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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
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
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
Individuals (as workers, consumers, members of society)
item A Multi-Tactic Push-Pull Strategy for Controlling Stable Flies on Pasture Cattle in Nebraska and Florida.
item A Nutrimetabolomic Approach to Identify Biomarkers of Whole Grain Intake
item A Nutrimetabolomic Approach to Identify Biomarkers of Whole Grain Intake
item A Pilot Study of Intermittent Calorie Restriction in Multiple Sclerosis
item A Pilot Study of Intermittent Calorie Restriction in Multiple Sclerosis
item A Systematic Research Approach to Responsive Agriculture for the Advancement of Health
item A Systems Approach to Responsive Agriculture
item Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism and Excretion of Food Components and their Impact on Chronic Disease Risk
item Acute Effects of Sedentary Behaviors on Cardiometabolic Risk in Latino Youth
item Adipocyte Gap Junction on Milk Production and Milk Quality
item Adipose Tissue Biology
item Advancing the Nutritional Quality of Staple Food Crops for Improved Intestinal Function and Health
item AI Institute for Next Generation Food Systems
item Aligning Production Agricultural Systems to Enhance Diet and Health Outcomes
item Almonds and Satiety: A Randomized Intervention Trial Examining Acute and Chronic Effects
item Almonds Snacks and Satiety: A Randomized Intervention Trial Examining Acute and Chronic Effects
item Analysis of Secondary Metabolites in Plants
item Analytical Study and Method Development for Nutrient Composition of Human Milk
item Analytical Study and Method Development of Vitamin and Mineral Composition of Human Milk
item Are Protective Effects of Blueberry Polyphenols Mediated by the Microbiome
item Assessment of Antimicrobial Resistance Genes in Human Fecal Samples
item Assessment of Intestinal Permeability in Human Participants
item Association of Dairy Intake With Protection Against Gastrointestinal Inflammation
item Association of Neuroavailable Metabolites with Cognitive Alterations Following Continuous or Intermittent Wild Blueberry Supplementation in Old Rats
item Beef as Part of a Structured Protein Intake Pattern during Weight Loss on Body Composition, Snacking, and Adherence to a Weight Control Diet
item Beef as Part of a Structured Protein Intake Pattern during Weight Loss on Body Composition, Snacking, and Adherence to a Weight Control Diet
item Biological Mechanisms Through Which TMAO Promotes Atherosclerosis
item Biomarkers of Nutritional Status Resulting from Altered Food Composition
item Body Weight and Health Consequences
item Cancer Prevention with Dietary Phytochemicals
item Characterizing the Physiological Role of SLC22A24
item Clinical Research
item Collaboration Agreement for the Transfer of Human Data
item Collaboration on a Dietary Recall Interview Innovation Project
item Collaborative Animal Research Between Cornell University and USDA-ARS
item Collaborative Research in Human Nutrition
item Collaborative Research in Human Nutrition
item Community Nutrition and Physical Activity Program
item Composition of Early Human Milk (E-MILQ) Brazil
item Composition of Early Human Milk (E-MILQ) Brazil
item Composition of Early Human Milk (E-MILQ) the Gambia
item Continue to Obtain Food and Beverage Products for the USDA Global Branded Food Products Database
item Defining a Pathway of Oxalic Acid Catabolism, Influence on Nutritional Composition, Phytochemical, and Production in Dietary Important Plants
item Deployed Warfighter Protection Research Program
item Deployed Warfighter Protection Research Program (2018)
item Deployed Warfighter Protection Research Program (2018)
item Development of Educational and Pest Control Tools for Small Flock and Organic Poultry Producers
item Development of Effective Analytical Methods for Evaluation of Hemp Materials & Processing Products for Phytochemical Composition, incl Cannabinoids
item Development of Enhanced Bio-Based Products from Low Value Agricultural Co-Products and Wastes
item Development of Expert Computer Programs for Identification of Secondary Metabolites in Mass Spectral Data
item Development of Regulatory Treatments for Imported Fire Ants in Nursery Stock, 2020-2021
item Diet and Cardiovascular Health
item Diet and Cardiovascular Health
item Dietary and Physical Activity Guidance for Weight Loss and Maintenance
item Dietary and Physical Activity Influences on Infant/Child/Adolescent/Maternal Health and Development
item Dietary Interventions to Reduce Risk of Chronic Disease
item Dietary Strategies for Cancer Prevention
item Dietary Strategies for Cancer Prevention
item DNA Barcodes/Fingerprints, Chemical Fingerprints, and Metabolic Profiles for Botanical Supplements
item Drug-Vitamin Interactions Mediated by the Thiamine Transporter, SLC19A3
item Early-MILQ (E-MILQ) Study to Collect and Analyze Human Milk During the First Month Postpartum
item Eating Patterns and Obesity Prevention in Children
item Effect of Minimally Processed Meat and Further Processed Meat on Biomarkers and Risk Factors for Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease - Phase 1
item Effect of Minimally Processed Meat and Further Processed Meat on Biomarkers and Risk Factors for Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease - Phase 1
item Effects of Ant-Produced Compounds on Microbes
item Effects of Diet and Physical Activity on Maternal/Child/Adolescent Health and Development
item ELICIT: Early Life Interventions for Childhood Growth and Development In Tanzania
item Energy Met.: Novel Approaches to Facilitating Successful Energy Regulation in Aging--Obesity & Met.: Role of Adipocyte Metabolism in the Development of Obesity and Associated Metabolic Complications
item Environmental Impact on Nutrient Profiles of Foods
item Epidemiology of Childhood Diet and Obesity
item Epigenetic Mechanisms Mediating Developmental Programming of Obesity
item Evaluation of Human Milk, Dairy Resources, and Medical Nutrition Products to Optimally Meet Human Infant's Nutrition Needs
item Evidence Map on the Relationship Between Exposure to Dietary Sweetness and Body Weight-Related Outcomes in Adults
item Evidence Scanning for Dietary Reference Intake Nutrients
item Exploiting Nutrition and Protein Quality Controls to Delay Age-related Macular Degeneration and Cataracts
item Exploiting Nutrition and Protein Quality Controls to Delay Age-related Macular Degeneration and Cataracts
item Extraction and Assessment of Milk Cell RNA in MILQ Samples
item FASEB Virtual Science Conference: The Nutrition, Immunity and Inflammation Conference
item Field Study - Copenhagen: the Mothers, Infants and Lactation Quality (MILQ) Project
item Field Study-Bangladesh: Mothers, Infants and Lactation Quality(MILQ) Project
item Field Study-MRC The Gambia: Mothers, Infants and Lactation Quality (MILQ) Project
item Field Study-Rio de Janeiro: Mothers, Infants and Lactation Quality (MILQ) Project
item Food Factors, Meal Patterns, and Lipoproteins
item Food Forum
item FY21 Developing Biological Control and other Safeguarding Tools to Manage Invasive Pests
item Genetic Studies of Choline Driven TMAO Production
item Graphene in Textiles for Vector Protection
item Headquarters Cooperative Programs - Food Nutrition, Safety, and Quality (FNSQ)
item Health Promoting Roles of Food Bio-active Phenolic Compounds on Obesity-Altered Metabolic Functions and Physiology
item Health Promoting Roles of Food Bio-Active Phenolic Compounds on Obesity-Altered Metabolic Functions and Physiology
item Healthy Eating and Lifestyle for Total Health (HEALTH)
item Human Milk Volume Measurement by the Deuterated Water Method in the MILQ Study
item Human Obesity Prevention Research
item Identifying the Role of Pulses in a Healthful Diet: Metabolomic Signatures of Dietary Pulses and their Benefits on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors
item Impact of Diet on Intestinal Microbiota, Gut Health and Immune Function
item Impact of Food and Particulates on Metabolic Risk
item Impact of Maternal Influence and Early Dietary Factors on Child Growth, Development, and Metabolic Health
item Impact of Perinatal Nutrition on Metabolic Health and Disease Prevention
item Improved Surveillance and Control of Stable Flies, House Flies, and Other Filth Flies
item Improvement of Cardiovascular Health, Insulin Resistance, and Lipid Status by Bing Sweet Cherry Powder Consumption in Overweight Human Subjects
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 Food Systems in the New England States to Enhance Small Farm Sustainability, Value-Added Processing, and Public Nutrition and Health
item Improving Public Health by Understanding Metabolic and Bio-Behavioral Effects of Following Recommendations in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans
item Improving the Dietary Guidelines for Americans by Understanding Genetic and Dietary Interactions in Mice
item Improving Vitality, Sustainability, and Value-Added Processing by Animal Food Systems in the New England States in a manner that Enhances Nutrition and Public Health
item Increasing Small-Farm Viability, Sustainable Production and Human Nutrition in Local Food Systems of the New England States
item Increasing Small-Farm Viability, Sustainable Production and Human Nutrition in Plant-Based Food Systems of the New England States
item Increasing Small-Farm Viability, Sustainable Production and Human Nutrition in the Local Food Systems of the New England States
item Individual Differences in the Neuronal and Behavioral Response to Exposure to HZE Particles
item Integrated Pest Management of Mosquitoes and Biting Flies
item Interplay Between Health Behaviors and Food Environments in the Mississippi Delta
item Interplay of the Physical Environment, Social Domain, and Intrapersonal Factors on Nutrition and Physical Activity Related Health Behaviors in Children and Adolescents
item Intestinal Microbiome and Childhood Feeding
item Longitudinal Analysis of Diet Quality, Health Outcomes and Mortality and Predictors of Living to Become a Centenarian
item Management of Fire Ants and Other Invasive Ants
item Maternal Diet, Trans-generational Inheritance of Microbiota and Metabolic Syndrome
item Maternal, Infant, and Human Milk Iodine Status in the MILQ Study
item Maximizing Access to Research Careers
item Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration in a Porcine Model of Diet-Induced CVD
item Metabolic and Epigenetic Regulation of Nutritional Metabolism
item Metabolite Profiling and Chemical Fingerprinting Methods for Characterization of Foods, Botanical Supplements, and Biological Materials
item Metabolizable Energy Value of Pulses in the Human Diet
item Metabolizable Energy Value of Pulses in the Human Diet
item Metabolomic Approaches to Dietary Interventions
item Metabolomic Methods for Plant and Animal Specimens
item Metabolomic Methods for Plant and Animal Specimens
item Metagenomic Approaches to Dietary Interventions
item Microbiota and Nutritional Health
item Micronutrient Bioavailability of Foods
item Modulation of Inflammation in Obese Individuals After Consuming a Functional Tomato-Soy Juice
item Modulation of Inflammation in Obese Males After Consuming a Functional Tomato-Soy Juice
item Molecular Determinants of Energy Metabolism Regulation and Gut Function in Response to Zinc Deficiency
item Molecular, Cellular, and Regulatory Aspects of Obesity Development
item Mothers, Infants and Lactation Quality-Extra Analyses (MILQ II) Project
item Mothers, Infants and Lactation Quality-Extra Analyses (MILQ II) Project II
item MOU Between USDA/ARS and the Chungnam National University (CNU), College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
item MOU between USDA/ARS and the University College Dublin Centre for Food Safety
item National Academy of Sciences Food and Nutrition Board Food Forum
item National Academy of Sciences Food and Nutrition Board Food Forum
item Neural Circuits and Obesity Mechanisms
item Novel Approaches to Facilitating Successful Energy Regulation in Aging
item Novel Spatial Repellents and Insecticides to Circumvent Pyrethroid Resistance
item Nutrient Metabolism and Musculoskeletal Health in Older Adults
item Nutrient Metabolism and Musculoskeletal Health in Older Adults
item Nutrition and Regenerative Medicine for Preventing Age-Related Neurological Disorders
item Nutrition and Regenerative Medicine for Preventing Age-Related Neurological Disorders
item Nutrition Research to Identify Dietary Compounds that Reduce the Risk of Cancer
item Nutrition Research to Identify Dietary Compounds that Reduce the Risk of Cancer
item Nutrition Research to Identify Dietary Compounds that Reduce the Risk of Cancer
item Nutrition, Epidemiology, and Healthy Aging
item Nutrition, Epidemiology, and Healthy Aging
item Nutrition, Immune and Inflammatory Responses, and Related Diseases
item Nutrition, Immune and Inflammatory Responses, and Related Diseases
item Nutrition, Sarcopenia, Physical Function, and Skeletal Muscle Capacity During Aging
item Nutrition, Sarcopenia, Physical Function, and Skeletal Muscle Capacity During Aging
item Nutritional Quality and Micronutrient Bioavailability of Foods
item Nutritional Role of Phytochemicals
item Optimizing the Convenience, Nutrition, and Taste of Yellow Dry Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) to Promote Pulse Consumption in the U.S.
item OXYGENATE = Oxylipins Signature to Monitor the Cardiometabolic Status and its Response to Dietary Intervention
item Personalized Nutrition and Healthy Aging
item Personalized Nutrition and Healthy Aging
item Plant Antinutrients and the Gut Microbiome: A New Dimension
item Preventing the Development of Childhood Obesity
item Program Development to Address Responsive Agriculture for the Advancement of Health
item Regulation of Glucose and Gluconeogenesis and their Roles in Type-2 Diabetes and Obesity
item Research to Understand How Maternal-Child Nutrition and Physical Activity Optimize Health and Development
item Role of Adipocyte Metabolism in the Development of Obesity and Associated Metabolic Complications
item Room Calorimeter Evaluation of Ambulatory Metabolic Monitoring System that Predicts Metabolic Fuel Use
item Room Calorimeter Evaluation of Ambulatory Metabolic Monitoring System that Predicts Metabolic Fuel Use
item Rural Aging Study (Geisinger)
item Spatial repellent products for protection of individual and garrisoned soldiers from biting arthropods
item Strategies to Alter Dietary Food Components and Their Effects on Food Choice and Health-Related Outcomes
item Studies on the Effects of I3C/DIM on AhR-mediated Pathway
item TBD
item Technical Applications Used in Monitoring, Processing, and Reporting Dietary Intakes of U.S. Population
item Technical Nutrition Support for National Dietary Databases
item Technical Nutrition Support for National Dietary Databases (2020-2025)
item The Effect of Pregnancy and Lactation on Carotenoid Status and Bioactivity
item The Effect of Repellents and Insecticides on Mosquito Behavior and Arbovirus Transmission Risk
item The effects of acute raspberry intake on the relationship between enhanced metabolic control and cognitive and psychomotor function
item The Effects of Acute Raspberry Intake on the Relationship Between Enhanced Metabolic Control and Cognitive and Psychomotor Function
item The Effects of Strawberry Supplementation on Memory and Gait Among Obese Older Adults
item The Impact of Different Approaches to Dietary Sugar Reduction on Food Preference and Intake
item The Impact of Different Approaches to Dietary Sugar Reduction on Food Preference and Intake
item The Microbiome as a Mediator of Host-Genome-Determined Lactation Outcomes
item The Mobile Pesticide App: Refinement and Development to Produce a Public Beta
item The Mothers, Infants and Lactation Quality (MILQ) Project: A Multi-Center Collaborative Study
item The Mothers, Infants and Lactation Quality (MILQ) Study Supplement: MILQ2
item The Potential Contribution of Beta-Carotene Metabolites to Cancer Risk
item The Potential Contribution of Beta-Carotene Metabolites to Cancer Risk
item The Role of Dietary and Lifestyle Factors on Nutrition and Related Health Status Using Large-Scale Survey Data
item The Role of Honey and Small Intestine Microbes in Digestive Health
item The Study of Dietary and Nutritional Assessment of Older Adults
item Using an Integrated Model to Determine How Chronic Dairy Consumption Affects Factors Linked to Food Intake & Satiety
item Using Diversity Outbred Mice to Model Heterogenous Diet Responses
item Valorization of Dairy Sidestreams to Fight Calcium Deficits in Postmenopausal Women
item Wasmannia Auropunctata – A New Emerging Threat in North Central Florida
item West Coast Central Comprehensive Metabolomics Resource Core (WC3MRC)
item WHNRC Fiber Intervention Study: Dietary Assessment