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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
Alfalfa
Apple
Atmosphere, general/other
Bacteria
Beans (dry)
Beans (fresh, fresh-processed)
Bedding/garden plants
Beef cattle, general/other
Beef cattle, live animal
Berries and cane fruits, other
Blueberry
Cherry
Citrus, general/other
Climate
Cocoa
Coffee
Cole crops (includes cabbage, kale, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower,
Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480)
Cranberry
Cross-commodity research--multiple animal species
Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
Cucumber
Cucurbits, other (includes pumpkin, squash, gourd)
Dairy cattle, general/other
Dairy cattle, live animal
Deciduous and small fruits, general/other
Egg-type chicken, live animal
Fertilizers
Fungi (includes yeast)
General technology
Goats, meat and mohair
Grain crops, general/other (includes buckwheat, millet, triticale)
Grapefruit
Greens and leafy vegetables (includes endive, lettuce, spinach)
Hard red winter wheat
Herbaceous perennials and decorative greens
Honey bees
Insects
Meat, beef cattle
Meat, dairy cattle
Meat, sheep
Meat, swine
Meat-type chicken, live animal
Microorganisms, general/other
Milk
Narcotic plants
Nematodes
Oilseed and oil crops, general/other
Orange
Ornamental trees and shrubs
Ornamentals and turf, general/other (includes cacti)
Other animals, general
Other non-bee pollinators, general
Papaya
Parks and urban green space
Peach
Pear
Peppers
Pesticides (includes herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, etc.)
Plant research, general
Potato
Poultry meat
Poultry, general/other
Protozoa
Rangelands and grasslands, general
Raspberry
Remote sensing equipment and technology
Research equipment and methods, general/other
Rice
Seeds and other plant propagules
Sheep, live animal
Soil
Soil and land, general
Soybean
Spiders, mites, ticks, and other arthropods
Strawberry
Sugar beet
Sugar cane
Sweet potato
Swine, live animal
Table grapes
Tea
Tomato
Trees, forests, and forest products, general
Tropical/subtropical fruit, general/other
Turkey, live animal
Vegetables, general/other
Viroids, mycoplasmas, spiroplasmas, etc.
Viruses
Water resources
Watersheds
Watersheds and river basins, general
Weather
Weeds
Wetland and riparian systems
Wheat, other
Wine grapes
Winter annual legumes (includes subterranean clover, arrowleaf clover)
Research Projects within Soil
item Building Resilient Organic Weed Management Systems with Precision Smart Sprayer Technologies
item Catalyzing cover crop advancement as a climate-smart practice through a national variety improvement and seed production program
item Crop Rotation Diversity DRIVES Resilience to Environmental and Economic Variability, and Improves Nutrition Outcomes
item Designing and Developing the Cyberinfrastructure and Web-Based Decision Tools for Conservation Vegetation Management in Agriculture
item Designing and Developing the Cyberinfrastructure and Web-Based Decision Tools for Conservation Vegetation Management in Agriculture
item Designing and Developing the Cyberinfrastructure and Web-Based Decision Tools for Conservation Vegetation Management in Agriculture
item Developing Practices for Nutrient and Byproducts to Mitigate Climate Change, Improve Nutrient Utilization, and Reduce Effects on Environment (BRIDGE PROJECT)
item Developing, Evaluating, and Optimizing Diversified Agricultural Systems for a Changing Environment in the Mid-Atlantic Region
item Factors Affect the Transfer of Bacterial Pathogens to Leafy Greens from Soils
item Factors Affect the Transfer of Bacterial Pathogens to Leafy Greens from Soils
item Farming for More Than Food: Management Impact on Soil Organic Carbon and Mineralogy
item Improved Models of Cover Crop Processes and Sustainable Crop Production
item Improving Our Understanding of the Impact of Management on Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Major Northeast and Great Lakes States Crops
item Improving Pre-harvest Produce Safety through Reduction of Pathogen Levels in Agricultural Environments and Development and Validation of Farm-Scale Microbial Quality Model for Irrigation Water Sources
item Long-Term Cropping Systems Impacts on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Pools
item Microbial and Physico-Chemical Technologies to Control Bacterial Pathogens during Hydroponic, Aquaponic, and Soil Production of Fresh Produce
item Mitigating Mercury Migration Through a Novel Treatability Study on Soil Amendments
item Modeling Fate and Transport of Indicator and Pathogenic Organisms to Assess Microbial Water Quality of Irrigation Water Sources
item National Vegetation Planning Decision Support Tools for Conservation Land-use Planners and Farmers
item Omics of Rhizoctonia Solani for Molecular Identification and Deciphering Pathogenicity on Agricultural Crops
item Prevention of Pathogen Contamination in the Lettuce Production Continuum-Beltsville
item Selection to Distribution: Delivering Regionally Adapted Cover Crop Varieties to Organic Farmers
item Soil, Crop, and Manure Biochemistry and Molecular Ecology: Bridging Knowledge Gaps in Microbiome Response to Management and Climate Change
item Uniting the Regional Cover Crop Councils to Build National Cover Crop Decision Support Tools
item Uniting the Regional Cover Crop Councils to Build National Cover Crop Decision Support Tools
item Uniting the Regional Cover Crop Councils to Build National Cover Crop Decision Support Tools - Un of MD
item Uniting the Regional Cover Crop Councils to Build National Cover Crop Decision Support Tools - Un of MO
item Uniting the Regional Cover Crop Councils to Build National Cover Crop Decision Support Tools - Un of VT
item Using Modeling to Develop Monitoring Strategy and Scheduling for Microbial Quality of Irrigation Water Sources