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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
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
General technology
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
Strawberry
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 Plant research, general
item Conservation Effects Assessment Project - 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027
item Develop Mobile Phone-based Applications for the Larger-scale End-user Applications of the CWSI-Integrated WISE Irrigation Scheduling Tool
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 Development and Testing of New Groundwater Phosphorus Model in Selected HUC8 From the National Agroecosystem Model
item Development of Enhanced Tools and Management Strategies to Support Sustainable Agricultural Systems and Water Quality
item Field-Scale SWAT+ Modeling to Support Regional Legacy P Model Development
item FY 2022-2027 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on croplands) Temple
item FY2021, FY2022 Contribution of Legacy Phosphorus to Watershed Outcomes, Phase 2 (Temple, TX)
item Improve Irrigation Management with Remote Sensing Technology
item Improve the Usage of Remote Sensing and Advanced Machine Learning Algorithms for Crop Management
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 in Cropping Systems of Semi-arid Regions
item Incorporating Precision Agriculture Equipment to Maximize Profitability in Maryland – Best Practices for Creating Management Zones
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 Integrating Field Measurements and Models to Evaluate Solar Induced Fluorescence as a Predictor of Dryland Crop Productivity
item Investigating Inheritance of Plant Architecture in Nimblewill
item Monitoring Climatic Changes in Northwest Oklahoma
item Nitrogen Fertility and Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizers for Sustainable Biofuels Production
item Organomineral Fertilizers: A Sustainable Fertility Option for Farmers?
item Parameterization and Testing of New Groundwater Flow and Salinity Model in the National Agroecosystem Model
item Texas Water Observatory Monitoring at the Riesel Watersheds
item Understanding Soil and Environmental Effects on Crop Species and Rangeland Ecosystems Under Water Limitation