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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
Air
Almond
Animal research, general
Aquatic plants
Bacteria
Barley
Beans (dry)
Beans (fresh, fresh-processed)
Beef cattle, live animal
Berries and cane fruits, other
Blueberry
Broadleaf forests of the South
Catfish
Chemurgic Crops
Citrus, general/other
Climate
Cocoa
Coffee
Cole crops (includes cabbage, kale, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower,
Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480)
Cotton, other
Cottonseed (for meal, oil, etc.)
Cross-commodity research--multiple animal species
Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
Cucumber
Cucurbits, other (includes pumpkin, squash, gourd)
Dairy cattle, live animal
Deciduous tree fruits, other
Desert and semidesert shrub land and shinnery
Drainage and irrigation facilities and systems
Duck and goose, live animal
Edible tree nuts, general/other
Egg-type chicken, live animal
Eggplant
Eggs
Feed and feed additives
Fertilizers
Fiber crops, general/other
Finfish
Fish habitats
Forage legumes, other
Fungi (includes yeast)
General technology
Goats, meat and mohair
Grain crops, general/other (includes buckwheat, millet, triticale)
Grain sorghum
Grapefruit
Grapes, other
Greens and leafy vegetables (includes endive, lettuce, spinach)
Hard red winter wheat
Hemp
Herbaceous perennials and decorative greens
Honey bees
Horses, ponies, and mules
Individuals (as workers, consumers, members of society)
Insects
Kenaf
Laboratory animals
Leguminous vegetables, other
Long fiber cotton
Machinery and equipment
Mango
Marine shrimp
Meat-type chicken, live animal
Melons (includes cantaloupe, muskmelon, watermelon)
Microorganisms, general/other
Miscellaneous and new crops, general/other
Nectarine
Noncrop plant research
Nonfarm structures and related facilities, including those used in
Oats
Oilseed and oil crops, general/other
Orange
Ornamental trees and shrubs
Ornamentals and turf, general/other (includes cacti)
Other bees (non-Apis bees)
Other cultured finfish
Other poultry products
Oysters
Pasture
Pasture and forage crops, general/other
Peach
Peanut
Pecan
Peppers
Perennial grasses, other
Pesticides (includes herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, etc.)
Plant research, general
Plum
Potato
Potted plants
Poultry meat
Poultry, general/other
Rangelands and grasslands, general
Remote sensing equipment and technology
Research on research management (not research management per se)
Rhizomes, tubers, bulbs, and root crops, general/other (for potato use 1310)
Rice
River basins
Sewage and waste disposal facilities and systems
Sheep, live animal
Soft red wheat
Soil
Soil and land, general
Solanaceous and related crops, general/other (for potato use 1310)
Soybean
Strawberry
Striped bass
Sugar beet
Sugar cane
Summer annual grasses (includes forage sorghums, sudangrass, sorghum)
Sweet potato
Sweet sorghum
Sweetcorn
Swine, general/other
Swine, live animal
Table grapes
The farm as an enterprise
Tilapia
Tomato
Trees, forests, and forest products, general
Tropical/subtropical fruit, general/other
Turf (includes bentgrass, bermudagrass, bluegrass, dichondra, fescue)
Turkey, live animal
Upland cotton
Vegetables, general/other
Viruses
Walnut
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 habitats
Wine grapes
Research Projects within Eggs
item Addressing Critical Poultry Industry Challenge through Creating Value for Chicken Breast Meat with Myopathies
item Agent Based Modeling to improve cage-free housing systems: What does the hen see?
item Application of Electron Beam in the Inactivation of Viruses, Bacteria, Protozoan Parasites, and Fungi in Pure Culture and Different Matrices
item Application of Probiotics as an Alternative to Antibiotics for the Reduction of Salmonella in Poultry
item Assessment of Quality Attributes of Poultry Products, Grain, Seed, Nuts, and Feed
item Cage-Free Pullets: Housing and Management Practices
item Control Salmonella Serotypes and Other Pathogens in the Joints of Broiler Chickens
item Developing Plant-based Drinking Water Supplements for Controlling Salmonella and Campylobacter Jejuni in Broiler Chickens
item Enhancing Microbiological Safety and Production Efficiency in Organic Poultry Farming: An Interdisciplinary Investigation of Innovative Strategies
item Evaluate the Ability of Insect Meal to Reduce Colonization of Foodborne Pathogens in Broiler Chickens
item Extensive Hen Housing: Old Idea New Tricks
item Heat Stress and Respiratory Infection in Broiler Chickens: Examination of a Novel Neuroendocrine-Microbiome Mechanism Mediating Development of APEC
item Identify Environmental and Management Drivers of Foodborne Pathogen Ecology Under Pastured Poultry Rearing Systems
item Investigating the Role of Lighting Photoperiods in Broiler Production on Pre-Harvest Foodborne Pathogen Carriage
item Leveraging Neuroimmune Pathways of Host-Microbe Interaction in the Development of Novel E-beam Antibiotic Alternative Strategies in Poultry
item Microbiome Transplantation as a Novel Approach to Prevent Climate Change Mediated Susceptibility to Foodborne Pathogen Carriage in Poultry
item Multi-hurdle Approaches for Controlling Foodborne Pathogens in Poultry
item Multidirectional Axes of Host-Microbiome Crosstalk as Novel Targets for the Development of Alternatives to Antibiotics to Control Foodborne..Poultry
item Novel Microbubble Technology to Reduce Contamination of Poultry Products and Fresh Produce for Small and Medium Veteran Farmers
item Nutritionally Enhanced Orange Corn: A Natural Domestic Source of Antioxidant Carotenoids for Poultry and Consumer Well-being
item Reducing Pathogen Contamination Risks and Improving Quality Attributes of Eggs and Egg Products through Housing System Management and Egg Handling Practices
item Reduction of Foodborne Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance in Poultry Production Environments
item Reduction of Foodborne Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance in Poultry Production Environments
item Smart Optical Sensing of Food Hazards and Elimination of Non-Nitrofurazone Semicarbazide in Poultry
item Systems-based Integrated Program for Enhancing the Sustainability of Antibiotic Restricted Poultry Production