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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.

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Subjects of Investigation
Air
Alfalfa
Almond
Animal research, general
Apple
Atmosphere, general/other
Bacteria
Barley
Beans (dry)
Beans (fresh, fresh-processed)
Beef cattle, general/other
Beef cattle, live animal
Bees, honey, and other pollinators, general
Biological Cell Systems
Canola
Citrus, general/other
Climate
Coffee
Cool season perennial grasses (includes bluegrass, bromegrass, fescue)
Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480)
Cotton, other
Cottonseed (for meal, oil, etc.)
Cross-commodity research--multiple animal species
Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
Dairy cattle, live animal
Desert and semidesert shrub land and shinnery
Durum wheat
Economy, general/other
Egg-type chicken, live animal
Fertilizers
Finfish
Food (not readily associated with specific plant and animal products)
Forage legumes, other
Freshwater shrimp
General Commodity
Goats, meat and mohair
Grain crops, general/other (includes buckwheat, millet, triticale)
Grain sorghum
Greens and leafy vegetables (includes endive, lettuce, spinach)
Hard red spring wheat
Hard red winter wheat
Hard white wheat
Honey bees
Horses, ponies, and mules
Individuals (as workers, consumers, members of society)
Insects
Laboratory animals
Land
Leguminous vegetables, other
Lentil
Long fiber cotton
Machinery and equipment
Marine shrimp
Meat, beef cattle
Meat, dairy cattle
Meat, sheep
Meat, swine
Meat-type chicken, live animal
Microorganisms, general/other
Miscellaneous and new crops, general/other
Noncrop plant research
Oats
Oilseed and oil crops, general/other
Other animals, general
Other bees (non-Apis bees)
Other non-bee pollinators, general
Other swine products
Pasture
Pasture and forage crops, general/other
Peanut
Peas (dry)
Pecan
People and communities, general/other
Perennial grasses, other
Pesticides (includes herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, etc.)
Plant research, general
Potato
Rangelands and grasslands, general
Rangelands, other
Remote sensing equipment and technology
Rice
River basins
Sheep, live animal
Soft red wheat
Soft white wheat (includes club, western)
Soil
Soil and land, general
Solar radiation
Soybean
Spiders, mites, ticks, and other arthropods
Sugar beet
Summer annual grasses (includes forage sorghums, sudangrass, sorghum)
Sunflower
Swine, general/other
Swine, live animal
The family and its members
The farm as an enterprise
Turkey, live animal
Upland cotton
Vegetables, general/other
Viruses
Warm season perennial grasses (includes dallisgrass, bluestems)
Water resources
Watersheds
Watersheds and river basins, general
Weather
Weeds
Wheat, other
Wild animals
Wildlife and natural fisheries, general/other
Winter annual legumes (includes subterranean clover, arrowleaf clover)
Research Projects within Soil
item (AA2) - Greenhouse Gas Research Network - Bushland, TX, GHG and Ammonia Emissions from Pork Production in Texas/Oklahoma Panhandle region
item Action Area No. 2 (AA2) - Greenhouse Gas Research Network - Initial Equipment Needs - Fort Collins
item Action Area No. 2 (AA2) – Greenhouse Gas Research Network – Plains Area - Cropland Emissions- Ft. Collins, Colorado
item Action Area No. 2 (AA2) – Greenhouse Gas Research Network – Plains Area Cropland Emissions – Lincoln, Nebraska Location
item Adaptation Strategies for Livestock Grazing in a Changing Climate
item Adaptive Multi-Paddock (AMP) Grazing Research Proposal - Northern Plains
item Agricultural Intensification in the Western Corn Belt
item Agricultural Management for Long-Term Sustainability and Soil Health
item Assessing the Climate Change Mitigation Potential of Wetland Restoration in the Conservation Reserve Program
item Characterization of Soil Microbiome in Diverse Biochar-Amended Soils and Ecosystems
item Climate Adaptation and Sustainability in Switchgrass: Exploring Plant-microbe-soil Interactions Across Continental Scale Environmental Gradients
item Climate-adaptive Strategies for Overcoming Barriers to Establishment of Diverse Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Plantings in Drylands
item Climate-adaptive Strategies for Overcoming Barriers to Establishment of Diverse Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Plantings in Drylands
item Climate-resilient Sustainable Irrigated and Dryland Cropping Systems in the Semi-arid Northern Great Plains
item Collaborative Research and Outreach to Facilitate Cotton Production in the Thermo-limited Regions of the Southern Ogallala Aquifer - Phase 2 KSU
item Collaborative Research and Outreach to Facilitate Cotton Production in the Thermo-limited Regions of the Southern Ogallala Aquifer - Phase 2 TAMU
item Collaborative Research and Outreach to Facilitate Cotton Production in the Thermo-limited Regions of the Southern Ogallala Aquifer - Phase 2 TTU
item Collaborative Research and Outreach to Facilitate Cotton Production in the Thermo-limited Regions of the Southern Ogallala Aquifer - Phase 2 WTAMU
item Collaborative Research and Outreach to Facilitate Cotton Production in Thermo-limited Regions of the Southern Ogallala Aquifer Region - KSU
item Collaborative Research and Outreach to Facilitate Cotton Production in Thermo-limited Regions of the Southern Ogallala Aquifer Region- Texas A&M
item Collaborative Research and Outreach to Facilitate Cotton Production in Thermo-limited Regions of the Southern Ogallala Aquifer Region- Texas Tech
item Collaborative Research and Outreach to Facilitate Cotton Production in Thermo-limited Regions of the Southern Ogallala Aquifer Region- WTAMU
item Colorado South Platte River Basin CEAP - Establishment of Monitoring and Modeling Foundation
item Combined Management Tactics for Resilient and Sustainable Crop Production
item Conservation Effects Assessment Project - 2019, 2020, 2021
item Conservation Effects Assessment Project - 2022, 2023
item Contribution of Legacy P to Watershed Outcomes - Phase 1
item Cooperative Research for Joint Projects in Basic and Applied Research with Regional or National Importance
item DayCent Model Development and Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizer Assessment
item Determining Impacts of Soil Moisture and Weather Variability on CRP Emergence and Establishment
item Developing Canopy Temperature Based Methodologies to Inform Irrigation Decisions
item Developing Climate Based Ag Management Operation Scheduling and Natural Infrastructure Practices in the National Agroecosystem Model
item Developing Ecophysiological Components for Post-Fire Hydrologic Models
item Developing Precision Management Strategies to Enhance Productivity, Biodiversity, and Climate Resilience in Rangeland Social-ecological Systems
item Developing Strategies for Resilient and Sustainable Crop, Water, and Soil Management in Semi-Arid Environments
item Development of Improved Soil Sampling Design Using Geophysical Layers
item Dryland and Irrigated Crop Management Under Limited Water Availability and Drought
item Dryland and Irrigated Crop Management Under Limited Water Availability and Drought - OAP with Kansas State University Phase 2
item Dryland and Irrigated Crop Management Under Limited Water Availability and Drought - OAP with KSU
item Dryland and Irrigated Crop Management Under Limited Water Availability and Drought - OAP with TAMU
item Dryland and Irrigated Crop Management Under Limited Water Availability and Drought - OAP with Texas A&M University Phase 2
item Dryland and Irrigated Crop Management Under Limited Water Availability and Drought - OAP with Texas Tech University Phase 2
item Dryland and Irrigated Crop Management Under Limited Water Availability and Drought - OAP with TTU
item Dryland and Irrigated Crop Management Under Limited Water Availability and Drought - OAP with West Texas A&M University Phase 2
item Dryland and Irrigated Crop Management Under Limited Water Availability and Drought - OAP with WTAMU
item Enhance the Agronomic, Economic, Social, and Environmental Sustainability of Agricultural Production Systems
item Enhancing Cropping System and Grassland Sustainability in the Texas Gulf Coast Region by Managing Systems for Productivity and Resilience
item Establishing a Soil Health Framework for Water-limited Regions
item Evaluating Carbon Regulation of Grazing Lands Across the USA
item EXCHANGE: Expanding the Conversion of Habitat in the Northern Great Plains Ecosystem
item FY2021, FY2022 Contribution of Legacy Phosphorus to Watershed Outcomes, Phase 2 (Temple, TX)
item Geospatial Analysis and Modeling of Agrohydrological Variability in the Water-limited Great Plains
item Great Plains Wheat Stem Sawfly Coalition - Colorado State Univ
item Great Plains Wheat Stem Sawfly Coalition - Kansas State Univ
item Great Plains Wheat Stem Sawfly Coalition - Montana State Univ
item Great Plains Wheat Stem Sawfly Coalition - North Dakota State University
item Great Plains Wheat Stem Sawfly Coalition - Univ Nebraska
item Greenhouse Gas and Ammonia Emissions from Beef Feedyard and Compost in the Upper Great Plains USMARC Clay Center, Nebraska
item Improve Irrigation Management with Remote Sensing Technology
item Improve the Usage of Remote Sensing and Advanced Machine Learning Algorithms for Crop Management
item Improved Establishment Techniques for Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Pollinator Mixtures in Semi-Arid Regions of the Western U.S.
item Improving Crop Performance and Precision Irrigation Management in Semi-Arid Regions through Data-Driven Research, AI, and Integrated Models
item Improving Irrigated and Dryland Agriculture Via Xylem, Stomata, and Leaf Traits
item Improving Precision Irrigation Systems for Increased Crop Water Productivity in Different Climates
item Improving Resiliency of Semi-Arid Agroecosystems and Watersheds to Change and Disturbance through Data-Driven Research, AI, and Integrated Models
item Improving Sustainability in Cropping Systems of Semi-arid Regions
item Incorporating Precision Agriculture Equipment to Maximize Profitability in Maryland – Best Practices for Creating Management Zones
item Influence of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Rhizobium on Soil Health and Plant Growth
item Integrated Agricultural Systems for a Resilient Circular Bioeconomy in the Central Plains
item Integrated Crop – Livestock Systems for the Western Corn Belt
item Integrating Field Measurements and Models to Evaluate Solar Induced Fluorescence as a Predictor of Dryland Crop Productivity
item Integration of a New Groundwater Flow and Salinity Model in SWAT+
item Lake Champlain Legacy Phosphorus Assessment - Phases 1 and 2
item Long Term Rotation Experiment at ENREC
item LTAR Network Strategic Planning and Visioning
item Managing Manure as a Soil Resource for Improved Biosecurity, Nutrient Availability, and Soil Sustainability
item Metrics, Management, and Monitoring: An Investigation in Rangeland and Pasture Soil Health and Their Drivers - Fort Collins
item NCARL Sequencing Projects
item NextGenEEF: Evaluation and Testing of Biodegradable Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizers
item NRATE: Nitrogen Research for Agriculture Transformation and Enhancement
item Optimized Allocation of Limited Amount of Irrigation Water among Simultaneous Annual Crops at Farm Level (ORDILS)
item Optimizing Cover Crop Decisions for Enhanced Productivity, Resilience and Environmental Sustainability
item Partitioning of Anthropogenic Radioisotopes on Aeolian Sediments and Erosion-affected Soils
item Precipitation and Irrigation Management to Optimize Profits from Crop Production - OAP 3rd Phase with TTU
item Precipitation and Irrigation Management to Optimize Profits from Crop Production - OAP 3rd Phase with WTAMU
item Precipitation and Irrigation Management to Optimize Profits from Crop Production- OAP 2nd Phase with KSU
item Precipitation and Irrigation Management to Optimize Profits from Crop Production- OAP 3rd Phase with KSU
item Precipitation and Irrigation Management to Optimize Profits from Crop Production- OAP 3rd Phase with TAMU
item Precision Application of Conservation in Upper Midwestern Cropping Systems
item Precision Technologies and Management for Northern Plains Rangeland
item Rangeland Modeling in the Western Great Plains
item Rangeland Modeling: Spatial and Temporal Variability of Livestock Grazer and Ecosystem Interactions
item Rangeland Resilience Following Wildfire: Opportunities For Grazing?
item Rangeland Resilience Following Wildfire: Post-Fire Soil Health
item REEU: Student Career in Agricultural Research, Learning, and Extension Training (SCARLET)
item Remote Sensing and Spatial Simulation of Agricultural Watersheds
item Remote Sensing to Quantify Benefits of Cropping System Diversification
item Response to Nutrients, Disturbance, Drought, and Management Practice in C4 Grasslands
item Soil C Cycling in Irrigated Agroecosystems
item Soil Response to Agricultural Intensification in the Western Corn Belt
item Strategies to Manage Feed Nutrients, Reduce Gas Emissions, and Promote Soil Health for Beef and Dairy Cattle Production Systems of the Southern Great Plains
item Sustainability of Groundwater and Irrigated Agriculture in the Western United States Under a Changing Climate
item Sustainable Management of Manure Nutrients and Environmental Contaminants from Beef and Swine Production Facilities
item Sustainable Soils for Healthy Communities and Climate Resilience in the Semi-Arid West
item Techniques for Enhancing Pollinator CRP Plantings in Arid and Semi-arid Regions: Curtis Ranch agreement
item Techniques for Enhancing Pollinator CRP Plantings in Arid and Semi-arid Regions: John Wright Agreement
item Texas Water Observatory Monitoring at the Riesel Watersheds
item The Soil Health Nexus: Biochar Use for Improving Soil Health and Limiting PFAS Movement in Soils
item Understanding Soil and Environmental Effects on Crop Species and Rangeland Ecosystems Under Water Limitation
item Using Landscape Features, Plot Measurements, and Remote Sensing Data to Improve Predictions of Fuels Treatment Longevity in the Colorado Front Range
item Water Use, Growth, and Yield of Cotton and Guayule under Gravity Drip Irrigation
item WEPS Workplan 2024 With NRCS