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Research Programs and Projects at this Location

ARS research is organized into National Programs. Within each National Program are research projects. Listed below are  the National Programs and research projects currently conducted at this location.

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Food Safety, (Animal and Plant Products) (NP #108)
Influence of Ingredients and Processing Methods on the Safety of Fermented and Acidified Foods
(In-House Appropriated)
Soil and Air (NP #212)
Strategies to Optimize Productivity through Enhancement of Plant Stress Tolerance and Agroecological Farming Systems in the Southeastern US
(In-House Appropriated)
Combatting Heat Stress through Development of Heat Tolerant Soybeans
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Enhanced Soil Carbon Farming As A Climate Solution
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Quantifying Soil Organic Carbon on Cotton Farms throughout the Southeastern United States and Texas
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Yield Limitations Soybean Varieties Under Drought:Identifying & Overcoming Weaknesses by Team Drought via Breeding,Genomics,Phenomics & Physiology
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Analysis to Support Soil Health and Climate Change Research
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Sampling For Root-Zone Enrichment of Soil Organic Matter
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Sustainable Agricultural Systems Research (NP #216)
Strategies to Optimize Productivity through Enhancement of Plant Stress Tolerance and Agroecological Farming Systems in the Southeastern US
(In-House Appropriated)
Combatting Heat Stress through Development of Heat Tolerant Soybeans
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Enhanced Soil Carbon Farming As A Climate Solution
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Quantifying Soil Organic Carbon on Cotton Farms throughout the Southeastern United States and Texas
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Yield Limitations Soybean Varieties Under Drought:Identifying & Overcoming Weaknesses by Team Drought via Breeding,Genomics,Phenomics & Physiology
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Analysis to Support Soil Health and Climate Change Research
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Sampling For Root-Zone Enrichment of Soil Organic Matter
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics and Genetic Improvement (NP #301)
Exploiting Genetic Diversity to Improve Environmental Resilience, Seed Composition, Yield, and Profitability of U.S. Soybean
(In-House Appropriated)
Genetic Diversity and Disease Resistance in Maize
(In-House Appropriated)
Improving Abiotic and Biotic Stress Tolerance of Small Grains
(In-House Appropriated)
Strategies to Optimize Productivity through Enhancement of Plant Stress Tolerance and Agroecological Farming Systems in the Southeastern US
(In-House Appropriated)
Determining the Causes of Declining Test Weight of Soybean and Utilizing Breeding to Increase Test Weight (Auburn University)
(Cooperative Agreement)
Determining the Causes of Declining Test Weight of Soybean and Utilizing Breeding to Increase Test Weight (University of Georgia)
(Cooperative Agreement)
Determining the Causes of Declining Test Weight of Soybean and Utilizing Breeding to Increase Test Weight (University of Minnesota)
(Cooperative Agreement)
Determining the Causes of Declining Test Weight of Soybean and Utilizing Breeding to Increase Test Weight (University of Missouri)
(Cooperative Agreement)
Developing Soybean Genotypes with High Yield Grown Under Reduced Fertilizer Inputs
(Cooperative Agreement)
Yield Limitations of Soybean Varieties Under Drought: Identifying and Overcoming Weaknesses by Team Drought (Iowa State University)
(Cooperative Agreement)
Yield Limitations of Soybean Varieties Under Drought: Identifying and Overcoming Weaknesses by Team Drought (Kansas State University)
(Cooperative Agreement)
Yield Limitations of Soybean Varieties Under Drought: Identifying and Overcoming Weaknesses by Team Drought (University of Arkansas)
(Cooperative Agreement)
Yield Limitations of Soybean Varieties Under Drought: Identifying and Overcoming Weaknesses by Team Drought (University of Georgia)
(Cooperative Agreement)
Yield Limitations of Soybean Varieties Under Drought: Identifying and Overcoming Weaknesses by Team Drought (University of Missouri)
(Cooperative Agreement)
Yield Limitations of Soybean Varieties Under Drought: Identifying and Overcoming Weaknesses by Team Drought (University of Missouri)
(Cooperative Agreement)
Yield Limitations of Soybean Varieties Under Drought: Identifying and Overcoming Weaknesses by Team Drought (University of Texas)
(Cooperative Agreement)
Combatting Heat Stress through Development of Heat Tolerant Soybeans
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Determining the Causes of Declining Test Weight of Soybean and Utilizing Breeding to Increase Test Weight
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Developing and Releasing High-Yielding Soybean Varieties/Germplasm with Climate-Resilience and Genetic Diversity Across Maturity Group 00 to VIII
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Developing Soybean Genotypes with High Yield Grown Under Reduced Fertilizer Inputs
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Enhanced Soil Carbon Farming As A Climate Solution
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Improving Soybean Flood Tolerance for Sustainable Production
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
NIFA CAP for Innovation in Genomic Technology to Accelerate Breeding: Leveraging high-throughput genotyping and phenotyping technologies
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Quantifying Soil Organic Carbon on Cotton Farms throughout the Southeastern United States and Texas
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Strengthening 1890 Capacity in Plant Breeding and Promotion of Edamame and Dual-Purpose Soybeans for South Atlantic States
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Yield Limitations of Soybean Varieties Under Drought: Identifying and Overcoming Weaknesses via Breeding, Genomics, Phenomics and Physiology
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Yield Limitations Soybean Varieties Under Drought:Identifying & Overcoming Weaknesses by Team Drought via Breeding,Genomics,Phenomics & Physiology
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Accelerating Breeding Cycles in Wheat
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Analysis to Support Soil Health and Climate Change Research
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Barley Pest Initiative - New York
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Barley Pest Initiative - Ohio
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Barley Pest Initiative - Virginia
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Breeding and Pathology for Exotic Temperate Corn Germplasm
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Characterization of Soybean Germplasm for Use in the Alternative Protein Market
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Cooperative Research for Screening and Development of Wheat Germplasm with Improved Resistance to Rust Diseases
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Development of Improved Genotyping Systems in Wheat
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Enhancing Resistance to Fungal Pathogens in Small Grain Germplasm
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Evaluation of Soybean Breeding Lines for Variation Relevant to Protein Functionality
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Genetics of the Maize Defense Response
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Genomes to Fields Landrace Evaluations
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Genotype-Environment Interactions and Transcriptomic Prediction of Hybrid Maize Yield
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Improve Hessian Fly Resistance of Southern Soft Red Winter Wheat - Georgia
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Improve Hessian Fly Resistance of Southern Soft Red Winter Wheat - Louisiana
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Improve Hessian Fly Resistance of Southern Soft Red Winter Wheat - South Carolina
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Integrating Transcriptomic and Phosphoproteomic Regulatory Networks
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Maize GXE and Germplasm Enhancement of Maize (GEM) Cooperation – Phase 2
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Mediation of the Plant Defense Response Via Control of Protein Degradation
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Phenotyping of Wheat and Barley Germplasm for Disease Resistance
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Relating Wheat Genotypes and Phenotypes
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Sampling For Root-Zone Enrichment of Soil Organic Matter
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
The Effect of the Defense Response and the Microbiome on Heterosis in Maize
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Improving Small-Grain Disease Management in North Carolina
(Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
Plant Diseases (NP #303)
Improving Abiotic and Biotic Stress Tolerance of Small Grains
(In-House Appropriated)
NIFA CAP for Innovation in Genomic Technology to Accelerate Breeding: Leveraging high-throughput genotyping and phenotyping technologies
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Accelerating Breeding Cycles in Wheat
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Barley Pest Initiative - New York
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Barley Pest Initiative - Ohio
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Barley Pest Initiative - Virginia
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Cooperative Research for Screening and Development of Wheat Germplasm with Improved Resistance to Rust Diseases
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Development of Improved Genotyping Systems in Wheat
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Enhancing Resistance to Fungal Pathogens in Small Grain Germplasm
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Improve Hessian Fly Resistance of Southern Soft Red Winter Wheat - Georgia
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Improve Hessian Fly Resistance of Southern Soft Red Winter Wheat - Louisiana
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Improve Hessian Fly Resistance of Southern Soft Red Winter Wheat - South Carolina
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Phenotyping of Wheat and Barley Germplasm for Disease Resistance
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Relating Wheat Genotypes and Phenotypes
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Improving Small-Grain Disease Management in North Carolina
(Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
Product Quality and New Uses (NP #306)
Improved Vegetable Processing Methods to Reduce Environmental Impact, Enhance Product Quality and Reduce Food Waste
(In-House Appropriated)
Improvement and Maintenance of Peanuts, Peanut Products and Related Peanut Product Flavor, Shelf Life, Functional Characteristics
(In-House Appropriated)
High Oleic Peanuts as a Value-Added Feed Ingredient in Juvenile Domesticated Hybrid Striped Bass
(Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
Peanut Skins as an Antimicrobial Feed Additive to Reduce the Transmission of Salmonella in Turkeys and Turkey Production Environments
(Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
An Economic Analysis of the Value-Added Utilization of High-Oleic Peanuts as a Poultry Feed Ingredient to Produce Premium Eggs and Poultry Meat
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Metabolomic Profiling of Pickled Vegetables
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Study the Survival of Lactiplantibacillus Pentosus and Pathogens in Food Grade Fermented Vegetable Blends
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)