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Research Projects Subjects of Investigation at this Location

Each ARS research project has related subjects of investigation.  Listed below are the subjects of investigation currently conducted at this location.

Clicking on a subject of investigation will list the research projects within that  subject of investigation.
Subjects of Investigation
Almond
Apple
Barley
Beef cattle, general/other
Beef cattle, live animal
Berries and cane fruits, other
Carrot
Citrus, general/other
Cole crops (includes cabbage, kale, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower,
Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480)
Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
Dairy cattle, live animal
Deciduous and small fruits, general/other
Desert and semidesert shrub land and shinnery
Durum wheat
Edible tree nuts, general/other
Eggs
Fiber crops, general/other
Grain crops, general/other (includes buckwheat, millet, triticale)
Grain sorghum
Grapes, other
Greens and leafy vegetables (includes endive, lettuce, spinach)
Guayule
Hard red spring wheat
Hard red winter wheat
Honey bees
Lesquerella
Meat-type chicken, live animal
Melons (includes cantaloupe, muskmelon, watermelon)
Milk
Mushrooms and other edible fungi
Oats
Oilseed and oil crops, general/other
Other bees (non-Apis bees)
Pasture
Peanut
Potato
Poultry meat
Raisin grapes
Rangelands, other
Raspberry
Rice
Rubber, gum, and resin plants, other
Rye
Salmon
Sewage and waste disposal facilities and systems
Sheep, live animal
Soft red wheat
Soft white wheat (includes club, western)
Soybean
Strawberry
Swine, general/other
Swine, live animal
Tomato
Tropical/subtropical fruit, general/other
Vegetables, general/other
Walnut
Warm season perennial grasses (includes dallisgrass, bluestems)
Water resources
Watersheds
Weeds
Wetland and riparian systems
Wheat, other
Wild animals
Wildlife and natural fisheries, general/other
Wine grapes
Research Projects within Rice
item Bioproducts and Biopolymers from Agricultural Feedstocks
item Develop Functional Plant-Based Proteins
item Develop Seaweed-Based Packaging Films that are Thermally Processable and Biodegradable
item Engineering Sustainable 3D Scaffolds for Enhancing Delivery and Growth of Probiotics in the Gut
item Evaluation of Economic and Environmental Sustainability of Alternative Plant Proteins
item Hemp-based Fiber Materials, Technology, and Commerce as Drivers for Northwest American Indian Tribal Economic Development
item New Bio-based Film Technologies for Home and Personal Care Consumer Products
item New Sustainable Processes, Preservation Technologies, and Product Concepts for Specialty Crops and Their Co-Products
item Novel Isochoric Processing For Sustainable, Safe And High Quality Preservation Of Fluid Foods
item Novel Isochoric Processing for Sustainable, Safe and High Quality Preservation of Fluid Foods
item Prevention of Obesity Related Metabolic Diseases by Bioactive Components of Food Processing Waste Byproducts and Mitigation of Food Allergies
item Production of Environmentally Friendly PHA Biopolymers from Waste BioGas Derived from Under-Valued Biomass Feedstocks
item Synergistic Combination of Polyphenolics with Probiotics for Enhanced Delivery, Persistence and Functionality of Probiotic Bacteria
item Utilizing Invasive Apple Snail Shells for Chitosan Films, Coatings and Biocides - Albany, CA