FY 2003 BUDGET BRIEFINGS:

  PROGRAM ISSUE PAPERS

         INDEX

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Agriculture Network Information Center (AgNIC) - NAL-Frierson......................... A1.....................

Aflatoxin Issues-Robens/Lindsay......................... A2

Africanized Honey Bees-Hackett.......................... A3

Agricultural Genome Program-Ellis......................... A4

Air Quality and Particulate Matter-Amerman......................... A5

Animal Biotechnology & Cloning-vice Kappes......................... A6.....................

Animal Disease Biocontainment Facilities-vice Animal Health......................... A7.....................

Animal Ethology (Welfare) - Livestock Behavior & Livestock Issues

     Research Units-Smith......................... A8

Animal Genome/Germplasm-vice Kappes......................... A9

Animal Health-vice Animal Health......................... A10

Animal Manure - Food Safety-Robens......................... A11

Animal Waste Management-Wright/Jawson/Smith......................... A12

Animal Welfare Information Center (NAL)-Frierson......................... A13

Antimicrobial/Antibiotic Resistance-Robens/Lindsay......................... A14

Aquaculture-Smith......................... A15

Aquaculture-Alaska-Smith......................... A16

Aquaculture-Orono, Maine-Smith......................... A17

Aquatic Weeds-Delfosse......................... A18

Areawide Pest Management/Integrated Pest Management-Faust......................... A19...................

Arkansas Center for Agriculture and the Environment-Rexroad/Ellwood......................... A20

Asian Longhorned Beetle-Hackett......................... A21...................

Avian Influenza-vice Animal Health......................... A22

Avian Leukosis J Virus-vice Animal Health......................... A23

Bee Research-Hackett......................... B1

Bees, Africanized Honey-Hackett......................... See A3

Bioavailability of Nutrients or Other Compounds Derived from

     Biotechnology-Ellwood......................... See N14

Bioavailability and Metabolism of Phytochemicals Intended to Promote

     Health-Ellwood......................... See P7

Biobased Products-Flora ......................... B2

Bioinformatics-Ellis......................... See U4

Biotechnology Risk Assessment-Radin......................... B3

Bioterrorism-Rexroad/Urlaub......................... B4

Biocontainment Facilities, Animal Diseases-vice Animal Health......................... See A7

Biofuels-Erbach......................... B5

Biotechnology Research and Development Consortium-Flora......................... B6

Boll Weevil Eradication Research Program-Faust ......................... B7.....................

Bovine Brucellosis-vice Animal Health......................... B8

Bovine Paratuberculosis (Johne's Disease)-vice Animal Health......................... B9

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy-vice Animal Health......................... See T6

Bovine Tuberculosis-vice Animal Health......................... B10

Bronze Wilt, an Emerging Disease of Cotton-Radin......................... B11

Brown Citrus Aphid (BCA)/Citrus Tristeza Virus (CTV)-Bennett......................... B12...................

Bt Cotton - Current Status-Radin......................... B13...................

Campylobacter-Robens/Lindsay......................... C1

Carbon Storage and Sequestration-Shafer......................... C2

Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Research-Rosenberg......................... C3

CGIAR Centers-Herrera......................... C4.....................

Citrus Bacterial Canker, Asian Strain-Bennett......................... C5

Charleston, SC - New U.S. Vegetable Laboratory-Cameron......................... C6

Citrus Root Weevil (Diaprepes)-Faust......................... C7.....................

Citrus Tristeza Virus/Brown Citrus Aphid-Bennett......................... See B12

Clean Water Action Plan-Bucks......................... C8

Competitive Exclusion-Robens/Lindsay......................... C9

Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans-Wright/Jawson/Bucks......................... C10

Coordinated Dietary Survey Between USDA & DHHS-Ellwood......................... C11

Cotton, Bt-Radin......................... See B13

Cryptosporidiosis and Related Protozoan Diseases-Robens/Bucks......................... C12

Diaprepes Root Weevil-Faust......................... See C7

Dioxins-Robens......................... D1

Drought Preparedness, Impact Assessment, and Mitigation-vice Farrell......................... D2

E.coli 0157:H7-Robens/Lindsay......................... E1.....................

Eradication Research Program, Boll Weevil-Faust......................... See B7

Endophyte/Tall Fescue-Robens/Byington......................... E2

Ethanol Pilot Plant-Erbach......................... E3

European Biological Control Laboratory-Hackett/Greene......................... E4

Everglades Restoration-Bucks......................... E5

Fiber Flax-Radin/Wilson......................... F1

Fire Ants-Rosenberg......................... See I2

Fire Blight (Japan)-Vick......................... See W9

Fire and Rangeland Ecosystem Restoration-Byington......................... F2

Florida A&M University-Center for Biological Control-Hackett......................... F3

Food Irradiation-Lindsay......................... F4.....................

Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)-Faust....................... F5

Food Safety-Robens/Lindsay....................... F6

Food Safety Research Information Program - NAL-Frierson....................... F7...................

Forage and Pasture Research-Byington....................... F8

Formosan Subterranean Termites-Rosenberg....................... F9

Fort Pierce Laboratory-Cameron....................... F10.................

Fruit Fly Program in Hawaii-Vick....................... F11

Fruits and Vegetables Safety-Lindsay/Robens....................... F12

Fumonisins-Robens....................... F13

Genetically Modified Organisms-Radin....................... G1

Genetic Resources, National Program-Bretting....................... G2..................

Genome/Germplasm, Animal-vice Kappes....................... See A9

Genome, Plant-Bretting....................... G3

Glassy-winged Sharpshooter-Hackett....................... See P8

Global Change-Shafer....................... G4

Grapes/Enology-Cameron....................... G5

Great Basin Initiative-Byington....................... G6

Gypsy Moths and Forest Moths-Hackett....................... G7

Hemp-Delfosse....................... H1

Herbicide-Resistant Crops-Radin....................... H2

Hive Beetle-Hackett....................... H3

Honey Bee Mites-Hackett....................... H4..................

Household Pests, Lady Beetles-Hackett....................... H5..................

Human Nutrition Research-Ellwood....................... H6

Hypoxia Research-Bucks....................... H7

Impact of BT Corn Pollen on Monarch Butterflies and other Nontarget Insects-Faust....................... I1

Imported Fire Ant Research-Rosenberg....................... I2

International Research Linkages Program-Meyers....................... I3

Integrated Pest Management/Areawide Pest Management-Faust....................... See A19

Invasive Insects-Delfosse....................... I4

Invasive Non-Native Weeds-Delfosse....................... I5

Irradiation of Food-Robens/Lindsay....................... See F4

Irradiation/Commodity Treatment-Vick....................... I6

Johne?s Disease-vice Animal Health....................... See B9

Karnal Bunt of Wheat-Bennett....................... K1

Kenaf Research-Wilson....................... K2

Lady Beetles as Household Pests-Hackett....................... See H5

Leafy Spurge-Delfosse....................... L1

Leflar Law Library  (National Center for Agricultural Law Research

    and Information)-Frierson....................... L2

Listeria Monocytogenes-Lindsay/Robens....................... L3

Lower Delta Nutrition Intervention Research Initiative-Ellwood....................... L4

Lyme Disease Tick Vector Research Initiative-Rosenberg....................... L5

Malignant Catarrhal Fever (MCF) in Domestic & Wild Ruminants-vice Animal Health....................... M1

McMinnville, TN, Horticulture Research Program-Bretting....................... Me

Meadowfoam-Wilson....................... M3

Melaleuca quinquenervia - A Serious Threat to Southern Wetlands-Delfosse....................... M4

Methyl Bromide Issues-Vick/Bennett....................... M5

Miami - New Laboratory-Vick....................... M6

Microbial Genome-Ellis....................... M7

Municipal and Industrial Waste Utilization-Wright/Jawson....................... M8

NAL - Animal Welfare Information Center- Frierson....................... See A13

NAL - National Digital Library for Agriculture (NADL) and NAL Web-Based

      Information Services-Frierson....................... N1..................

NAL - Food Safety Research Information Program-Frierson....................... See F7

NAL - Information Management Programs and Services-Frierson....................... N2

Narcotics-Delfosse/Rosenquist....................... N3

National Animal Disease Center-vice Animal Health....................... N4

National Arboretum-Bretting....................... N5

National Genetic Resources Program-Bretting....................... See G2

National Grain Sorghum Producers-Simmons....................... N6

National Swine Research Center, Ames, Iowa-vice Kappes....................... N8

National Turfgrass Evaluation Project (NTEP) & ARS Turf Research-Byington....................... N9..................

Neosporosis-vice Animal Health....................... N10

New Uses of Agricultural Commodities-Fantesk-Flora....................... N11

New Crops-Wilson....................... N12

Newcastle Disease-vice Animal Health....................... N13

Northeast Tick Control Demonstration Project-Rosenberg....................... See L5

Nursery Crop Research Station, Tennessee State University-Bretting....................... See Me

Nutraceuticals-Ellwood....................... N14

Odors - Agricultural-Wright/Jawson....................... O1

Organic Farming Systems-Jawson....................... O2

Organic Standards for Food-Jawson....................... O3

Ornamental Horticulture, and the Floriculture and Nursery Environmental Horticulture

     Research Initiative-Bretting....................... O4

Orono, Maine, Aquaculture-Parker....................... See A17

Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center-Vick....................... P1

Parasitic Mites of Honey Bee-Rosenberg....................... See H4

Paratuberculosis or Johne's Disease-vice Animal Health....................... See B9

Pathogen Reduction Program-Lindsay/Robens....................... P2

Pea, Lentil, Chickpea, and Other Legume-Cameron....................... P3

Peanut Research-Wilson....................... P4

Pecan Research-Cameron....................... P5

Pfiesteria Research-Bucks/Smith/Jawson....................... P6

Phytochemicals - Bioavailability-Ellwood....................... P7

Pierce?s Disease-Cameron/Hackett....................... P8

Pink Hibiscus Mealybug-Hackett....................... P9

Plant Pesticides-Radin....................... P10

Plant Genome Program-Bretting....................... See G3

Plum Island Animal Disease Center-vice Animal Health....................... P11

Plum Pox Virus (PPV)/Sharka Disease-Bennett....................... P12

Particulate Matter-Amerman....................... See A5

Potato Late Blight-Bennett....................... P13

Potato Research-Cameron....................... P14

Poultry Health Research-vice Animal Health....................... P15

Precision Farming-Amerman....................... P16

Salmonella Enteritidis-Robens/Lindsay....................... S1

Salmonella in Poultry and Other Species-Robens....................... S2

Saltcedar-Delfosse....................... S3

Scab Diseases of Wheat and Barley-Simmons....................... S4...................

Screwworm Eradication Research-Rosenberg....................... S5

Security of ARS Biocontainment Facilities-Urlaub....................... S6

Security of All ARS Facilities-Urlaub....................... S7

Sheep Scrapie-vice Animal Health....................... See T6

Sheep Research-vice Kappes....................... S8

Shirley Community Development Corporation-Byington....................... S9

Small Farms-Byington....................... S10

Soil Quality-Jawson/Wright....................... S11

Sorghum Ergot-Simmons....................... S12

ARS-Former Soviet Union Scientific Collaboration Program-Meyers....................... S13

Starlink Corn-Lindsay....................... S14

Stream Corridor Restoration-vice Farrell....................... S15.................

Sudden Oak Death-Cameron....................... S16

Sweet Potato (Silverleaf) Whitefly (SPW)-Faust....................... S17.................

Swine, National Research Center-vice Kappes....................... See N8

Swine Trichinellosis-Rosenberg....................... S18.................

TCK (Dwarf Bunt) of Wheat-Bennett....................... T1..................

Technology Protection System (Terminator Genes)-Radin....................... T2

Tick (Cattle Fever), Eradication Research-Rosenberg....................... See C3

Tobacco (including Biotechnology)-Cameron....................... T3