ARS Research Labs Studying Apple

• Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory
• Plant Genetic Resources Research

38 Research Projects Studying Apple

• Insights into regulated deficit irrigation on apple growth and color development (Appalachian Fruit Research Laboratory: Innovative Fruit Production, Improvement and Protection)
• Evaluating suppression of erwinia amylovora in commercial apple production using symbiotic methylobacteria (Appalachian Fruit Research Laboratory: Innovative Fruit Production, Improvement and Protection)
• Developing effective plum curculio management regimes for apple crops using currently available tools (Appalachian Fruit Research Laboratory: Innovative Fruit Production, Improvement and Protection)
• Survey of mid-atlantic apple orchards for cultivar-specific relationships among insect prevalence, canopy conditions, and fruit quality (Appalachian Fruit Research Laboratory: Innovative Fruit Production, Improvement and Protection)
• Implementation of variable-rate airflow to intelligent sprayers used in apple orchards (Application Technology Research)
• Resolving inoculum sources and evaluating alternatives to mitigate postharvest diseases, food losses, and mycotoxin contamination in apple (Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Food Quality Laboratory)
• Genotypic analyses of the usda-national plant germplasm system apple collection (Center for Agricultural Resources Research: Agricultural Genetic Resources Preservation Research)
• Remediation and conversion of apple snail waste via pyrolysis (Eastern Regional Research Center: Sustainable Biofuels and Co-products Research)
• Bad apples? next generation postharvest risk assessment tools (Physiology and Pathology of Tree Fruits Research)
• Risk assessment for loss of firmness of apple fruit during storage (Physiology and Pathology of Tree Fruits Research)
• Improving approaches to apple, pear, and sweet cherry cold chain management (Physiology and Pathology of Tree Fruits Research)
• Reducing storage disorders of ‘sugar bee’ apple (Physiology and Pathology of Tree Fruits Research)
• Evaluating the multifaceted role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in apple (Physiology and Pathology of Tree Fruits Research)
• Benefits of and barriers to dynamic controlled atmosphere (dca) storage: analyses needed for technology uptake by the u.s. apple industry (Physiology and Pathology of Tree Fruits Research)
• Assessing barriers to and benefits of amf colonization in apple (Physiology and Pathology of Tree Fruits Research)
• Towards next generation maturity indices: apple biomarker discovery (Physiology and Pathology of Tree Fruits Research)
• Threat assessment and resistance characterization of a novel ecotype of woolly apple aphid (Plant Genetic Resources Research)
• Management and development of apple, cold-hardy grape, and tart cherry genetic resources and associated information (Plant Genetic Resources Research)
• Development of improved apple rootstocks with tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses (Plant Genetic Resources Research)
• Development of an automated and integrated mobile system (aims) for apple harvest and in-field sorting (Sugarbeet and Bean Research)
• Development of a comprehensive coordination system for dual-arm robotic apple harvesting (Sugarbeet and Bean Research)
• Development of an automated and integrated mobile system (aims) for apple harvest and in-field sorting (Sugarbeet and Bean Research)
• Development of an automated and integrated mobile system (aims) for apple harvest and in-field sorting - montana state university (Sugarbeet and Bean Research)
• Development of an automated and integrated mobile system (aims) for apple harvest and in-field sorting - michigan state university (Sugarbeet and Bean Research)
• Development of an automated and integrated mobile system (aims) for apple harvest and in-field sorting - michigan state university 2 (Sugarbeet and Bean Research)
• Development of an automated and integrated mobile system (aims) for apple harvest and in-field sorting - michigan state university (Sugarbeet and Bean Research)
• Development of an automated and integrated mobile system (aims) for apple harvest and in-field sorting - pennsylvania state university (Sugarbeet and Bean Research)
• Development of an automated and integrated mobile system (aims) for apple harvest and in-field sorting - washington state university (Sugarbeet and Bean Research)
• Development of an automated and integrated mobile system (aims) for apple harvest and in-field sorting - precise manufacturing (Sugarbeet and Bean Research)
• Best practices for releasing lacewings in apples (Temperate Tree Fruit and Vegetable Research)
• Whirligig mite: a new biocontrol agent for apples and pears (Temperate Tree Fruit and Vegetable Research)
• Developing best practices for releasing lacewings in apples (Temperate Tree Fruit and Vegetable Research)
• Extension activities for best practices for releasing lacewings in apples (Temperate Tree Fruit and Vegetable Research)
• Apple snail (pomacea maculata) integrated pest management tactics for crawfish, catfish, and rice crop production (Warmwater Aquaculture Research Unit)
• Economic analysis of the impact of apple snails on the u.s. crawfish industry (Warmwater Aquaculture Research Unit)
• Apple snail (pomacea maculata) integrated pest management tactics for crawfish, catfish, and rice crop production (Warmwater Aquaculture Research Unit)
• Evaluating parasitic infection status and diversity of invasive apple snails in the southeastern united states (Warmwater Aquaculture Research Unit)
• Utilizing invasive apple snail shells for chitosan films, coatings and biocides - albany, ca (Western Regional Research Center: Bioproducts Research)