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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
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
Hemp
item Advancing Our Predictive Understanding of Hemp Through Crop Modeling
item Agricultural-Feedstock Derived Biobased Particles
item Characterization of Hemp Hurd for Industry Utilization
item Circular Bio-economy via Value-Added Biobased Products
item Classification of Fiber and Hurd in Industrial Hemp: Integrating Biomechanical and Microscopic Phenotyping
item Conservation, Characterization, Evaluation, and Utilization of Hemp Genetic Resources and Associated Descriptive Information
item Determining the Predominant Industrial Hemp Diseases to Assist Breeding and Management Efforts
item Developing Decision Support Tools to Incorporate Hemp into Existing Farming Enterprises
item Developing Industrial Hemp Fiber Standards
item Developing Mitigation Strategies for Poisonous Plants in Livestock Production Systems
item Developing, Harmonizing and Extending IPM strategies for Major Arthropod Groups and New Invasive Pests of Ornamental and Floriculture Production
item Development of Effective Analytical Methods for Evaluation of Hemp Materials & Processing Products for Phytochemical Composition, incl Cannabinoids
item Development of Enhanced Bio-Based Products from Low Value Agricultural Co-Products and Wastes
item Development of New Value-Added Processes and Products from Advancing Oilseed Crops
item Development of Superior Hops and Resilient Hop Production Systems
item Effect of Sub-clinical Enteric Infections on Protein Degradation Rate in Broilers
item Enhancing the Quality and Sustainability of Cotton Fiber and Textiles
item Establishing a Comprehensive Fiber Hemp Processing Hub for High-Throughput Quality Analysis and Product Prototyping
item Evaluation and Breeding of Diverse Hemp Germplasm for Disease Resistance
item Evaluation and Breeding of Diverse Hemp Germplasm for Disease Resistance
item Evaluation and Breeding of Diverse Hemp Germplasm for Disease Resistance
item Evaluation, Genome-wide Association Study and Genomic Prediction for Bacterial Wilt and Salt and Drought Tolerance in Tomato
item Hemp Genetics, Germplasm, and Biotechnology Collaboration: Phase I
item Hemp Genomics, Gene Discovery, Trait Analyses, and Bioinformatics
item Hemp Grain Protein and Fatty Acid Quantification
item Hemp-based Fiber Materials, Technology, and Commerce as Drivers for Northwest American Indian Tribal Economic Development
item Increasing Food Shelf-Life, Reducing Food Waste, and Lowering Saturated Fats with Natural Antioxidants and Oleogels
item Increasing Sustainability of Forage Production in Mid-South Agroecosystems
item Industrial Hemp Bast Fiber and Hurd Phenotyping
item Industrial Hemp Research Data: Developing the Foundation for Data Visualization, Decision Support, and Analytical Tools
item Innovative Approaches for Value Added Cotton-Containing Nonwovens
item Innovative Uses for Alfalfa Biomass: A Path to New Income for Farmers
item New and Improved Co-Products from Specialty Crops
item New Bioproducts for Advanced Biorefineries
item New High-Value Biobased Materials with Applications Across Industry
item Optimizing and Stabilizing Economic and Ecological Sustainability of Pacific Northwest Seed Cropping Systems Under Current and Future Climate Conditions
item Reducing the Impact of Subclinical Enteric Infections on Performance and Gastrointestinal Function of Broilers
item Strengthening Hemp Research and Educational Capacity at Alabama A&M University by Morphological Evaluation of Diverse Hemp Germplasm
item Sustainable Incorporation of Hemp into American Agricultural Cropping Systems
item Sustainable Incorporation of Industrial Hemp into Agricultural Cropping Systems for Use in Non-food and Food and Beverage Manufacturing
item Technologies for Producing Marketable Bioproducts
item Technologies to Improve Conversion of Biomass-Derived Sugars to Bioproducts
item The Agronomy of Hemp and its Uses in Forage-Animal Agriculture
item The Midwestern Hemp Research Collaborative: Participatory Research and Extension for Sustainable Hemp Production Systems (BOR)
item U.S. Hemp Fiber Classification for Textile Applications – Characterizing Fiber Length
item Whole Genome Sequencing and Sex Determination of the National Plant Germplasm Hemp Collection