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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.

Clicking on a subject of investigation will list the research projects within that  subject of investigation.
Subjects of Investigation
Alfalfa
Bacteria
Barley
Canola
Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480)
Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
Fungi (includes yeast)
Grain crops, general/other (includes buckwheat, millet, triticale)
Ground covers
Hard red spring wheat
Hard red winter wheat
Hemp
Individuals (as workers, consumers, members of society)
Insects
Microorganisms, general/other
Miscellaneous and new crops, general/other
Oats
Oilseed and oil crops, general/other
Other bees (non-Apis bees)
Perennial grasses, other
Pesticides (includes herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, etc.)
Potato
Soft red wheat
Soybean
Sugar crops, general/other
Sunflower
Sweet sorghum
Tung
Vegetables, general/other
Viruses
Warm season perennial grasses (includes dallisgrass, bluestems)
Weeds
Wheat, other
Wood and wood products
Research Projects within Fungi (includes yeast)
item Antimicrobials for Biorefining and Agricultural Applications
item Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation
item Consistency of Biocontrol Against Fusarium Dry Rot in Postharvest Potatoes During Storage Under Simulated Commercial Conditions
item Detecting and Tracking Infection by the Biocontrol Pathogen, Ovavesicula Popilliae
item Discovery and Production of Beneficial Microbes for Control of Agricultural Pests through Integration into Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems
item Elucidating Tick-fungal Entomopathogen Interactions for Improved Tick Control
item Environmentally-Friendly, Microbial and Plant-Based Agents for Mosquito Control
item Exploring Diet, Microbiome, and Health in an Economically Important Cricket (Gryllodes sigillatus)
item Harnessing the Robust Metabolism of Bacillus Coagulans for Efficient Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass Hydrolysates to Designer Bioesters
item Harnessing the Robustness of Undomesticated Yarrowia lipolytica Strains for Biosynthesis of Designer Bioesters
item Management and Characterization of Microbial Genetic Resources and Associated Descriptive Information
item New Bioproducts for Advanced Biorefineries
item Potential for Genes Targeted Toward Fungal Plant Pathogen Control to Interfere with Natural and Applied Microbial Insect Pathogens
item Technologies to Improve Conversion of Biomass-Derived Sugars to Bioproducts