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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
Agricultural supplies, general/other
Air
Alfalfa
Apple
Atmosphere, general/other
Bacteria
Barley
Beans (dry)
Beans (fresh, fresh-processed)
Bedding/garden plants
Beef cattle, general/other
Beef cattle, live animal
Canola
Carrot
Climate
Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480)
Cranberry
Cross-commodity research--multiple animal species
Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
Cucumber
Dairy cattle, general/other
Dairy cattle, live animal
Deciduous and small fruits, general/other
Domestic and community water supply facilities and systems
Drainage and irrigation facilities and systems
Durum wheat
Egg-type chicken, live animal
Feed and feed additives
Fertilizers
Fish habitats
Florist crops, other
Forage legumes, other
Fungi (includes yeast)
Grain crops, general/other (includes buckwheat, millet, triticale)
Greens and leafy vegetables (includes endive, lettuce, spinach)
Ground covers
Hard red spring wheat
Hard red winter wheat
Hemp
Herbs and spices
Honey bees
Horses, ponies, and mules
Individuals (as workers, consumers, members of society)
Insects
Melons (includes cantaloupe, muskmelon, watermelon)
Microorganisms, general/other
Miscellaneous and new crops, general/other
Nematodes
Noncrop plant research
Oats
Oilseed and oil crops, general/other
Onion, garlic, leek, shallot
Ornamental trees and shrubs
Ornamentals and turf, general/other (includes cacti)
Other bees (non-Apis bees)
Other dairy cattle products
Pasture
Pasture and forage crops, general/other
Peach
Peas (dry)
Perennial grasses, other
Pesticides (includes herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, etc.)
Plant research, general
Potato
Potted plants
Poultry, general/other
Rangelands and grasslands, general
Red clover
Remote sensing equipment and technology
Rice
Rye
Sheep, live animal
Soft red wheat
Soft white wheat (includes club, western)
Soil
Soil and land, general
Soybean
Sugar beet
Sugar crops, general/other
Sunflower
Sweet potato
Sweet sorghum
Sweetcorn
Swine, general/other
Swine, live animal
The farm as an enterprise
Tomato
Trees, forests, and forest products, general
Trout
Tung
Turf (includes bentgrass, bermudagrass, bluegrass, dichondra, fescue)
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
Wetland and riparian systems
Wheat, other
Wild animals
Wildlife and natural fisheries, general/other
Wood and wood products
Research Projects within Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
item Assessing the Effects of Conservation Practices on Crop Yield, Water Quality, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the U.S. Corn Belt
item Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation
item Detecting and Tracking Infection by the Biocontrol Pathogen, Ovavesicula Popilliae
item Development of a Pan Genome MaizeMine, a Flexible Data Warehouse and Analysis System for Exploring the Maize Pan Genome
item Discovery and Production of Beneficial Microbes for Control of Agricultural Pests through Integration into Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems
item Enteric Methane Monitoring - Midwest Area Madison WI
item Field Scale Assessment of Factors Controlling Corn and Soybean Production Efficiency
item Getting to the ROOT of the Corn Yield Drag Following Cover Crops: A Cereal Rye Residue Manipulation Experiment
item Harnessing the Robust Metabolism of Bacillus Coagulans for Efficient Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass Hydrolysates to Designer Bioesters
item Improved Management of Nutrients, Water, Agrochemicals, and Energy to Enhance Agriculture System Sustainability
item Legume Information System and Network - a Legume Bioinformatics Resource
item MaizeGDB - Database and Computational Resources for Maize Genetics, Genomics, and Breeding Research
item Managing Nutrient, Carbon, and Water Fluxes to Provide Sustainable and Resilient Cropping Systems for Midwestern Landscapes
item Novel Commercial Farm-field Network to Quantify Emissions and Carbon Storage from Agricultural Bio-energy Feedstock Production
item Novel Manure Management Technologies: Reducing Odors, Producing Slow-release Fertilizers, and Providing Ecosystem Services
item RCN: Reimagining a Sustainable Data Network to Accelerate Agricultural Research and Discovery
item SoyBase and the Legume Information System - Information Infrastructure and Research for Legume Crop Improvement
item Tall Tower Monitoring - Midwest Area Urbana, IL
item Tools and Resources to Explore Maize Multi-omics Data
item Water and Light Use Efficiency of Native Grasses in a Silvopasture System