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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
Baitfish (minnows and shiners)
Banana
Barley
Beans (dry)
Beans (fresh, fresh-processed)
Bedding/garden plants
Beef cattle, general/other
Beef cattle, live animal
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
Clothing and textiles, general
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
Invertebrates, general/other
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
Upland cotton
item Achieving Low N2O and CH4 Missions in Non-Flooded Rice Through Effective N Management Tools
item Administration of the National Predictive Modeling Tool Initiative (NPMTI)
item Advancement of Cotton Genetic Resources Through Use of a Costa Rican Counter Season Nursery
item Advancing Cotton Genetics and Innovative Cropping Systems for Improved Quality and Production
item Agri-Eye: Embedding Agricultural Intelligence in UAV-based Frameworks for Monitoring Crops
item Agricultural Research Projects Conducted at the Cropping Systems Research Laboratory and Texas Tech University
item Agronomic and Engineering Solutions for Conventional and Organic Conservation Agricultural Systems in the Southeastern U.S.
item Alabama Cotton Disease Predictive Tool Development
item Area-wide Management of Agricultural Pests
item Arkansas Cotton Disease Predictive Tool Development
item Assessing Micro-nutrients Applications for Efficient Soybean Production in the Mississippi Delta
item Assessing Multiple Benefits of Silcate Rock Dust Applications in Paddy Rice Under AWD Irrigation
item Assessing the Impact of Biotic and Abiotic Stressors on Reniform Nematode Populations in the Mississippi Cotton Production System
item Biological Control and Integrated Management of Invasive Arthropod Pests from Europe, Asia, and Africa
item Biologically-based Management Systems for Insect Pests and Pollinators in Agricultural Landscapes in the Southeastern Region
item Characterization and Introgression of Nematode Resistance into Upland Cotton
item Climate Adaptation and Sustainability in Switchgrass: Exploring Plant-microbe-soil Interactions Across Continental Scale Environmental Gradients
item Climate Adaptation Strategies for Irrigated Crop Production in the Missouri Delta
item Climate Data, Modeling Support and Delivery for NPMTI
item Climate Stress Effects on Major Row Crops of Mississippi
item Collaborative Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) Oversight and Research between The University of Arizona and ARS-Maricopa
item Collect Timely Information on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from On-farm Storage Irrigation Reservoirs in the Lower Mississippi River Basin in Arkansas
item Combining New Cover Crop Species and Management Strategies to Reduce Deer Pressure in Seedling Cotton
item Computational Biology: Studying Species of Agronomic, Ecological, and Evolutionary Importance
item Conservation Practices for Attaining Integrated Environment-Smart Cropping in Irrigated Row Crops
item Continued Development of a Publicly Accessible Comprehensive Cotton Database
item Continued Development of a Publicly Accessible Comprehensive Cotton Database
item Cooperative ARS-ALARC and UA-MAC Research with Local, Regional, and National Application
item Cotton Leaf Roll Dwarf Virus Disease Management
item Cotton Leaf Roll Dwarf Virus Disease Management
item Cotton Post-Harvest Trash and By-Product Characterizations
item Crop Modeling Digital Twin Development through Remote Sensing and Machine Learning
item Deep Learning Based High-Resolution Field Level Soil Moisture Mapper from UAVs
item Design and Building a Cover Crop Planter
item Detecting Precursors to Combustion for Cotton Coproducts to Improve Storage and Mitigate Fires
item Detecting Precursors to Combustion for Cotton Coproducts to Improve Storage and Mitigate Fires
item Determination of Round Cotton Module Weights to Improve Data Accuracy for Improvement of Cotton Gin Operations Efficiency and Bale Traceability
item Determining Approaches for Controlling Invasive Cotton Seed Bug (Oxycarenus hyalinipennis)
item Developing a Haplotype-assisted Breeding System for Upland Cotton
item Developing a Haplotype-assisted Breeding System for Upland Cotton - Stoneville
item Developing Cotton Germplasm for U.S. Growers Resistant to Diseases and Environmental Stresses
item Developing Disease Prediction Tools in Corn and Cotton to Optimize Management Plans
item Developing Genomic and Biological Resources to Characterize, Diagnose and Detect Emerging and Invasive Vectored Bacterial and Viral Plant Pathogens for Safeguarding U.S. Agriculture
item Developing Insecticide Resistance Management Strategies for Insect Pests Infesting Row Crops in Field and Storage Environments
item Developing Strategies and Tools to Mitigate Biotic and Abiotic Stresses in Cotton and Managing the National Cotton Variety Testing Program
item Developing Strategies for Resilient and Sustainable Crop, Water, and Soil Management in Semi-Arid Environments
item Development of Climate Resilient Germplasm and Management Tools for Sustainable Row Crop Production
item Development of Molecular Diagnostics and Cotton Disease Predictive Tool
item Development of Novel Fiber Quality Characterization Methods
item Development of Prediction Tools for Diseases and Mycotoxins Affecting Corn and Cotton to Better Inform Management Decisions in Louisiana
item Development of Prediction Tools for Diseases and Mycotoxins Affecting Corn and Mississippi Cotton Disease Predictive Tool Development
item Development of Predictive Tools for Oklahoma Cotton Diseases
item Development of Productive, Profitable, and Sustainable Crop Production Systems for the Mid-South
item Dynamic, Data-Driven, Sustainable, and Resilient Crop Production Systems for the U.S.
item Ecologically Sustainable Approaches to Insect Resistance Management in Bt Cotton
item Effectiveness of Transgenic Crops Expressing Vegetatively-produced Bt Toxins for Heliothine Control
item Enhanced Cotton for Value-Added Applications
item Enhancing Agronomic Traits, Fiber Quality, and Resistance to Environmental Stress, Nematodes, and Fungal Diseases in Cotton
item Enhancing Cropping System and Grassland Sustainability in the Texas Gulf Coast Region by Managing Systems for Productivity and Resilience
item Enhancing the Profitability and Sustainability of Upland Cotton, Cottonseed, and Agricultural Byproducts through Improvements in Pre-Ginning, Ginning, and Post-Ginning Processes
item Enhancing the Quality and Sustainability of Cotton Fiber and Textiles
item Enriching the Gene Pool of Upland Cotton
item Est. Infrastructure to Develop Prediction Tools for Cotton & Wheat Diseases & Mycotoxins Affecting Cotton to Better Inform Mgmt Decisions(TXAREC)
item Establishing the Infrastructure to Develop Prediction Tools for Diseases & Affecting Cotton to Better Inform Management Decisions (U.GA)
item Establishing the Infrastructure to Develop Prediction Tools for Diseases & Affecting Cotton to Better Inform Management Decisions (UAR)
item Establishing the Infrastructure to Develop Prediction Tools for Diseases & Affecting Cotton to Better Inform Mgmt. Decisions (Clemson)
item Establishing the Infrastructure to Develop Prediction Tools for Diseases & Mycotoxins Affecting Corn & Cotton to Better Inform Mgmt Decisions (MI)
item Establishing the Infrastructure to Develop Prediction Tools for Diseases and Affecting Cotton to Better Inform management decisions
item Establishing the Infrastructure to Develop Prediction Tools for Diseases and Affecting Cotton to Better Inform Management Decisions (U.FL)
item Establishing the Infrastructure to Develop Prediction Tools for Diseases and Mycotoxins Affecting Corn to Better Inform Management Decisions (Ohio)
item Estimate Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Drill Seeded Rice with Soil Amendments using DNDC Model
item Evaluate Cotton Germplasm for Environmental Influence Under Extreme Climate Conditions
item Evaluating Differences in Cotton Fiber Types at Initiation and Determining the Underlying Basis for Those Differences
item Evaluation of Current Air Quality Dispersion Models Used to Permit Low-level Agricultural Point Sources - Cotton Gins
item Evaluation Of Elite Brassica Carinata Breeding Lines For Winter Production In South Carolina
item Evaluation of Round Module Moisture Content Effects on Cotton Quality
item Evaluation of Transgenic Crops for Economically Sustainable Control of Insect Pests
item Exploiting Genetic Variation of Australian and African Diploid Accessions for American Tetraploid Cotton
item Exploring the Genetics of Drought Resistance with Field-based Phenomics and Biophysical Process-based Modeling
item Farm-level Conservation Strategies to Reduce Carbon Footprint and Improve Productivity in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
item Florida Cotton Disease Predictive Tool Development
item FY 2022 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) - Benchmark Watershed Assessment Studies (on croplands) - (Jonesboro)
item Genetic Drift in Peripheral and Source Bollworm Populations-Cornell University
item Genetic Drift in Peripheral and Source Bollworm Populations-Pennsylvania State University
item Genetic Drift in Peripheral and Source Bollworm Populations-Texas Agrilife
item Genetic Drift in Peripheral and Source Bollworm Populations-Tidewater Ag Res & Ext Ctr
item Genomic Dissection and Molecular Characterization of Fiber Quality Traits for Cotton Variety Improvement
item Genomic Selection is Looming: Building a Robust Genotype-to-Phenotype Platform to Revolutionize Public Cotton Breeding
item Genomic Selection is Looming: Building a Robust Genotype-to-Phenotype Platform to Revolutionize Public Cotton Breeding
item Genomic Selection is Looming: Building a Robust Genotype-to-Phenotype Platform to Revolutionize Public Cotton Breeding
item Genomic Selection is Looming: Building a Robust Genotypeto-Phenotype Platform to Revolutionize Public Cotton Breeding (Florence)
item Genomics of Kenaf, Cotton, and Other Malvaceae
item Genomics of Malvaceae
item Georgia Cotton Disease Predictive Tool Development
item Healthy Soils and Bioproducts for Improved Nutrient-Use Efficiency and Ecosystem Services
item Identify Agronomic Interventions Need for Climate-smart Agriculture Using Remote Sensing, Cloud Computing, Machine Learning and Big Data Approach
item Identifying and Mitigating Emerging Disease Threats for Cotton
item Identifying and Mitigating Emerging Disease Threats for Cotton
item Impacts of Bees on Yield Enhancement of Commonly Cultivated Field Crops
item Improved Biologically-Based Methods for Management of Native and Invasive Crop Insect Pests
item Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance for Sustainable Cotton Production
item Improving Irrigated Crop Management System for Humid and Sub-humid Climates
item Improving Irrigated Crop Production in Southeast Missouri
item Improving Irrigated Crop Production in Southeast Missouri
item Improving Our Understanding of the Impact of Management on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from tall tower installation in rice-Jonesboro-DWMRU
item Improving Our Understanding of the Impact of Management on Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Major Mid-South Crops-Jonesboro-DWMRU
item Improving Our Understanding of the Impact of Management on Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Major Mid-South Crops-Jonesboro-Univ. of California/Davis
item Improving Our Understanding of the Impact of Management on Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Major Mid-South Crops-Jonesboro-University of Arkansas
item Improving the Production and Processing of Western and Long-Staple Cotton and Companion Crops to Enhance Quality, Value, and Sustainability
item Improving Water Use Efficiency and Grain Yield of Furrow-Irrigated Rice
item Influence of Soil Microbiota and Entomopathogenic Nematodes on Cotton Defensive Chemical Production
item Innovative Approaches for Value Added Cotton-Containing Nonwovens
item Innovative Cropping System Solutions for Sustainable Production on Spatially Variable Landscapes
item Innovative Technologies and Practices to Enhance Water Quantity and Quality Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems in the Southeastern Coastal Plain
item Insect Control and Resistance Management in Corn, Cotton, Sorghum, Soybean, and Sweet Potato, and Alternative Approaches to Tarnished Plant Bug Control in the Southern United States
item Integrated Crop Disease Mitigation through Improved Understanding of Relationships between Genetics, Environment, and Management
item Integrated Management of Insect Pests of Southern Row Crops
item Integrated Management of Nematodes in Southeastern Field Crops
item Integrative Applied Agricultural Genomics and Bioinformatics Research
item Introgression Breeding to Develop Cotton Cultivars with Desirable Seed and Fiber Quality for Sustainable Agriculture
item Investigation of Population Shifts of Fusarium Wilt and Pathogen Infection Assessment for Maintaining Sustainable Cotton Production
item Life After the Flood: Disrupting Rice Farming by Integrating Automated, LoT-Irrigation Technologies into a Low-Water-Use Production System
item Machine Learning Integration into Breeding Programs
item Maintenance, Distribution, and Utilization of Cotton Genetic Resources
item Management of Cotton Genetic Resources and Genetic Improvement of Cotton
item Modernizing Cotton and Other Crop Breeding Systems by Integrating Genomic Analyses
item Molecular and Genetic Approaches to Manage Cotton and Sorghum Diseases
item Molecular Genetic and Proximal Sensing Analyses of Abiotic Stress Response and Oil Production Pathways in Cotton, Oilseeds, and Other Industrial and Biofuel Crops
item NAGC: Diagnostic Hub for Assay Development and Pathogen Testing Services for the NPMTI
item National Predictive Modeling Tool Initiative
item National Predictive Modeling Tool Initiative’s Networking and Facilitation Office and Website
item Novel Approaches for Management of Row Crop Pests and Continued Boll Weevil Eradication
item NPMTI: Modernizing Data Collection and Data Warehouse Optimization
item Oklahoma Cotton Disease Predictive Tool Development
item On-Farm Potato Yield Mapping Using High Resolution UAV and Satellite Remote Sensing Images and Machine
item Optimizing Conservation Management Practices for Improved Agronomic Performance and Enhanced Ecosystem Services of Cropping Systems in the Mississippi Delta Region
item Optimizing Crop Management Strategies for Enhancing the Sustainability of Integrated Crop and Livestock Agroecosystems in the Gulf Atlantic Coastal Plain of Georgia
item Optimizing Pheromones and Semiochemicals for Monitoring and Management of Lygus lineolaris
item Optimizing the Management of Irrigated Cropping Systems in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
item Partners in Crime: Pathobiome of Fusarium Cotton Wilt Pathogen
item Partnership for Improving Southwestern Specialty Crop Sustainability and Byproducts Utilization
item Pheromone Components of the Pecan Weevil
item Plastic Contamination Removal Robot for Cotton Fields
item Pre-cleaning System Design and Evaluation for Whole-plant Harvested Cotton for Improved Logistics and Residue Utilization
item Predicting Nitrogen and Sulfur Deficiency in Corn using Optical Sensors and Weed Mapping with UAV Multispectral Sensors
item Preserving Water Quantity and Quality for Agriculture in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
item Producing Upland and Pima Seed Cotton for ARS Research Studies
item Quantifying Agronomic and Sustainability Benefits of Silicate Rock Dust Applications to Drill-Seeded Rice
item Regional Breeders Testing Network
item Renewal and Advance of Cotton Genetic Resources Through Use of a Costa Rican Counter Season Nursery
item Resilience of Grain Crops to Chilling and Waterlogging Stress
item Scaling Climate Smart Agriculture in Arkansas and Beyond
item Science Curricula Through Education, Development and Outreach Programs
item Sequencing and Annotation of the Western Tarnished Plant Bug (Lygus hesperus) Genome
item South Carolina Cotton Disease Predictive Tool Development
item Southeast Partnership for Advanced Renewables from Carinata-SPARC
item Support for the Scaling of Climate Smart Agriculture for Arkansas and Beyond
item Survey of Cotton Contamination at the Gin Stand Feeder Apron in Multiple Commercial Cotton Gins
item Sustainable Pest Management for Arid-Land Agroecosystems
item Technologies to Protect and Manage Seed Cotton in Modules
item Tennessee Cotton Disease Predictive Tool Development
item Texas Wheat and Cotton Disease Predictive Tool Development
item Understanding Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Irrigated Row Crop Systems
item Understanding Stink Bug-soybean Looper Interactions in Soybean in Arkansas and Mississippi
item USDA ARS Research Apprenticeship Program at University of Texas at Arlington
item Using Aerial Application and Remote Sensing Technologies for Targeted Spraying of Crop Protection Products
item Water Management Strategies to Reduce C Footprint and Preserve High Productivity in Irrigated Rice Systems
item Water Quality at the Edge of Field and In-Stream in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
item Weed Biology and Development of Improved Management Technologies for Invasive and Herbicide-Resistant Weeds
item Wireless Monitoring System for Real-time Insect Tracking