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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 crops, general/other (includes buckwheat, millet, triticale)
item Accelerating IoT and Big Data Analytics to Drive Climate Smart and Precision Agriculture Systems
item Accelerating IoT and Big Data Analytics to Drive Climate Smart and Precision Agriculture Systems
item Action Area No. 2 (AA2) – Greenhouse Gas Research Network – Plains Area Cropland Emissions (Mandan)
item Assessing Soil Microbiomes for Soil Health and Agricultural Productivity
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 Collaborative Food Production Systems Research
item Collaborative Food Production Systems Research
item Collaborative Food Production Systems Research Between ARS and University of Alaska - Fairbanks
item Collaborative Livestock Research Between ARS and NDSU-Hettinger Research Extension Center
item Combined Management Tactics for Resilient and Sustainable Crop Production
item Comparing the Healthfulness of Grass-fed and Grain-fed Beef
item Conservation Effects Assessment Project - 2022, 2023
item Cooperative production of hay and other forage crops on USDA/ARS property at Grazinglands Research Laboratory in El Reno, OK
item Developing Climate Based Ag Management Operation Scheduling and Natural Infrastructure Practices in the National Agroecosystem Model
item Developing Remote Sensing and Image Processing Tools for North Dakota Agricultural and Rangeland Applications
item Development and Testing of New Groundwater Phosphorus Model in Selected HUC8 From the National Agroecosystem Model
item Development of a Carbon Dynamics Model for Predicting GHG Emission and Sequestration in Croplands
item Development of Data and Tools to Support Precision Dryland Farming
item Development of Enhanced Tools and Management Strategies to Support Sustainable Agricultural Systems and Water Quality
item Ecometabolomic Profile of Maize and Wheat with Different Management Strategies
item Factors Regulating Plant Nutritional Quality and Productivity
item Field-Scale SWAT+ Modeling to Support Regional Legacy P Model Development
item FY 2022, 2023 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on croplands) Temple
item Great Plains Indigenous Seeds and Plants Research
item Great Plains Indigenous Seeds and Plants Research with United Tribes Technical College
item Health Benefits of Specific Dietary Components
item Improving Soil Quality and Productivity of Eroded Crop Land Using Animal Beef Manure
item Incorporating Precision Agriculture Equipment to Maximize Profitability in Maryland – Best Practices for Creating Management Zones
item Increasing Water Productivity, Nutrient Efficiency and Soil Health in Rainfed Food Systems of Semi-Aris Southern Great Plains
item Influence of Plant Secondary Metabolites on Abiotic CO2 Efflux from Soils
item Integrated Grassland and Cropland Observation Systems for Multi-Scale Observations Agroecosystem Processes
item Integrated Research to Enhance Forage and Food Production from Southern Great Plains Agroecosystems
item Investigating the Impacts of Climate and Management Practices on Agroecosystems Using Remote Sensing and In-situ Observations
item Long-Term Agroecosystems Research (LTAR) Human Dimensions Data Collection and Assessment
item Long-Term Beef Manure Influences Soil Quality, Carbon Dynamics, and Corn Productivity
item Long-Term Cover Crops Influence Soil Quality and Carbon Content in Cropping System
item Long-term Oil Seed Production Influence Soil Quality and Carbon Content in Dryland Cropping System
item Long-term Tillage Influence Soil Nutrient Dynamics and Soil Quality in Dryland Cropping System
item Long-term Tillage Influence Soil Quality and Carbon Cycling in Dryland Cropping System
item Metabolites in Meat from Animals Grazing Cover Crops
item Monitoring Climatic Changes in Northwest Oklahoma
item Natural Carbon Sinks in Grass and Cropland
item Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory and Area IV Soil Conservation Districts Research Farm Agreement
item Nutritional Role of Phytochemicals
item Parameterization and Testing of New Groundwater Flow and Salinity Model in the National Agroecosystem Model
item Remote Sensing to Quantify Benefits of Cropping System Diversification
item Residue Removal Study and Manure Addition to Maintain Soil Quality and Sustainability
item Seed Multiplication to Support Indigenous Seed Sovereignty
item Software and Database Development Related to Forage and Animal Production Systems
item Sustainable Soils for Healthy Communities and Climate Resilience in the Semi-Arid West
item Transdisciplinary Research that Improves the Productivity and Sustainability of Northern Great Plains Agroecosystems and the Well-Being of the Communities They Serve