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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
Other bees (non-Apis bees)
item A Holistic Approach to Determining the Impact of an Established Exotic Pollinator, Bombus impatiens, on Bumble Bee Health in the Pacific Northwest
item Advanced Monitoring of Established and Emerging Pathogens and Parasitoid Infections of Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee (Megachile rotundata)
item Analyzing Factors Contributing to Long-term Honey Bee Health and Hive Performance
item Analyzing Nutritional Content of Pollen in Relation to Long-term Honey Bee Colony Health
item Appalachian Headwaters Pollinator Recovery, Education, and Research Center
item Appalachian Headwaters Pollinator Recovery, Education, and Research Center
item Automated Pollinator Identification: Next-Generation Sensors for Species and Behavior
item Bee Stress Response and Overwintering Physiology
item Bees of the World - Phylogenomics, Biogeography, and Evolution of Host-Plant Associations
item Bees of the World – Phylogenomics, Biogeography, and Evolution of Host-Plant Associations
item Bees on Utah Berries
item Benefits for Bee Health and Diversity from Drought-Tolerant Plantings (“Bee Pasture”) for Drought-Stricken Areas in the West
item Biological Control and Habitat Restoration for Invasive Weed Management
item Blue Orchard Bee (BOB) Response to Climate Change in Orchard Crops
item Conduct Longitudinal Studies on Colony Performance and Explore Near-term Effects of Nutritional and Agrochemical Stressors on Honey Bee Health
item Crop Coexistence with Pollinator-Mediated Gene Flow Under Changing Environments
item Detecting and Tracking Infection by the Biocontrol Pathogen, Ovavesicula Popilliae
item Developing Four Mason Bee Species for Pollination of Berry Crops
item Developing new Osmia species for commercial management and pollination diversification
item Developing new Osmia species for commercial management and pollination diversification
item Development and Implementation of Non-lethal Methodologies for Surveying Bee Fauna in the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex of California
item Development and Production of SmartBombus Units
item Discovery and Production of Beneficial Microbes for Control of Agricultural Pests through Integration into Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems
item Enhancing Pennycress Stand Establishment to Increase Weed Suppression
item Enhancing Pollinator Health and Availability Through Conservation of Genetic Diversity and Development of Novel Management Tools and Strategies
item Ensuring healthy pollinators for crop production: Defining forage needs of bees, through examination of interactions of bee species and pollen use
item Fusion of Machine Learning and Electromagnetic Sensors for Real-Time Local Decisions in Agriculture
item Fusion of Machine Learning and Electromagnetic Sensors for Real-Time Local Decisions in Agriculture
item How Fuels Management Impacts Native Bee Communities
item How Many Routes to the Same Phenotype? Genetic Changes Underlying Parallel Acquisition of Mimetic Color Patterns Across Bumble Bees
item Improving honey bee health and food security through breeding and IPM control of parasitic mites in California
item Improving Pennycress and Winter Camelina as Cash Cover Crops
item Informing Effective Alkali Bee (Nomia melanderi) Management Decisions with Novel Microsatellite Markers and Population Genetic Analysis
item Investigating Imperiled Bumble Bee Species Distributions and Habitat Associations
item Long-Term Honey Bee Health Colony Monitoring
item Mass Production of Insects for Biological Control of Arthropod Pests and as Food Sources
item Mojave Poppy Bee (Perdita Meconis) Range-Wide Population, Habitat, And Ecological Status Surveys, 2022-2024
item Monitoring, Implementing and Evaluating the Impacts of New Biological Control Programs for Flowering Rush and Common Crupina
item Novel approaches for Pest Management and Pollinator Protection during the Production of Alfalfa Grown for Seed
item Novel Approaches for Pest Management and Pollinator Protection during the Production of Alfalfa Grown for Seed
item Novel Approaches for Pest Management and Pollinator Protection during the Production of Alfalfa Grown for Seed
item Oilseed Pennycress – A New Cash Cover-Crop for the Midwest
item Optimizing Oilseed and Alternative Grain Crops: Innovative Production Systems and Agroecosystem Services
item Optimizing Pollination of Blueberries, Strawberries, Currants, and other Specialty Fruit Crops in Utah
item Optimizing Pollination of Blueberries, Strawberries, Raspberries, and Other Specialty Fruit Crops in Utah
item Overwintering Physiology of Insect Pollinators and Pests
item Phase2: Development and Implementation of Non-lethal Methods for Surveying the Bees on the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex of California
item Pollinator Surveys on National Forests in Region 4, Intermountain Region
item Promoting Resilient Forest Bee Communities through Fuel Management
item Sequencing the Genomes of North American Bee Species
item Sunn Hemp Variety and Seeding Rate Evaluation
item Sustainable Crop Production and Wildland Preservation through the Management, Systematics, and Conservation of a Diversity of Bees
item Sweetening the Crop: Perennial Flax for Pollinator/Ecosystem Benefits
item The Regulation of Diapause by Maternal Effects & the Effect of Environmental Stress on Bee Quality