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Agricultural supplies, general/other
Air
Alfalfa
Almond
Animal research, general
Apple
Apricot
Aquatic plants
Arboreta and botanical gardens
Atmosphere, general/other
Bacteria
Banana
Barley
Beans (dry)
Beans (fresh, fresh-processed)
Bedding/garden plants
Beef cattle, general/other
Beef cattle, live animal
Bees, honey, and other pollinators, general
Berries and cane fruits, other
Biological Cell Systems
Blueberry
Broadleaf forests of the South
Canola
Carrot
Catfish
Cheese
Chemurgic Crops
Cherry
Citrus, general/other
Climate
Cocoa
Coffee
Cole crops (includes cabbage, kale, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower,
Conifer forests of the North
Conifer forests of the South
Conifer forests of the West
Cool season perennial grasses (includes bluegrass, bromegrass, fescue)
Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480)
Cotton, other
Cottonseed (for meal, oil, etc.)
Cranberry
Cross-commodity research--multiple animal species
Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
Cucumber
Cucurbits, other (includes pumpkin, squash, gourd)
Cut flowers, foliage, and greens
Dairy cattle, general/other
Dairy cattle, live animal
Date
Deciduous and small fruits, general/other
Deciduous tree fruits, other
Desert and semidesert shrub land and shinnery
Domestic and community water supply facilities and systems
Drainage and irrigation facilities and systems
Duck and goose, live animal
Durum wheat
Economy, general/other
Edible tree nuts, general/other
Egg-type chicken, live animal
Eggplant
Eggs
Experimental design and statistical methods
Feed and feed additives
Fertilizers
Fiber crops, general/other
Filbert
Finfish
Fish habitats
Flax
Florist crops, other
Food (not readily associated with specific plant and animal products)
Forage legumes, other
Freshwater shrimp
Fungi (includes yeast)
General Commodity
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)
Ground covers
Guayule
Hard red spring wheat
Hard red winter wheat
Hard white wheat
Hemp
Herbaceous perennials and decorative greens
Herbs and spices
Honey bees
Hops
Horses, ponies, and mules
Individuals (as workers, consumers, members of society)
Insects
Kenaf
Kiwi
Laboratory animals
Land
Leguminous vegetables, other
Lemon
Lentil
Lesquerella
Long fiber cotton
Machinery and equipment
Mango
Marine shrimp
Meat, beef cattle
Meat, dairy cattle
Meat, sheep
Meat, swine
Meat-type chicken, live animal
Melons (includes cantaloupe, muskmelon, watermelon)
Microorganisms, general/other
Milk
Mint
Miscellaneous and new crops, general/other
Mixed conifer-broadleaf forests
Mountain grasslands, meadow, and alpine
Mushrooms and other edible fungi
Narcotic plants
Nectarine
Nematodes
Noncrop plant research
Nonfarm structures and related facilities, including those used in
Oats
Oilseed and oil crops, general/other
Onion, garlic, leek, shallot
Orange
Ornamental trees and shrubs
Ornamentals and turf, general/other (includes cacti)
Other animals, general
Other beef cattle products
Other bees (non-Apis bees)
Other cultured finfish
Other dairy cattle products
Other non-bee pollinators, general
Other poultry products
Other swine products
Oysters
Papaya
Paper and pulp derived products
Parks and urban green space
Pasture
Pasture and forage crops, general/other
Peach
Peanut
Pear
Peas (dry)
Peas (fresh, fresh-processed)
Pecan
People and communities, general/other
Peppers
Perennial grasses, other
Pesticides (includes herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, etc.)
Pineapple
Pinyon-juniper
Plant research, general
Plum
Potato
Potted plants
Poultry meat
Poultry, general/other
Protozoa
Raisin grapes
Rangelands and grasslands, general
Rangelands, other
Raspberry
Red clover
Remote sensing equipment and technology
Research equipment and methods, general/other
Research on research management (not research management per se)
Rhizomes, tubers, bulbs, and root crops, general/other (for potato use 1310)
Rice
River basins
Rubber, gum, and resin plants, other
Rye
Salmon
Seeds and other plant propagules
Sewage and waste disposal facilities and systems
Sheep and wool, general/other
Sheep, live animal
Shellfish
Soft red wheat
Soft white wheat (includes club, western)
Soil
Soil and land, general
Solanaceous and related crops, general/other (for potato use 1310)
Solar radiation
Soybean
Spiders, mites, ticks, and other arthropods
Strawberry
Striped bass
Structures, facilities, and equipment, general/other
Sugar beet
Sugar cane
Sugar crops, general/other
Summer annual grasses (includes forage sorghums, sudangrass, sorghum)
Sunflower
Sweet potato
Sweet sorghum
Sweetcorn
Swine, general/other
Swine, live animal
Table grapes
Taro
Tea
The family and its members
The farm as an enterprise
Tilapia
Tomato
Trees, forests, and forest products, general
Tropical/subtropical fruit, general/other
Trout
Tung
Turf (includes bentgrass, bermudagrass, bluegrass, dichondra, fescue)
Turkey, live animal
Upland cotton
Vegetables, general/other
Viroids, mycoplasmas, spiroplasmas, etc.
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 and natural fisheries, general/other
Wildlife habitats
Wine grapes
Winter annual legumes (includes subterranean clover, arrowleaf clover)
Wood and wood products
Wool fiber
Tropical/subtropical fruit, general/other
item 3.0271.01 Integrative Identification Methods for Bactracera Fruit Flies
item Advanced Technologies for Tropical Invasive Pest Management in Hawaii
item Advancing Male Annihilation Technique for Invasive Cuelure-Responding Fruit Flies
item Advancing Molecular Pest Management, Diagnostics, and Eradication of Fruit Flies and Invasive Species
item Areawide - Integration of Coffee Berry Borer Studies in Puerto Rico
item Assessment of Soil Quality parameters in Tropical Soils and Elemental Composition in Tropical Crops Subjected to Abiotic Stresses
item Characterize the Germplasm Collection of Subtropical Horticulture Fruit Crops and Ornamental Plants Using Genomics/Transcriptomics
item Chitin Interactions in Plant Disease Mitigation in Theobroma Cacao and Analysis of Erythroxylum Specie Gene Function
item CoffeeMD: Using AI to Identify and Remediate Coffee Pests, Diseases, and Nutrient Deficiencies
item Conservation and Utilization of Tropical and Subtropical Fruit, Cacao, Coffee, and Bamboo Germplasm and Associated Descriptive Information
item Conservation, Management, and Genetic Improvement of Tropical and Subtropical Fruit, Nut, and Beverage Crop Germplasm for the Pacific Region
item Crop Health and Genetic Improvement of Sub-Tropical and Tropical Crops in the Pacific
item Demonstrating Bioeconomy Technologies for the Tropics
item Determination of Flavor and Healthful Benefits of Florida-Grown Fruits and Vegetables and Development of Postharvest Treatments to Optimize Shelf Life an Quality for Their Fresh and Processed Products
item Develop Functional Plant-Based Proteins
item Develop Molecular Diagnostic Tools to Determine Strain and Mating Status of Fruit Fly Incursions
item Develop Molecular Diagnostic Tools to Determine Strain and Mating Status of Fruit Fly Incursions
item Develop Molecular Diagnostic Tools to Determine Strain and Mating Status of Fruit Fly Incursions
item Developing Genomics Resources for Tropical Perennial Crops Economically Important to the United States
item Developing Phylogenomic-based Diagnostic Tools for Species Identification Across Diptera
item Development and Implementation of GBS and SNP Tools for Tropical Plant Genotyping
item Development of Ethyl Formate and Irradiation Combination Treatment and its Application on Spotted Wing Drosophila and Mealybugs
item Development of Host Fruit Odor Based Chemical Lure for Female Oriental Fruit Fly
item Development of New and Improved Surveillance, Detection, Control, and Management Technologies for Fruit Flies and Invasive Pests of Tropical and Subtropical Crops
item Development of Pathogen- and Plant-Based Genetic Tools and Disease Mitigation Methods for Tropical Perennial Crops
item Development of Protein Food Odor Based Chemical Lure for Female Oriental Fruit Fly
item Development of Protein Food Odor-based Chemical Lure for Female Oriental Fruit Fly
item Evaluate Wild Cacao Germplasm for Tolerance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses and Develop Genomes and Transcriptomes of Cacao Pathogen Species
item Evaluation of Cacao Germplasm for Enhanced Agronomic Traits in the International Cocao Genebank, Trinidad
item Expanding Florida Avocado Production through Varietal Selection
item Field Verification and Characterization of Musa Germplasm Maintained in Vitro and Cryopreservation at the Intl Musa Germplasm Transit Centre(ITC)
item Fumigation Treatments to Eliminate Invasive Pests of Concern in U.S.-Korea Trade
item Genetic Improvement and Evaluation of Coffee and Cacao in Hawaii
item Genetic Resource and Information Management and Genetic Improvement of Germplasm for Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, Sugarcane, and Related Grasses
item Genetic Technologies for Detection, Characterization, and Control of Plant Viruses in Hawaii
item Genomics and Bioninformatics of Tropical Fruit Crops
item Genomics of Asimini Triloba, the American Pawpaw
item Genotypic Characterization of Genetic Resources for Cacao, Coffee, and Other Tropical Perennial Crops Economically Important to the United States
item Germplasm Acquisition/Maintenance and Horticultural Evaluation of Theobroma cacao Clones
item Identification and Conservation of Fine Flavored Cacao Varieties (Theobroma cacao)
item Identification of Giant African Snail Odors to Aid Detector Dog Training
item Identification of Giant African Snail Odors to Aid Detector Dog Training
item Identifying New Sources of Resistance to Mango Anthracnose
item Improved Detection and Control of Tropical Invasive Insect Pests
item Integrated Pest Management of Invasive Pests for Subtropical Agriculture in Florida
item Integration and Validation of Alternative and Multiple Intervention Technologies to Enhance Microbial Safety, Quality, and Shelf-life of Food
item Integrative Identification Methods for Bactrocera Fruit Flies (Year 3)
item Investigating Natural Compounds from Tropical Plants with Medicinal Activity
item Magnitude of the Residue Analyses in Minor Crops from Experimental Applications of Pesticides
item Metabolomic Analysis of Various Theobroma Cacao Diseases
item Metabolomics and Mineral Analyses of Tropical Crops Germplasm
item Mitigating WA38 Greasiness and Related Quality Defects (Ft Pierce)
item Mitigation of Invasive Pest Threats to U.S. Subtropical Agriculture
item Molecular Characterization and Diversity Analysis of Colombian Cacao Genebank Collections and Cacao Pathogens from Colombia
item New Sustainable Processes, Preservation Technologies, and Product Concepts for Specialty Crops and Their Co-Products
item Novel Isochoric Processing For Sustainable, Safe And High Quality Preservation Of Fluid Foods
item Novel Isochoric Processing for Sustainable, Safe and High Quality Preservation of Fluid Foods
item Optimizing Bacterial Probiotic Establishment for Medfly Sterile Insect Technique
item Optimizing Bacterial Probiotic Establishment for Medfly Sterile Insect Technique
item Pesticide Resistance Management of Tephritid Fruit Flies and Other Related Pests of Fruit Crops
item Postharvest Protection of Tropical Commodities for Improved Market Access and Quarantine Security
item Postharvest Treatments and Functional Nutrients Studies of Hawaii Tropical Commodities
item Preharvest and Postharvest Technologies to Improve Production, Disease Management and Quality of Papaya and Other Tropical Fruit
item Quality Evaluation of Citrus Hybrids Tolerant to HLB for Juice Processing
item Quarantine, Germplasm Acquisition/Maintenance, Phytopathology Studies and Clone Evaluation of Theobroma Cacao
item Quarantine, Germplasm Acquisition/Maintenance, Phytopathology Studies and Clone Evaluation of Theobroma Cacao
item Reducing avocado losses to major challenges by improving resistance selection and disease management using next generation technologies
item Staffing and Operation for National Clonal Repositories for Plant Germplasm
item Strengthening the K-12 Pipeline in Agricultural Career Pathways
item Student Career in Agricultural Research, Learning, and Extension Training (SCARLET)
item Survival of Foodborne Pathogens on Work in Process Produce Ingredients During Holding Time, and Pathogen Transference Potential onto Containers
item Sustainable and Profitable Production of Specialty Crops in a Changing Environment
item Systems Approach for the Management of Coffee Berry Borer in Hawaii and Puerto Rico with Emphasis on Biological Control
item Systems Approach for the Management of Coffee Berry Borer in Hawaii and Puerto Rico with Emphasis on Biological Control (Cenicafe, Colombia)
item Systems Approach for the Management of Coffee Berry Borer in Hawaii and Puerto Rico with Emphasis on Biological Control (Puerto Rico)
item Systems Approach for the Management of Coffee Berry Borer in Hawaii and Puerto Rico with Emphasis on Biological Control (Puerto Rico)
item Systems Approach for the Management of Coffee Berry Borer in Hawaii and Puerto Rico with Emphasis on Biological Control (UH-Manoa)
item Systems approaches to eliminate pests of concern to the Hawaii Ornamental Export Industry
item Systems Approaches to Improve Production and Quality of Specialty Crops Grown in the U.S. Pacific Basin
item The Assembly and Analysis of Genomes and Transcriptomes from Plant Pathogens of Theobroma Cacao
item Tropical Plant Genome Sequencing