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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 Grain sorghum
item Agreement with Agricultural Marketing Services (AMS) to Store PVP Seed Material
item Agricultural Research Projects Conducted at the Cropping Systems Research Laboratory and Texas Tech University
item Analyses of Enhanced Sink Capacity and Carbon Partitioning in Novel Sorghum Germplasm
item ARS-KSU Cooperative Project on Evaluation of Sorghum Hybrid Lines Derived from ARS Lubbock Populations for Early Season Performance
item Bacterial & Human Metabolism of High-polyphenol Varietals of Sorghum Bicolor, and Effects on Human Colon Cancer Cells
item Bacterial Endosymbiont Effects on Biology of Cereal Aphids and Key Natural Enemies in Cereal Agroecosystems
item Biological Barriers to Prevent Gene Flow in Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor) for Bioenergy and Forage Uses
item Characterization of Phenolic Compounds in Sorghum Bicolor
item Climate Adaptation and Sustainability in Switchgrass: Exploring Plant-microbe-soil Interactions Across Continental Scale Environmental Gradients
item Collaborative Research with the Center for Plant Conservation to Determine Responses to Long-term Storage Conditions
item Cultivar Development: Enhancing Productivity by Developing Grain Sorghum Hybrids Using Public and Private Sector Germplasm
item Curation and Research to Safeguard and Expand Collections of Plant and Microbial Genetic Resources and Associated Descriptive Information
item Determining the Host Suitability and If Cross-resistance Exists for Cereal and Grass Crops Infested by the Hedgehog Grain Aphid in the Great Plains
item Develop a Two-Line Hybrid Breeding System Using a Nuclear Male Sterile Mutant and It's Gene
item Developing Canopy Temperature Based Methodologies to Inform Irrigation Decisions
item Development and Characterization of Sorghum with Improved End-use Quality
item Development of Climate Resilient Germplasm and Management Tools for Sustainable Row Crop Production
item Development of Educational Materials for the Conservation and Use of Plant Genetic Resources
item Ecological Genomics in Switchgrass
item Effect of Natural and Controlled Fermentation on the Functional Properties of Sorghum
item Effect of Soil Sulfur Content on Sorghum Protein Quality
item Effect of Sorghum on Reducing Stress Feeding Behavior, Inflammation and Improve Swine Muscle Composition
item Effects of Grain Properties and Fermentation Approaches on Fermentation Efficiency and Co-product Quality
item Effects of Sorghum Polyphenols on Human Microbiome in vitro and of Mice in vivo
item Elucidating the Role of Brown midrib12 (Bmr12) Gene in Modulating Sorghum Defense Against Sugarcane Aphid
item Enhancing Cropping System and Grassland Sustainability in the Texas Gulf Coast Region by Managing Systems for Productivity and Resilience
item Enhancing Educational Outcomes for Plant Genetic Resources Conservation and Use
item Evaluate and Compare Current Amylose Quantification Methods for Grain Sorghum
item Evaluation of Sorghum Bioactive Compounds as Anti-bacterial Agents in Legionella and Listeria Infections
item Evaluation of Sorghum Bioactive Compounds as Anti-bacterial Agents in Legionella and Listeria Infections
item Evaluation of Sorghum Bioactive Compounds in Cancer Metabolic Pathways
item Evaluation of Sorghum Extracts as Anti-bacterial Agents against Staphylococcus aureus
item Functional Properties of Sorghum Biomolecules Related to Human Health Benefits
item Genetic Improvement for Resistance to Aphids and Major Diseases in Wheat, Barley, and Sorghum in the Great Plains
item Genetic Improvement of Sorghum for Biomass, Grain, and Disease Resistance
item Genetic Improvement of Sorghum Traits that Advance Agricultural Productivity and Climate Resilience
item Genomics and Biochemical Analyses of Novel Sorghums for Enhancement of Resiliency to Temperature Stress
item Grain Composition Traits Related to End-Use Quality and Value of Sorghum
item Identify Key Alleles for Improving Sorghum Grain Nutrition
item Imaging and Hyper Spectral Analysis of Sorghum and Other Grains for Grain Composition and Properties Affecting Processing and End-use Quality
item Impact of Sorghum Pericarp Color and Grain Composition in Pet Food Applications
item Impacts of Single Kernel NIR Sorting on Hard Winter Wheat Quality, Flour Functionality and Applications
item Improve Irrigation Management with Remote Sensing Technology
item Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance of Grain and Forage Sorghum
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 Sustainability of Low-input Cropping Systems
item Influence of Environment and Plant Growth on Sorghum Grain Composition and End-use Quality
item Integrating Field Measurements and Models to Evaluate Solar Induced Fluorescence as a Predictor of Dryland Crop Productivity
item Leverage of USDA Operational Resources for the Development of New Sorghum Technologies and Breeding Germplasm
item Management Strategies for Invasive Aphid Pests of Cereals
item Mass Spectroscopy Analysis of High Polyphenol Sorghum Brans
item Measurement and Improvement of Hard Winter Wheat End-Use Quality Traits
item Methods for Evaluation of Whole Wheat Flour
item Modern Breeding Approaches for Sorghum Hybrid Improvement and Molecular Analysis of Grain Traits Critical to End-use Quality
item Molecular and Genetic Approaches to Manage Cotton and Sorghum Diseases
item Novel Approaches for Management of Row Crop Pests and Continued Boll Weevil Eradication
item Nutrient Limitation and Disturbance in C4 Grasslands
item Omics-Assisted Breeding Approaches for Sorghum Hybrid Improvement
item Optimized Sorghum Fermentation on Production of Antioxidants and Value-added Products from Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS)
item Phenolic Extracts from USDA-ARS Sorghum Novel Lines and Inhibition of the Inflammasomes
item Plant Exploration in the Central Highlands and Mountainous Area of Northern Vietnam to Collect Malus doumeri Germplasm
item Plant Genetic Resources for Tropical Crop Collections
item Relationship Between Physical and Chemical Properties of Sorghum and Susceptibility to Stored Product Insects
item Relationships Between Sorghum Physical Grain Attributes, Grain Composition and End-use Quality
item Response to Nutrients, Disturbance, Drought, and Management Practice in C4 Grasslands
item RNA Integrity as a Powerful Metric of Aging in Preserved Seed Collections of Wild Rare Plant Species
item Seed Quality and Germination Tests of Seeds Stored at NLGRP
item Sorghum Aphid Ecological Model for Improved Areawide Pest Management
item Sorghum Bioactive Compounds in Mouse Disease Models
item Structural Analysis of the Flavonoid Pathway to Enable Tailored Production of Bio-Active Compounds in Grasses
item Studies of Genetic Mechanisms of Sorghum Resistance to Aphids
item The Chemistry and Effectiveness of Plant Vitrification Solutions for Use in Cryopreservation
item Transforming Grain Sorghum’s Climatic Yield Potential and Grain Quality Through Trait-based Ideotype Breeding
item Understanding Soil and Environmental Effects on Crop Species and Rangeland Ecosystems Under Water Limitation
item Use of Sorghum Flour in Production of Gluten-free Cookies for Incorporation into Ice Cream
item Use of the Sorghum Association Panel to Develop a Phenotypic Dataset and Phenotyping Protocols for Grain Quality and Agronomic Traits
item Validation and Delivery of Sugarcane Aphid + Natural Enemy Threshold Sampling Plans in Grain Sorghum
item Wheat Breeding and Variety Development (Wheat Improvement Team)