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item Advancing Sustainable Technologies to Improve End-Use Quality of Underutilized and Climate-Resilient Food Crops for Value-Added Food and Consumer Products
item Alfalfa Seed Utilization for Human Food
item Alley Crops for Forage Production & Enhancing Almond Yield, Quality and Long-term Systems Sustainability
item Annotation and Analysis of the Alfalfa Genome
item Assembly and Annotation of Alfalfa Genomes
item Bee Stress Physiology and Aging
item Bee Stress Response and Overwintering Physiology
item Benefits for Bee Health and Diversity from Drought-Tolerant Plantings (“Bee Pasture”) for Drought-Stricken Areas in the West
item Breeding Alfalfa for Intercropping with Intermediate Wheatgrass: Towards Perennial Grain-Forage Systems
item Catalyzing a Billion Dollar Cover Crop Seed Industry - Madison
item Climate Resilient Intensification Strategies for Forage Production with Small Grains and Millets
item Collaborative Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) Oversight and Research between UC Riverside and ARS Salinity Lab
item Comprehensive Soil Health: Conservation & Remediation Practices for Urban Agriculture
item Conservation and Improved Storage Technologies for Pollinators and Other Insects of Agricultural Importance
item Crop Coexistence with Pollinator-Mediated Gene Flow Under Changing Environments
item Developing Alfalfa Varieties for a Water-Challenged Future
item Developing Diversified and Resilient Forage Systems for the Western U.S.
item Developing Farmer Decision Support Tools to Manage Alfalfa Winterkill
item Developing Sustainable Forage and Cover Crop Systems for Dairy Farms
item Development and validation of molecular detection tools for the invasive root lesion nematode Pratylenchus fallax
item Digestibility of Alfalfa Stem Segments
item Diversifying Ecosystem Services in Dairy Forage Systems
item DNA Sequencing and Molecular Analysis of Forage, Range, and Turf Plants
item Drought Shapes the Dryland Root Metabolome and Microbiome to Protect Against Biotic and Abiotic Stress
item Elucidate Key Genes and Processes Involved in Alfalfa Resistance to Stem Nematode Ditylenchus Dipasaci
item Emerging Stress Challenges and Composition of Alfalfa Pathobiome
item Enhancing and Protecting Populations of Alfalfa Seed Pollinators
item Enhancing On-Farm Demonstration and Outreach Efforts for Alfalfa and Dual Purpose Cover Cropping Systems
item Enhancing On-Farm Demonstration and Outreach Efforts for Alfalfa and Dual Purpose Cover Cropping Systems
item Enhancing Winter Survival and Forage Yield in Alfalfa
item Evaluating Best Management Practices for Manure Application into Alfalfa to Optimize Yield and Environmental Outcomes
item Evaluating Genotype by Environment Interactions in Intermediate Wheatgrass for Forage and Grain Production in Dairy Forage Systems
item Evaluating New Breeding Material for Salinity Tolerance in Almond Rootstocks and Exploring Novel Sources of Salinity Tolerance in Prunus Germplasm
item Evaluation of Methane Reduction Potential and Forage Quality on Conventional and Low-lignin Variants of Alfalfa and Corn Silage
item Evaluation of Strawberry Germplasm for Resistance to the Northern Root-Knot Nematode (Meloidogyne hapla)
item Expanding Efforts in Cover Crop Cultivar Development: Focusing on Weed Suppression, Winter Survival, and Seed Production
item Expanding Regional Grainshed Asset Mapping and Resource Development
item Expanding Resiliency and Utility of Alfalfa in Agroecosystems
item Feeding the Future: Maximizing the Value of Alfalfa Protein by Evaluating the Market Potential of Waste Streams in Protein Extraction
item Financial Health Workshop Series for BIPOC Farmers and Landowners
item Finding the Origin of Litylenchus Crenatae Mccanni, the Invasive Nematode Causing Widespread Decline of American Beech
item Forage Applications for Hairy Vetch and Cereal Rye Research
item Forecasting, Outbreak Prevention, and Ecology of Grasshoppers and Other Rangeland and Crop Insects in the Great Plains
item Fostering Resilience and Ecosystem Services in Landscapes by Integrating Diverse Perennial Circular Systems
item Fusion of Machine Learning and Electromagnetic Sensors for Real-Time Local Decisions in Agriculture
item Gene Discovery and Trait Improvement in Soybean, Alfalfa, and Other Legumes by Gene Editing
item Gene Editing of Lentils
item Genetic Improvement of Alfalfa for Enhanced Productivity under Abiotic Stress
item Genetic Resource and Information Management for Pulse, Temperate Forage Legume, Oilseed, Vegetable, Grasses, Sugar, Ornamental, and Other Crops
item Genotyping Red Clover for Seed Production
item High-density Genotyping of Plants
item High-throughput Phenotyping and Genotypic Modeling of Intermediate Wheatgrass Forage and Seed Traits
item Identifying and Developing Strategies to Enhance Sustainability and Efficiency in Dairy Forage Production Systems
item Improved Plant Genetic Resources and Methods to ensure Resilient and Productive Rangelands, Pastures, and Turf Landscapes
item Institutional Biological Safety Committee (IBC) Agreement - University of Minnesota
item Kentucky Alfalfa Nutrient Survey: Understanding the Role of Soil Fertility
item Leveraging Plasticity of Thermal Tolerance in Megachile Rotundata and Pteromalus Venustus as a Potential Parasitoid Mitigation Strategy
item Machinery Traffic Impacts on the Alfalfa-Corn Intercropping System
item Managing Alfalfa for Climate Smart Agriculture
item Managing Alfalfa for Climate Smart Agriculture (DFRU)
item Measuring and Monitoring Environmental Variables that Impact Agroecosystem Resilience
item Modeling and Synthesis for the Pasture Ecological Vulnerability Index
item Modeling Mormon Cricket Centers of Endemism with Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) Analysis of Spatiotemporal Distribution Data
item Modeling Mormon Cricket Centers of Endemism with Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) Analysis of Spatiotemporal Distribution Data
item Modeling Mormon Cricket Centers of Endemism with Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) Analysis of Spatiotemporal Distribution Data
item Modeling Pest Predation Services Associated with Land Use Change in Agricultural Landscapes
item Native American Soil Health Collaborative: Strengthening Soil Health Efforts among Indigenous Communities
item New and Improved Plant-Based Polymers
item Northern Exposure: Adaptation of Alfalfa for Challenging Winter Climates
item Oregon Alfalfa Nutrient Survey
item Outreach and Promotion of Regenerative Grazing Practices to Support Soil Health and Economic Resilience
item Overwintering Physiology of Insect Pollinators and Pests
item PARTNERSHIP: Decision Support Tool for Precision Management of Alfalfa for Yield and Quality Improvement
item Plant-associated Nematode Management and Systematics and USDA Nematode Collection Curation
item Producer Engagement in the Development of a FarmLab Research Program
item Soil Health Collaborative: Evaluating the Social, Economic, Policy, and Biophysical Drivers and Barriers to Greater Use of Soil Health Practices
item Soil Health Collaborative: Evaluating Use of Soil Health Practices
item Soil Health Collaborative: Evaluating Ways to Increase the Use of Soil Health Practices
item Soil Health Collaborative: Evaluating Ways to Increase the Use of Soil Health Practices
item Soil Health Collaborative: Nutrient and Pest Management Program Outreach-Year 4
item Specimen Management System Development and Updates for U.S. National Fungus Collections
item Strategic Integration of Perennials in Annual Crop Production Systems
item Targeted Gland Cell Transcriptomes of the Beech Leaf Disease Nematode
item Taxonomic Identification Of All Stages Of Nematodes
item Taxonomic Identification of all Stages of Nematodes
item Taxonomic Identification of All Stages of Nematodes
item Testing Alfalfa Leaf Protein Concentrate in Aquafeeds to Enhance Finfish Production and Water Quality
item The Regulation of Diapause by Maternal Effects & the Effect of Environmental Stress on Bee Quality
item Transformation and Gene Editing of Soybean, Lentil and Common Bean for Traits Enhancing Agronomic Value
item Understanding and Improving Salinity Tolerance in Specialty Crops
item Understanding Spatio-temporal Habitat Functionality of Land Cover Types for Conservation of Coccinellids and Pest Suppression in Alfalfa
item Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Satellite Remote Sensing Data to Evaluate Forage Yield and Quality
item WinterTurf: A holistic approach to understanding the mechanisms and mitigating the effects of winter stress on turfgrasses in northern climates
item Wisconsin Alfalfa Nutrient Survey