zoonotic Diseases
item Developing Practical Genetic Solutions for the Sheep Industry
item Developing Rangeland Management Strategies to Enhance Productive, Sustainable Range Sheep Agroecosystems
item Development and Testing of Mycobacterium Avium Subsp. Paratuberculosis Diva Vaccines in Dairy Cattle
item Development of a Population Genetics Pipeline for Characterizing Viral and Vector Population Diversity
item Development of a Transgenic Mouse that Expresses the Bovine Prion Polymorphism T231
item Development of a Vaccine and Improved Diagnostics for Malignant Catarrhal Fever
item Development of Diagnostic Reagents and Assays for Arbovirus Surveillance
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 Short-term Opportunities for Experience in High Containment Research Animal Support Careers
item Development of Strategies to Control Tick-Borne Bacterial Pathogens of Livestock
item Development of Wireless Sensors for Detecting Misfolded Prion Proteins and Rumen pH of Deer
item Discovery of Novel Traits to Improve Efficiency and Sustainability of Different Sheep Production Systems
item Ecological Investigations of Emerging High-consequence Zoonotic Viruses at High-priority Livestock, Wildlife, and Human Interfaces
item Ecology of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus
item Ecology of Hemorrhagic Orbiviruses in North America
item Effects of Arbovirus Infection on Insect Feeding Behavior
item Effects of Environmental Temperature on Arbovirus Vector Competence of Various Mosquito Species
item Elucidating the Pathobiology and Transmission of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
item Endemic Ecology and Molecular Epidemiology of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Asia and Africa
item Enhancing the National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) Diagnostic Capability and Emerging Disease Preparedness...Next-Generation Sequencing
item Epidemiological Fitness Assessment of Segmented RNA Viruses
item Epidemiological Workforce Development in Support of the National Agro and Bio-Defense Facility
item Establish, Develop and Coordinate a Network of University and Federal BSL-3/4 Large Animal and Laboratory Agricultural Research Facilities
item Establishing Innovative Strategies to Incorporate Crossbred Data into Genetic Evaluation of Sheep in the United States
item Evaluation of Novel Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Vaccine Candidates with Broad Breadth of Protection - Phase II
item Evaluation of Transboundary Disease Mitigation Strategies in Kenya
item Foot-and-Mouth Disease Epidemiology in Asia and Africa
item Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Surveillance in Kenyan Livestock by Sampling at Animal Concentration Points
item Genetic Approaches and Tools to Prevent, Control, and Eradicate Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
item Genetic Characterization and Diagnostic Detection of Emerging Vesicular Stomatitis Virus in North America
item Genetics of Insect Pests
item Genomes to Phenomes in Beef Cattle Research
item Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests Plan Revision - U.S. Agricultural Research Service Cooperating Agency Agreement
item Grazing with the Fun Guy (Fungi) – Small Ruminant Worm Control
item Grazing with the Fun Guy (Fungi) – Small Ruminant Worm Control
item Host Cellular Immune Responses to Arboviruses
item Identification and Characterization of the Culicoides Small Non-coding RNA Transcriptome
item Identification of Antigens and Host Innate Immune Responses for Control of Johne's Disease
item Identification of Host Factors and Immunopathogenesis of Pneumonia in Domestic and Bighorn Sheep
item Identification, Genomic Characterization, and Metabolic Modeling of Foodborne Pathogens in the Meat Production Continuum
item Identifying Cuticular Hydrocarbon Profiles and Signatures in Screwworm and Related Flies to Develop Taxonomic Identification Keys and Enhanced Baits
item Identifying Effective Immune Responses and Vaccine Development for Bovine Anaplasmosis
item Identifying Genomic Regions Associated with Chronic Wasting Disease in Elk: A Foundation for Understanding an Endemic Disease
item Identifying, Prioritizing, and Testing Vaccine Target Candidates for Blood-Feeding Nematode Parasites of Sheep and Humans
item Improving Detection of Antimicrobial Resistant E. coli and Salmonella in Swine
item Improving Resilience and Diversification of Small Farms Through Agroforestry and Specialty Crops
item Improving Robustness and Climatic Resilience in U.S. Sheep Populations through Genomics
item Improving Sustainability of Forage-based Production Systems
item Increasing the Efficacy of the Ad5-FMD Vaccine Using a Multi-Gene Delivery System
item Infectious Disease Research Supporting Workforce Development for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility
item Institutional Biological Safety Committee (IBC) Agreement - University of Kentucky
item Integrated Animal Production Research
item Integrating Vesicular Stomatitis Surveillance, Phylogenetic Analysis and Remote Sensing Toward an Early Warning System for Vector-borne Diseases
item Integration of Small Ruminant Production into Orchard Enterprises to Improve Economic and Ecological Sustainability
item Interagency Agreement for Fire Management
item Intervention Strategies to Prevent and Control Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF)
item Intervention Strategies to Respond, Control, and Eradicate Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV)
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 Livestock Grazing in Rangeland Management Systems
item Maintaining and Refining Animal GRIN
item Mammalian Responses to Arboviruses and Sorghum Polyphenols
item MCF Vaccine Trials in Bison
item Memorandum of Understanding Between the USDA, Agricultural Research Service and the USDA, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service
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 Mechanisms Regulating Ostertagia ostertagi Infection in Cattle
item Molecular, Immune and Microbiome Approaches for Mitigating GI Nematode Infections of Livestock
item Mosquito Vector Predictive Modeling in a Changing Climate
item National Animal Germplasm Program
item National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility Scientists Project
item Novel Partnerships for an Early-career Pipeline to Enhance the Biodefense Veterinary Workforce
item Novel Techniques for Culicoides Vector Control and Evaluation
item PICTUREE: Predicting Insect Contact and Transmission Using historical Entomological and Environmental Data
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 Prediction of Viral Zoonoses and Reverse Zoonoses Using Next Generation Serodiagnostics (NGSeroDx)
item Prevalence of Antibodies to Malignant Catarrhal Fever Viruses in Cattle and Sheep in Brazil
item Quantifying Genetic and Non-Genetic Factors Associated with Lamb Growth and Carcass Characteristics
item Quantitative Analysis of the Fomite Transport Risk Reduction Provided by Shower Out Practices in Various Containment Settings
item Rapid Antemortem Tests for the Early Detection of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies and Other Animal Diseases
item Rational Development of Recombinant Vaccines for African Swine Virus and Classical Swine Fever
item RAV3N Phase II: Network of University and Federal BSL-3/4 Large Animal and Laboratory Agricultural Research Facilities
item Recent Advances in Sequencing Technologies to Characterize the Respiratory Microbiome and Virome Associated with Bovine Respiratory Disease
item Research Supporting Workforce Development for the National Bio-Agro Defense Facility: Development of Novel Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus...Candidates
item Research Supporting Workforce Development for the National Bio-Agro Defense Facility: Virus-Host Interactions of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus
item Response to APHIS SARS-CoV-2 Research Priorities Phase 1
item Rift Valley Fever Pathogenesis and Epidemiology
item SARS-CoV-2 Impact on Meat Production: A Farm to Plate Approach
item Screwworm Genetic Sexing Line Development
item Simulation Modeling of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreaks in Livestock in the U.S.
item Smart Traps for Enhanced Disease Vector Surveillance
item Support Effort for Developing Scientific Information and New Technology to Solve High Priority Problems for U.S. Beef, Sheep, and Swine Industries
item Support Research Collaboration Efforts Between USDA/ARS and International Scientists Working on Priority Research Projects of Mutual Interest
item Support Research Collaborations, Scientific Trainings, and Conferences for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF)
item Supporting and Enhancing the Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Grand Challenge Project
item Sustainable Small Farm and Organic Grass and Forage Production Systems for Livestock and Agroforestry
item The Agrosecurity Partnerships for Innovative Research (ASPIRE) Project for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF)
item The Invasive Mosquito Project
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 The Role of Virus-vector Interactions in Emerging Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Outbreaks
item The Roles of Forage and Phytochemicals at the Plant-Microbe-Animal Nexus for Sustainable Ruminant
item The Study of Immune Response to Pathogens Using Monoclonal Antibodies
item Training the Biodefense Research Workforce for the National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility (NBAF)
item Transmission Dynamics of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus
item Tri-Partite Collaborative: Characterization of the Respiratory Microbiome and Virome Associated with Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex
item Understanding and Mitigating the Adverse Effects of Poisonous Plants on Livestock Production Systems
item Understanding Cross-Reactive Responses Between Heterologous Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Strains in the Bovine Model
item Understanding Pathogenesis and Epidemiology for Controlling Foreign Animal Diseases
item Understanding the Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Grazing Livestock Responses to Stress and Changes in Environment
item Using Transcriptomics and Proteomics to Understand Arbovirus Effects on Midge Sensory Function
item Utilizing the University of Kentucky 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 Veterinary Countermeasures Biologics Development Based on USDA Center for Veterinary Biologics Regulations for Successful Licensure of New Products