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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
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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
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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
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Plum
Potato
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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
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Striped bass
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Summer annual grasses (includes forage sorghums, sudangrass, sorghum)
Sunflower
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Sweet sorghum
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Swine, live animal
Table grapes
Taro
Tea
The family and its members
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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
Citrus, general/other
item 3.0292.03 Bactrocera ID Tools FY19
item 3.0292.03 Bactrocera ID Tools FY19
item 3.0351.03 Resolving Species Complexes of Bactrocera Fruit Flies FY20
item 3.0351.03 Resolving Species Complexes of Bactrocera Fruit Flies FY20
item 6.0179 Expanding Non-transgenic Genetic Sexing Systems to New Pests Tephritids
item 6R.0392.00 Expanding Non-Transgenic Genetic Sexing Systems to New Pest Tephritid Species
item 6R.0392.00 Expanding Non-Transgenic Genetic Sexing Systems to New Pest Tephritid Species
item A Screen of Nodule-Specific Cysteine-Rich Peptides for Control of the HLB Bacterium in Citrus
item Accelerating Implementation of HLB Tolerant Hybrids as new commercial cultivars for fresh and processed citrus
item Accelerating Implementation of HLB Tolerant Hybrids as New Commerical Cultivars for Fresh and Processed Citrus
item Accelerating Implementation of Huanglongbing (HLB) Tolerant Hybrids - University of California
item Accelerating Implementation of Huanglongbing (HLB) Tolerant Hybrids as New Commercial Cultivars for Fresh and Processed Citrus
item Accelerating Implementation of Huanglongbing (HLB) Tolerant Hybrids as New Commercial Cultivars for Fresh and Processed Citrus
item Advancing Value-Adding Technologies for Juice Processing Co-Products
item Agreement with Agricultural Marketing Services (AMS) to Store PVP Seed Material
item An Assessment of Genetic Breakdown and Transposon Vector Horizontal Transfer as it Affects Transgenic Strain Stability in Insect Species
item An Integrated Approach to the Accelerated Development of Rootstocks that Impart Huanglongbing Tolerance to Trees Grafted with Commercial Scions
item An NGS-based System for Unambiguous Detection of HLB Pathogen
item Analysis and Manipulation of Transgene Expression in Fruit Fly Species for Improved Population Control
item Application of Novel and Effective Oviposition Deterrents for Bactrocera Dorsalis and other Invasive Fruit flies
item Application of Novel and Effective Oviposition Deterrents for Bactrocera Dorsalis and Other Invasive Fruit Flies
item Areawide - Integration of Coffee Berry Borer Studies in Puerto Rico
item ARS Support Provided to APHIS in its role in coordinating the National Clean Plant Network (NCPN) Governing Board for FY 2019
item Bactrocera ID Tools (FB3.0406.04; FY2018)
item Biological Control of Weeds Endemic to Southeast Asia and Australia that are Invasive in the United States
item Breaking Critical Pest-Related Trade Barriers for California Citrus Exports: Systems Approach Evaluations
item Breaking Critical Pest-Related Trade Barriers for California Citrus Exports: Systems Approach Evaluations
item Bringing Historic Seed Test Data Alive Through Machine Learning Algorithms: Proof of Concept
item CAP: Combining cultural and genetic approaches for grove success to unravel and enhance resistance/tolerance to Huanglongbing
item Chemical Communications of Plants, Insects, Microbes, and Nematodes
item Conservation, Management and Distribution of Citrus and Date Genetic Resources and Associated Information
item Continuation on Refinement and Application of Greenhouse Methods to Evaluate Scion and Rootstock Tolerance to CLas (CRB Grant 19-5200-168A)
item Creation of new embryonic transactivator drivers for the Mediterranean tephritid fruit fly
item Delivery of Verified Huanglongbing (HLB)-Resistant Transgenic Citrus Cultivars
item Demonstrating Bioeconomy Technologies for the Tropics
item Deployment of a Spectrum of Bactericides to Cure and Prophylactically Treat Citrus Huanglongbing
item Determination of Flavor and Healthful Benefits of Florida-Grown Fruits and Vegetables and Development of Postharvest Treatments to Optimize Shelf Life an Quality for Their Fresh and Processed Products
item Develop Therapies Using a Novel Class of Citrus-derived Dual-functional Antimicrobial Peptides to Cure HLB-positive Trees and Protect Healthy Trees
item Developing Abiotic Stress Tolerant Wheat Using Gene Editing
item Developing Cas12a-Based Technologies for Early Detection of Exotic Phytoplasmas
item Developing Pre- and Postharvest Methods to Control Diplodia Stem-end Rot to Reduce Mandatory Segregation of Florida Grapefruit Exports to Japan
item Development and Evaluation of Attractants for Anastrepha Fruit Flies
item Development of Ethyl Formate Fumigation and its Application on Pineapple Mealybugs
item Development of Ethyl Formate Fumigation and its Application on Pineapple Mealybugs
item Development of Genebanking Training Materials and Seed Germination Studies
item Development of Huanglongbing Resistant/tolerant Citrus Through Genomic Approaches
item Development of New and Improved Surveillance, Detection, Control, and Management Technologies for Fruit Flies and Invasive Pests of Tropical and Subtropical Crops
item Development of SuperSour and Other Outstanding Rootstocks with Tolerance to HLB
item Development of Vine Mealybug Genomic Resources for Species Identification, Tracking, and Insecticide Resistance Surveillance
item Discovering Stem-Dwelling Fungal Biocontrol Agents to Manage Grapevine Fungal Canker Diseases and Pierce's Disease
item Discovery and Development of Biological Control Agents for Weeds that are Invasive in the U.S. and Native to Australia and Asia
item Early Detection of Red Palm Weevil Using Acoustic and Optical Methods
item Ecology and Integrated Management of Ambrosia Beetles in Eastern US Orchard and Ornamental Tree Crops
item Effects on Surrounding Gene Activity Due to Gene Stacking within a Predefined Location of the Soybean Genome
item Efficient and Effective Preservation and Management of Plant and Microbial Genetic Resource Collections
item Enhancing Educational Outcomes for Plant Genetic Resources Conservation and Use
item Evaluating Imidacloprid Resistance in Vine Mealybug: Collections, Assay Development, and Surveys
item Exotic Pathogens of Citrus: Curation, Diagnostics, and Interactions
item Expanding Non-transgenic Genetic Sexing Systems to New Pests Tephritids
item Expansion of the PDI Data Management Tools Suites and Systems to Directly Support APHIS PPQ Funding Citrus Programs
item Exploiting Pattern Triggered Immunity to Combat Huanglongbing
item FB6.0331 FF Non-transgenic Genetic Sexing Systems
item FB6.0331 FF Non-transgenic Genetic Sexing Systems
item Female-specific Conditional Lethality Genetic-Sexing Strains For Improved SIT
item Fort Pierce Field Site for Validating HLB and/or ACP Resistance
item Fumigation Treatments to Eliminate Invasive Pests of Concern in U.S.-Korea Trade
item Genetic Characterization of Citrus and Date Germplasm
item Genetic Improvement of Citrus for Enhanced Resistance to Huanglongbing Disease and Other Stresses
item Genome-Based Strategies and Physiological Biomarkers for Detection and Identification of plant Pathogenic Phytoplasmas and Spiroplasmas
item Genomic Engineering of Fruit Fly Pest Species to Improve Their Control by Biologically-based Methods
item Genomics Based Technology for Identification, Tracking, Insecticide Resistance Surveillance, and Pest Management of Vine Mealybug in Vineyards
item Genomics Based Technology for Identification, Tracking, Surveillance, and Pest Management of Vine Mealybug in Vineyards
item Genomics Based Technology for Identification, Tracking, Surveillance, and Pest Management of Vine Mealybug in Vineyards
item Group Behavior and Chemical Signaling as Drivers for Entomopathogenic Nematode Foraging and Infection Dynamics
item Identification of a Fruit Fly Surrogate and Development of Postharvest Treatments for the Quarantine Pest Bactrocera Dorsalis
item Identification of a Fruit Fly Surrogate and Development of Postharvest Treatments for the Quarantine Pest Bactrocera Dorsalis
item Identification of Attractants for Improved Detection of Female Oriental Fruit Flies Invading Florida
item Identification of Behavioral Mechanisms for Potential Suppression of Black Widow Spiders, Lactrodectus hesperus Chamberlin and Ivie, in Vineyards
item Identification of Behavioral Mechanisms for Potential Suppression of Black Widow Spiders, Latrodectus Hesperus Chamberlin and Ivie, in Vineyards
item Identification of Genes and Gene Products Involved in Vector-Pathogen Interactions to Control Vector-borne Pathogens
item Identification of Giant African Snail Odors to Aid Detector Dog Training
item Identification of Giant African Snail Odors to Aid Detector Dog Training
item Identification of Novel Management Strategies for Key Pests and Pathogens of Grapevine with Emphasis on the Xylella Fastidiosa Pathosystem
item Identification of Semiochemicals for Regulation of Potentially Invasive Pests or Beneficial Organisms for the Control of Invasive Pests to the U.S.
item Improved Biologically-Based Methods for Management of Native and Invasive Crop Insect Pests
item Improved Detection and Control of Tropical Invasive Insect Pests
item Improved Systems-based Approaches that Maintain Commodity Quality and Control of Arthropod Pests Important to U.S. Agricultural Production, Trade and Quarantine
item Improving Protection Against Bactrocera and other Tephritid Fruit Flies
item In Support of Development of SuperSour and Other Outstanding Rootstocks with Tolerance to HLB
item Integrated Pest Management for Invasive Pests in Florida
item Integrated Pest Management of Coffee Berry Borer in Puerto Rico
item Interfering with Insect Vector Transmission of Plant Pathogens Using RNA-based Technology
item Leveraging a Structure-Function Approach to Block Polerovirus Transmission by Aphids
item Leveraging a Structure-Function Approach to Block Polerovirus Transmission by Aphids
item Management and Biology of Arthropod Pests and Arthropod-borne Plant Pathogens
item Manipulating light and temperature in the nursery to improve budbreak and growth during winter
item Methodology Development: Identification of Biomarkers for Detection and Exclusion of Insect Pests in Agricultural Commodities
item Microbial Interactions in the Soybean Cyst Nematode Suppressive Soil Microbiome
item Mitigation of Invasive Pest Threats to U.S. Subtropical Agriculture
item Molecular Genetic Tools Advancing the Application of Biotechnology for Crop Improvement
item Molecular Identification, Characterization, and Biology of Foreign and Emerging Viral and Bacterial Plant Pathogens
item New Bioactive Dairy Products for Health-Promoting Functional Foods
item Optimization of Orange Juice Extraction and Processing to Improve Flavor and Nutritional Quality for Huanglongbing (HLB) Affected Oranges
item Optimizing Male Attraction Technique Application Density Against Bactrocera dorsalis
item Pesticide- and Attractant-based Control of Oriental Fruit Flies and Related Pests of Small and Large Fruit Crops
item Phloem Specific Responses to CLas for the Identification of Novel HLB Resistance Genes
item Phloem Specific Responses to CLas for the Identification of Novel HLB Resistance Genes
item Plant Exploration in the Central Highlands and Mountainous Area of Northern Vietnam to Collect Malus doumeri Germplasm
item Plant Genetic Resources for Tropical Crop Collections
item Postharvest Protection of Tropical Commodities for Improved Market Access and Quarantine Security
item Preservation of Citrus Germplasm and Improving Pathogen Detection
item Preventing Xylella Fastidiosa in California Ripe Olive by Determining Susceptibility of California Ripe Olive Varieties
item Protection of the USDA/ARS Citrus Collection from Disease through Cryopreservation Technologies
item Rapid and Accurate Diagnostic Identification of Phytoplasmas for the Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) Program (ARS) FY2018
item Resolving Species Complexes of Bactrocera Fruit Flies
item Roseau Cane Die-off: Host Plant Resistance to a Nonnative Scale Insect, Pest Management, and Restoration of Marsh Grasses
item Seed Quality and Germination Tests of Seeds Stored at NLGRP
item Selection, Molecular and Genetic Analysis of HLB Tolerant/resistant Variant Citrus Plants
item Sex Selection Genes from Fruit Fly Species for Use in SITplus
item Simultaneous Applications of SIT and MAT to Enhance Pest Bactrocera Management
item Staffing and Operation for National Clonal Repositories for Plant Germplasm
item Sterile Male Fruit Fly Strains for Improved Biologically-Based Population Control
item Studies of Queensland Longhorn Beetle to Monitor and Control its Spread in Hawaii
item Studies of Queensland Longhorn Beetle to Monitor and Control its Spread in Hawaii
item Sustainable Citrus Production
item Systems approaches to eliminate pests of concern to the Hawaii Ornamental Export Industry
item Technologies for the Detection of Bacterial and Plant Toxins and Allergens that Impact Food Safety and Food Defense
item The Effect of the Ionization State of Iron and Citric Acid on the Health of HLB-infected Trees
item Therapeutic Molecule Evaluation and Field Delivery Pipeline for Solutions to HLB
item Therapeutic Molecule Evaluation and Field Delivery Pipeline for Solutions to HLB, Albany, California
item Top-Down Proteomics in Support of Proteogenomics of Bacterial Plant Pathogens
item Trap Development and Biological Assessment of Acalolepta aesthetica (an Invasive Longhorn Beetle Attacking Cacao)
item Using Modified Insect Neuropeptides to Control the Asian Citrus Psyllid
item Virus-Protein Interactions Mediating Protein Trafficking
item Widespread Field Testing of New HLB-tolerant Citrus Scions & Rootstocks: Tree Evaluation in Field Trials Established by Major MAC-funded Projects
item Zero Waste Agricultural Processing