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The Southeast Area has a long and productive history of collaborative research involving stakeholders.

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Current collaborators and projects:
                            Probing Chromosome Structure to Activate Silent Metabolite Gene Clusters                        
                            Activated Foods Promote Health                        
                            Development of Industrial Hemp Fiber and Hurd Standards                        
                            Commercial Delivery of Therapeutic Solutions for HLB                        
                            Preparation for Field Release and Evaluation of Classical Biological Control of Brazilian Pepper at MacDill AFB and Cape Canaveral SFS, in Florida                        
                            American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America (ASA, CSSA, SSSA)                        
                            Optimizing Corn-based Starch "Bioplastic" Formulations to Enhance the Efficacy of Beneficial Pathogens to Control Agricultural Pests                        
                            Maintaining Parental Plants and Optimizing Crosses for the Sugarcane Breeding and Cultivar Development Program in Louisiana                        
                            Improving Sugarcane Production Efficiency (ASCL)                        
                            Overseas Surveys, Curation, and Colonization of Potential Biological Control Agents of Cogongrass (Imperata Cylindrica)                        
                            Establishment and evaluation of the Brazilian pepper biological control                        
                            Dietary and Physical Activity Influences on Infant/Child/Adolescent/Maternal Health and Development                        
                            Impact of Prenatal and Postnatal Factors on Mother and Child Health                        
                            Network Service Agreement for ARS - Nutrition Center Location                        
                            Research to Understand How Maternal-Child Nutrition and Physical Activity Optimize Health and Development                        
                            Archbold Biological Station Release, Establishment, and Evaluation of the Brazilian Pepper Biological Agents                        
                            Metabolomic Profiling of Pickled Vegetables                        
                            Economic Analysis Support for Water Use Data Related to the Arkansas Groundwater Initiative                        
                            Improving Modeling of the Agroecosystem in the Lower Mississippi River Basin                        
                            Preserving Water Quantity and Quality for Agriculture in the Lower Mississippi River Basin                        
                            Development of Alternative Feeds, Feed Management Regimes, and Production Systems for Improved Production and Health                        
                            Movement of Salmonella spp. Throughout Poultry Production and Control Strategies                        
                            Bolstering Aquaculture Production Through Cost-Effective Water Quality Management                        
                            Low Salinity Aquaponics with Halophytes and Pacific White Shrimp                        
                            Elucidate Host-Pathogen Interactions of Polymicrobial Infections in Broiler Chicken Production                        
                            Utilization of Soybean Hulls in Animal Feed Binder                        
                            Sustainable Poultry Processing Research                        
                            Integrated Research to Improve Aquaculture Production and Aquatic Animal Health of Warmwater Aquaculture Species in West Alabama                        
                            Development of Marine Aquaponics for Saline Tolerant Plant Production and High-Value Fish Production                        
                            Chemical Strategies to Control Algal Bloom and Support Sustainable Aquaculture Growth and Development                        
                            Understanding and Mitigating Important Stressors of Bees and other Insect Pollinators in the Mid- South United States                        
                            Developing Sustainable Aquaponic Production Systems                        
                            Assessment of the Immunomodulatory Effect of Probiotics on the Catfish Adaptive Immune Response and Columnaris Disease Resistance                        
                            Cotton Leaf Roll Dwarf Virus Disease Management                        
                            Understanding Physiological and Genetic Mechanisms of Two Types of Drought Tolerant Peanuts for Present and Future Adaptation                        
                            Characterizing the Growth Performance and Disease Resistance of Black Bass (Micropterus)                        
                            Manufacturing of Bioactive Materials from Biomass as Functional Feed Additives for Aquatic Animals                        
                            Harmful Algal Blooms: Prevalence and Control Measures for the Domestic Fish and Shellfish Industries                        
                            Characterization Avian Influenza Virus Immunology and Intervention Strategies in Poultry                        
                            Expanding Southern Highbush Blueberries To Underserved Regions of Southeastern U.S.                        
                            Use of Biochar in Agricultural Systems                        
                            Improving Prevention of Newcastle Disease by Identification of Emerging Strains, Virus Evolution and Predicting Protection Conferred by Vaccination                        
                            Effects of Herbicide Exposure on Channel Catfish Biology, Health, and Behavior                        
                            Penaeid Shrimp Pathogen Surveillance: Critical Support to the Emerging U.S. Shrimp Farming Industry                        
                            Production and Processing Intervention Strategies for Poultry Associated Foodborne Pathogens                        
                            Development of Practices to Reduce Nutrient Losses to the Environment from Land Application of Animal Waste and By-products                        
                            Development and Evaluation of Improved Peanut Cultivars                        
                            Forage-Based Beef Production Systems Research                        
                            Gypsum Use in Horticulture Research                        
                            Reduction of Foodborne Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance in Poultry Production Environments                        
                            Effects of Environmental Conditions in Live Production on Production Efficiency and Product Quality in Commercial Poultry                        
                            Research to Develop Best Management Practices for Greenhouse Gas Reduction in Nursery Production Systems                        
                            Defining the Complex Interactions of Coinfections and Methods for Control                        
                            Determining the Causes of Declining Test Weight of Soybean and Utilizing Breeding to Increase Test Weight (Auburn University)                        
                            Strategies to Reduce Risk of Bees to Various Stressors in the Mid-South                        
                            Dietary Manipulation to Improve Gut Health in Broiler Production                        
                            Harnessing Genetic and Genomic Resources for Peanut Germplasm Enhancement and Cultivar Development                        
                            Selection and Production of Virus-resistant Honey Bees: Ensuring Future Food Security by Reducing Colony Losses, Improving Beekeeping Sustainability                        
                            Understanding the Role of Nitrogen:Phosphorus Ratios in Driving Net Dinitrogen Gas Fluxes and Harmful Algal Bloom Development in Freshwater Agroecos                        
                            Investigation of Verticillium Nonalfalfae as a Potential Bioherbicide for the Invasive Weed Ailanthus Altissima                        
                            Effects of Rearing Conditions on Behavioral and Metabolic Responses of Poultry                        
                            Next Generation Sequencing as a Diagnostic Tool for Poultry Pathogens                        
                            Understanding Multiscale Environmental Predictors of Zoonotic Risk from Satellite Data                        
                            Investigating of the Mechanisms of Action of CFTR Correctors in Rescuing DeltaF508-CFTR                        
                            Evaluation of Improved Cacao (Theobroma cacao) and Coffee Materials for Agronomic Performance and Reaction to Diseases                        
                            Utilizing Nuclear Magnetic Resonance to Determine the Effect of Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation on Soil Properties                        
                            Control Citrus Huanglongbing by Using The Citrus Isolate of Nectarine Marafivirus M and its Expression System                        
                            Transgenic Capable Field Site to Assess HLB-Resistant and Other Improved Citrus                        
                            Development of Next-Generation SuperSour rootstocks with tolerance to HLB                        
                            Evaluation of Watermelon and Cucumber Genotypes for Tolerance to Biotic and Abiotic Stress                        
                            Sampling For Root-Zone Enrichment of Soil Organic Matter                        
                            RUSLE2 Execution Parameters Database Updates                        
                            iCORP: Increasing Coastal Organic Rice Production in South Carolina Using Salt Tolerant Cultivars                        
                            Nematode Early Warning System (NEWS) Facilitates Real-Time Remote Monitoring of Soil Pathogens in Agricultural Fields                        
                            CAP: Fast selection, assessment, and delivery of HLB-resistant/tolerant citrus variants as new scion and rootstock cultivars                        
                            Evaluation of Watermelon and Cucumber Genotypes for Tolerance to Biotic and Abiotic Stress                        
                            A Multi-state Effort to Contain and Manage the Invasive Guava Root Knot Nematode (GRKN) in Vegetable Crops.                        
                            Developing Soybean Genotypes with High Yield Grown Under Reduced Fertilizer Inputs                        
                            Controlled Environment Agriculture Platform for Hydroponic Cultivation of Salt-Tolerant Crops with Integrated Saline Water Irrigation                        
                            Evaluating Watermelon Germplasm for Resistance to Reniform Nematode                        
                            CucCAP 2: Harnessing Genomic Resources for Disease Resistance and Management in Cucurbit Crops – Bringing the Tools to the Field                        
                            Identification of Molecular Markers Associated with Root Traits that Improve Performance in Cotton                        
                            Leveraging Concentrated Organic Byproduct for Nutrient use Efficiency, and Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation in Organic Vegetable Production                        
                            Determining Fire Ant Bait Specificity to Extend Fire Ant Control by Conserving Non-Target Ants                        
                            Cap: Therapeutic Molecule Evaluation and Field Delivery Pipeline for Solutions to HLB                        
                            Risk Assessment of Emerging Diseases Caused by Pantoea spp. on Rice, Peanut, and Corn in the USA in Collaboration with Colorado State University                        
                            Development of Bioinformatic Tools for Omic Data Integration                        
                            Biological Control of Weeds Endemic to Southeast Asia and Australia that are Invasive in the United States                        
                            Biological Control of Weeds Endemic to Southeast Asia and Australia that are Invasive in the United States                        
                            Genetic Drift in Peripheral and Source Bollworm Populations-Cornell University                        
                            Barley Pest Initiative - New York                        
                            Sugarcane Processing Waste (Mill Mud) Bioinformatics for Bio-fertilizer Development                        
                            Cap: Therapeutic Molecule Evaluation And Field Delivery Pipeline For Solutions To HLB                        
                            Improvements to Cotton Quality Measurement                        
                            Conversion of Cotton Apparel Wastes to Cellulose Nanofibers and Cellulose Nanocrystals                        
                            Regional Breeders Testing Network                        
                            Optimizing Pheromones and Semiochemicals for Monitoring and Management of Lygus lineolaris                        
                            The use of conservation tillage and cover crops for the improvement of drought resistance in root-associated microbial communities                        
                            Regional Breeders Testing Network                        
                            Quantifying Soil Organic Carbon on Cotton Farms throughout the Southeastern United States and Texas                        
                            Regeneration of Capsicum Germplasm in the USDA Genebank                        
                            Interplay Between Health Behaviors and Food Environments in the Mississippi Delta                        
                            Estimate the Pesticide and Adjuvant Exposure to Insect Pollinators from Spray Drift                        
                            Establishment and Evaluation of Lilioceris Egena for Air Potato Biocontrol                        
                            Assistance with the establishment and evaluation of brazilian peppertree biological control                        
                            Areawide Pest Management of Whitefly and Thrips Transmitted Viruses in Fruiting Vegetables in Four Production Regions of Florida                        
                            Synergizing Pyrethroid-treated Military Fabrics with Potassium Channel Blockers                        
                            Developing Best Management Practices, Tools, and Technologies to Optimize Sustainable Water Use in the Lower Mississippi River Basin                        
                            An Evaluation of Alternative Crops and Production Systems in Western Arkansas                        
                            Leveraging Neuroimmune Pathways of Host-Microbe Interaction in the Development of Novel E-beam Antibiotic Alternative Strategies in Poultry                        
                            Assessment of Rice Production Under Selected Abiotic and Biotic Stress Environments                        
                            Yield Limitations of Soybean Varieties Under Drought: Identifying and Overcoming Weaknesses by Team Drought (University of Arkansas)                        
                            Genetic Analysis and Trait-Specific Molecular Marker Development                        
                            Evaluation and Genetic Study of Tomato, Spinach and Arugula under Controlled Environmental Conditions                        
                            Improving Water Use Efficiency and Grain Yield of Furrow-Irrigated Rice                        
                            Scaling Up Potential Antibiotic Resistant Gene Transport to Groundwater in Karst Geologies through Digital Tools                        
                            Assessing the Role of Different Environmental Stressors Impacting Bee Health in the Mid-Western Arkansas Region                        
                            Evaluate the Ability of Insect Meal to Reduce Colonization of Foodborne Pathogens in Broiler Chickens                        
                            Using Soil and Water Health Assessment Tools to Identify Best Management Strategies                        
                            Microbiome Transplantation as a Novel Approach to Prevent Climate Change Mediated Susceptibility to Foodborne Pathogen Carriage in Poultry                        
                            Farm-level Conservation Strategies to Reduce Carbon Footprint and Improve Productivity in the Lower Mississippi River Basin                        
                            Developing Cotton Germplasm for U.S. Growers Resistant to Diseases and Environmental Stresses                        
                            Identifying Components Required for the Transport and Exudation of the Allele Chemical Sorgoleone in Sorghum Bicolor                        
                            Silicate Rock (CarbonLock) Soil Application Effects on Insect Herbivory, Carbon Sequestration, and Sugarcane Growth                        
                            Vaccines to Reduce Salmonella Infantis in Chickens                        
                            Use of Locally Effective Microorganisms and Other Amendments for the Improvement of Soil Health in Mine-Impacted Remediated Soils                        
                            Canine Detection of Exotic and Emerging Plant Pathogens                        
                            Areawide Pest Management of Whitefly- and Thrips-Transmitted Viruses in Fruiting Vegetables in Four Production Regions of Florida with F1K9                        
                            Areawide Pest Management of Whitefly- and Thrips-Transmitted Viruses in Fruiting Vegetables in Four Production Regions of Florida                        
                            Experiential Learning and Automation of Insect Pest Detection                        
                            Managing Invasive Weeds and Insect Pests Using Biologically-Based Methods                        
                            Indicator Based Approach to Estimate Impact of Land-Use/Land Cover Change on Water Footprint Using Artificial Intelligent (AI) Methods                        
                            Ensuring A Steady Supply of Warm Water Marine Finfish Seed Stock to Support the Development of the U.S. Aquaculture Industry                        
                            Saltwater Aquaponics in Puerto Rico: Queen Conch and Sea Vegetable Aquaculture                        
                            Orange and Orange-like Propagation Project for Long-term Sustainability of the Orange Juice Industry                        
                            Quality Evaluation of Citrus Hybrids Tolerant to HLB for Juice Processing                        
                            Quarantine Testing to Develop Biological Control of Old World Climbing Fern, Lygodium microphyllum, in Florida                        
                            Biological Control of Earleaf Acacia (Acacia Auriculiformis) in Florida                        
                            Mass Rearing and Inundative Releases of Megamelus Scutellaris to Manage Waterhyacinth (Pontederia Crassipes) in South Florida                        
                            Population Genetics of Waterlettuce (Pistia Stratiotes) in Florida: Parsing Native from Invasive Genotypes                        
                            Foreign Exploration and Preliminary Testing of Potential Biological Control Agents for Azolla Pinnata Subspecies Pinnata                        
                            Sabbatical at SHRS                        
                            Therapeutic Molecule Evaluation and Field Delivery Pipeline for Solutions to HLB                        
                            Areawide Pest Management of Whitefly- and Thrips-Transmitted Viruses in Fruiting Vegetables in Four Production Regions of Florida                        
                            Overseas Surveys and Testing for the Development of Biological Control Cogongrass (Imperata Cylindrica)                        
                            Enhancing Food Safety in Pecan Processing                        
                            Reducing Aflatoxin Contamination in United States Peanuts                        
                            Screening Seeded and Seedless Watermelon Varieties for Resistance to the Whitefly-transmitted Cucurbit Leaf Crumple Virus                        
                            High Throughput Phenotyping of Crops Using sUAS-borne Imagery                        
                            Integrated Animal Production Research                        
                            Grazing with the Fun Guy (Fungi) – Small Ruminant Worm Control                        
                            Screening Seeded and Seedless Watermelon Varieties for Resistance to the Whitefly-transmitted Cucurbit Leaf Crumple Virus (CuLCrV)                        
                            Development of New Stone Fruit Cultivars and Rootstocks for the Southeastern United States                        
                            Sustainable Conservation of Pollinators                        
                            Development of the FPAC Soil Carbon Data Management Tools Suites and Systems that are Integrated into and Maintained on the USDA ARS Partnerships                        
                            Influence of Vaccines, Host Genetics, and Pathogen Mutation Rates on the Evolutionary Dynamics of Infectious Diseases - Berlin                        
                            Prediction of Bat Species Susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 Using an In Vitro Cell Model System ( Sequence ACE2 and TMPRSS2)                        
                            Strategic Investigations to Improve Water Quality and Ecosystem Sustainability in Agricultural Landscapes                        
                            Validating Bacterial Spot Resistant Markers to Ensure Reliable Marker-assisted Selection of Peaches                        
                            Development and Evaluation of Cultivars with Improved Disease Resistances to Increase On-Farm Profitability                        
                            Development of Peanut Cultivars with Resistance to Diseases and Improved Water Use Efficiency                        
                            Development of Peanut Cultivars with Resistance to Diseases and Improved Water Use Efficiency                        
                            Poultry Processing Research and Innovation                        
                            Areawide Pest Management of Whitefly- and Thrips-transmitted Viruses in Fruiting Vegetables in Four Production Regions of Florida with GCC                        
                            Development of Preseason Risk Prediction Models to Facilitate Areawide Pest Management of Whitefly-transmitted Viruses of Vegetables                        
                            Quantifying Agronomic and Sustainability Benefits of Silicate Rock Dust Applications to Drill-Seeded Rice                        
                            Pesticide Resistance Management of Tephritid Fruit Flies and Other Related Pests of Fruit Crops                        
                            Evaluation of Cacao Performance Trials in Hawaii                        
                            Developing a Conservation Biological Control Strategy for Asian citrus psyllid                        
                            Genomes of Agriculturally Important Insects and Pollinators                        
                            CAP: Therapeutic Molecule Evaluation and Field Delivery Pipeline for Solutions to HLB                        
                            Female-specific Conditional Lethality Genetic-Sexing Strains For Improved SIT                        
                            Field Verification and Characterization of Musa Germplasm Maintained in Vitro and Cryopreservation at the Intl Musa Germplasm Transit Centre(ITC)                        
                            Yield Limitations of Soybean Varieties Under Drought: Identifying and Overcoming Weaknesses by Team Drought (Iowa State University)                        
                            Rapid Detection and Characterization of Avian Foreign Animal Diseases Using Nanopore Sequencing                        
                            Development and Validation of Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) Sequencing as a Molecular Point-of-Care Diagnostic (POCD) Assay                        
                            Single Cell Encapsulation of Entomopathogenic Fungi via Pickering Emulsions Toward A Highly Functional Biocompatible System                        
                            Calibration of Detector for Sucrose Concentration                        
                            Yield Limitations of Soybean Varieties Under Drought: Identifying and Overcoming Weaknesses by Team Drought (Kansas State University)                        
                            Climate States and Climate Changes Observed and Projected in the Mississippi Embayment Aquifer Region from 1981 to 2060                        
                            U.S. Hemp Fiber Classification for Textile Applications – Characterizing Fiber Length                        
                            Improving Product Quality in Farm-Raised Catfish                        
                            Analyses of USDA Flood Control Reservoir Sedimentation                        
                            Understanding Host-Microbiota Interactions to Improve Honey Bee Health                        
                            Grazing with the Fun Guy (Fungi) – Small Ruminant Worm Control                        
                            Analyses and Tools for Sonar-Derived Data of River Flow and River Bottom Geomorphology                        
                            Characterize the Germplasm Collection of Subtropical Horticulture Fruit Crops and Ornamental Plants Using Genomics/Transcriptomics                        
                            Efficacy of Insecticides of Insect Pests                        
                            Three-way (LSUAC, ASCL, ARS) Sugarcane Breeding and Variety Development Agreement                        
                            Molecular and Bioinformatic Analyses of Soybean Biotic/Abiotic Interactions and Physiology                        
                            Soil Microbiome to Control Aflatoxin and Field Evaluation of Transgenic Corn                        
                            Investigating the Impacts of Viral Infection on Visual Pathways and Responses in the Honey Bee                        
                            Using Non-GMO Double Stranded RNA (dsRNA) Strategies to Prevent Aspergillus flavus Infection and Aflatoxin Contamination in Corn and Peanut                        
                            Post-harvest Crop Residue Management affects Sugarcane Yield, Soil Health, and Carbon Sequestration                        
                            Apple Snail (Pomacea maculata) Integrated Pest Management Tactics for Crawfish, Catfish, and Rice Crop Production                        
                            Development of a Medium-Density SNP Panel for Evaluating Genetic Diversity in Wild Accessions of Sugarcane and Tracking of Trait- and Accession                        
                            Improve Hessian Fly Resistance of Southern Soft Red Winter Wheat - Louisiana                        
                            Development of Semiochemical-based Trapping Methods for Insect Pests on Row Crops                        
                            Cooperative Improvement for Improved Rust Resistance in Wheat                        
                            Climate Resilient Innovations for Sustainable Production of RICE (CRISP-RICE)                        
                            Genes and Genetic Networks Underlying Resistance to Aspergillus flavus In Corn                        
                            Improving Honey Bee Resilience to Biotic and Abiotic Stressors                        
                            Establishing an Eddy Covariance Flux Network Focusing on Sugarcane Production in Louisiana                        
                            Mechanisms of Cold Stress Tolerance Responses in Rice                        
                            Appalachian Natural Products Research Program                        
                            Fumigation and Alternatives for Production, Storage, and Trade Conference                        
                            Biological Control of Schinus terebinthifolia (Brazilian pepper tree) in South Florida With Special Reference to Miami-Dade County                        
                            Developing Alternative Management Strategies for Borer Pests in Stone Fruits Following the Loss of Chlorpyrifos                        
                            Development of Technologies to Enhance the Sustainability of Water Resources for Agriculture in the Lower Mississippi River Basin                        
                            Assessment of Conservation Practice Impacts on Water and Sediment Loads Using Enhanced USDA Field and Watershed Management Planning Technology                        
                            RUSLE2 c~Climate Database Updates                        
                            Identifying New Sources of Resistance to Mango Anthracnose                        
                            Assessing Micro-nutrients Applications for Efficient Soybean Production in the Mississippi Delta                        
                            Plastic Contaminants Detection and Handling and Cotton Moisture Determination for Improved Ginned Cotton Quality                        
                            Development of Application Technologies for Prescription Delivery of Pond Treatments                        
                            Autonomous Irrigation of Cover-Crop-Production Systems Reduces Pollutant Loss from Farm Fields, Transport of Agrochemicals in Streams, and Aquifer                        
                            Assessing Micro-nutrients Applications for Efficient Soybean Production in the Mississippi Delta                        
                            Decision Support Tools to Address Sustainable Water Management Issues in the Mississippi Delta                        
                            Creating a Phenology Wheel for Beekeepers in the Southeast Region                        
                            Climate Stress Effects on Major Row Crops of Mississippi                        
                            Genomics of Malvaceae                        
                            Research Training for the Geospatial and Environmental Epidemiology of Plant and Animal Disease                        
                            Predicting Nitrogen and Sulfur Deficiency in Corn using Optical Sensors and Weed Mapping with UAV Multispectral Sensors                        
                            Breeding and Screening Soybean for Mature Seed Damage                        
                            Characterization of Avian Pathogenic E. coli Field Isolates and Identification of Potential Vaccine Targets in Commercial Poultry                        
                            Performance and Physiological Characteristics of Poultry Vaccinated and/or Challenged with Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC)                        
                            Characterization of Existing Soil Conservation Practices Using Remote Sensing and Machine Learning                        
                            Combating Emerging Disease Threats for Cotton                        
                            Assessing the Impact of Biotic and Abiotic Stressors on Reniform Nematode Populations in the Mississippi Cotton Production System                        
                            Establishing Agronomic and Pest Management Practices for Vegetable, Specialty Crops, and Fruit Growers while Improving Pollinator Health                        
                            Identifying and Mitigating Emerging Disease Threats for Cotton                        
                            Next Generational Agricultural Research - Through the Use of High Performance Computing                        
                            Strategies to Reduce Risk of Bees to Various Stressors in the Mississippi Delta                        
                            Assessing the Role of Wildlife in the Movement of Antimicrobial Resistance Including Salmonella                        
                            Areawide Management of Invasive Ants                        
                            Evaluation of Transgenic Crops for Economically Sustainable Control of Insect Pests                        
                            Pollinator Health and Interactions with Nutrition in Southern Crop Ecosystems                        
                            Nectar Content and Quantity in Floral and Extrafloral Nectaries in Cotton                        
                            Effect of Particle Size and Feed Quality on Performance and Intestinal Function in Broiler Chickens with Sub-clinical Enteric Infections                        
                            Improving Production and Resource Use Efficiency in Commercial Poultry Production                        
                            Identification of the Molecular Determinants of Pathogenesis, Strain Variation, and Tissue Tropism of Different E. coli Strains                        
                            Hill Area Aquaculture                        
                            Life After the Flood: Disrupting Rice Farming by Integrating Automated, LoT-Irrigation Technologies into a Low-Water-Use Production System                        
                            Examining and Developing Sustainable Production Systems in Cotton to Improve Water Resources in the Mid-Southern USA                        
                            Development of Best Management Practices and Technologies to Optimize Water Use in the Lower Mississippi River Basin                        
                            Improving Catfish Health                        
                            Alternative Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) Vaccination Regimens for Enhancement of Protection Against Field Strain MG Infections                        
                            Resilience of Grain Crops to Chilling and Waterlogging Stress                        
                            Sensible Agronomics and Shrewd Conversations Support the Adoption of Environmentally Sustainable and Economically Sound Production Systems                        
                            CleanSEED: A Project To Ensure The Sustainability Of U.S. Sweetpotato Seed Programs                        
                            Long-Term Agro-Ecosystem Sustainability Research Common Experiment                        
                            Improving Efficiency in Catfish Aquaculture                        
                            Examining Sustainable Production Systems to Improve Water Resources in the Lower Mississippi River Basin                        
                            Network Service Agreement for ARS Mississippi State Location                        
                            Economic Analysis of the Impact of Apple Snails on the U.S. Crawfish Industry                        
                            Environmental Management Strategies for Improving Production Efficiency in Poultry Production                        
                            Computational Biology: Studying Species of Agronomic, Ecological, and Evolutionary Importance                        
                            Evaluation of Nutrient Uptake, Agronomic Characteristics and Economic Productivity Limitations of Commercial Soybean Cultivars                        
                            Integrating Cover Crops, Tillage, and Irrigation Management to Enhance Crop Productivity and Profitability                        
                            Development of qPCR Protocol to Detect the Bacterium Causing Loropetalum Knot from the Phylloplane of Loropetalum Stems                        
                            Environmental Management Strategies for Improving Health and Well-being in Poultry Production                        
                            Biophotonics – Emerging Imaging Technologies for Food Animal Research                        
                            Developing Detection and Modeling Tools for the Geospatial and Environmental Epidemiology of Animal Disease                        
                            Dynamic, Data-Driven, Sustainable, and Resilient Crop Production Systems for the U.S.                        
                            Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Bacterial Pathogens in the Commercial Poultry Hatchery                        
                            Design and Building a Cover Crop Planter                        
                            Phenotyping of Soybean for Heat Stress Tolerance                        
                            The Effect of the Weather on the Honey Bee Health                        
                            Agronomic Feasibility of Tile Drainage Sub-irrigation and Furrow Irrigation Systems for Crop Production Systems in Mississippi Delta                        
                            Development of Rapid, Non-Destructive Hyperspectral Imaging Methodology to Detect, and Quantify Fungal Growth and Aflatoxin Contamination                        
                            Mississippi Center for Enhancing Utilization and Safety of Catfish and Other Aquatic Foods                        
                            Integrated Management of Insect Pests of Southern Row Crops                        
                            Breeding Soybeans for Resistance to Mature Soybean Seed Damage                        
                            Scaling Climate Smart Agriculture in Arkansas and Beyond                        
                            Analysis of the Role of Non-Lint Content on High Volume Instrument Results                        
                            U.S. Egypt Science and Technology Joint Fund Cycle 21 U.S. Sub-Award PERUSE: Predicting Emerging Resistance in the US                        
                            Development of a Digital Twin Agricultural Modeling System                        
                            US-UK-China Collab: Predictive phylogenetics for evolutionary and transmission dynamics of newly emerging avian influenza viruses                        
                            Heat Stress and Respiratory Infection in Broiler Chickens: Examination of a Novel Neuroendocrine-Microbiome Mechanism Mediating Development of APEC                        
                            Coupling Human and Machine Knowledge to Optimize Tribal Food Systems                        
                            US-UK Collaboration: Genetic and Non-Genetic Drivers for Virus Transmission and Virulence Evolution                        
                            An Assessment of Genetic Breakdown and Transposon Vector Horizontal Transfer as it Affects Transgenic Strain Stability in Insect Species                        
                            Genomic Selection is Looming: Building a Robust Genotype-to-Phenotype Platform to Revolutionize Public Cotton Breeding                        
                            Therapeutic Molecule Evaluation and Field Delivery Pipeline for Solutions to HLB                        
                            Development of Preseason Risk Prediction Models to Facilitate Areawide Pest Management of Whitefly-transmitted Viruses of Vegetables                        
                            Microalgae as a Novel Platform to Improve Honey Bee Nutrition, Microbiome Health, and Pathogen Resistance                        
                            Developing a Cyberinformatic Platform for the Rapid Identification of Salmonella Outbreak Strains Using Population Metagenomics and Machine Learning                        
                            Creation of Enhanced-Value Cotton Germplasm via Modulation of Cyclopropyl Fatty Acid Accumulation                        
                            Enhancing the production of type I interferons to create rationally-defined and highly protective Marek's diseas vaccines in chickens                        
                            Ecology and Integrated Management of Ambrosia Beetles in Eastern U.S. Orchard and Ornamental Tree Crops                        
                            Does infection by a fungal pathogen influence host-plant response and vector behavior to enhance transmission? (PostDoc Fellowships FASE)                        
                            Generation of a Newcastle Disease Vaccines That Protect Against Infectious Laryngotracheitis and Marek's Disease which can be Delivered in Ovo                        
                            2024 Joint National Workshop on Sustainable Development of Controlled Environment Agriculture                        
                            Developing a Haplotype-assisted Breeding System for Upland Cotton                        
                            Optimizing Macronutrient Contents in the Honey Bee Diet as a Mechanism for Pathogen Defense                        
                            Regeneration, Characterization, and Maintenance of the U.S. Peanut Germplasm Collection                        
                            Land Suitability Analysis for Olive and Maize Crop in Agroforestry System by Using Machine Learning Algorithms                        
                            Assessing Conservation Practice Impacts on Reducing Soil Loss from Ephemeral Gullies within CEAP Watersheds                        
                            RUSLE2 Development                        
                            Watershed Legacy Sediment Assessment                        
                            Collect Timely Information on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from On-farm Storage Irrigation Reservoirs in the Lower Mississippi River Basin in Arkansas                        
                            Helping to Conserve and Wisely use the Land, Water, Wildlife, and Related Natural Resources in the State of Arkansas                        
                            Improving Small-Grain Disease Management in North Carolina                        
                            Evaluate Cotton Germplasm for Environmental Influence Under Extreme Climate Conditions                        
                            Trees for the Future: Coordinated Use of Genetic Tools to Develop Geographic and Climate Adapted Pecan                        
                            Trees for the Future: Coordinated Development of Genetic Resources and Tools to Accelerate Breeding of Geographic and Climate Adapted Pecan Trees.                        
                            Advancing development of improved citrus scion cultivars                        
                            Dissipation and Activity of Selected Pesticides in Sugarcane Production Soil of Louisiana                        
                            Collaborative Research to Control Thrips and Orthotospoviruses                        
                            Peanut Skins as an Antimicrobial Feed Additive to Reduce the Transmission of Salmonella in Turkeys and Turkey Production Environments                        
                            Phenotyping of Wheat and Barley Germplasm for Disease Resistance                        
                            Enhancing Resistance to Fungal Pathogens in Small Grain Germplasm                        
                            The Effect of the Defense Response and the Microbiome on Heterosis in Maize                        
                            Coordinating Breeding Informatics to Benefit Specialty Crops                        
                            Building Tools for Specialty Crop Breeding Programs                        
                            Breeding and Seed Increase of Soybean for North CarolinaState University                        
                            Breeding Informatics to Benefit Agriculture                        
                            Breeding and Pathology for Exotic Temperate Corn Germplasm                        
                            Genetics of the Maize Defense Response                        
                            Water Quality Improvement and Pathogen Reduction by Peracetic Acid (PAA) in Trout Culture                        
                            What’s That Smell? Search for Wireworm Attractants and Development of Pheromone-based Methods for Monitoring and Management - NCSU                        
                            Improving the Drought Tolerance and Sustainability of Turfgrasses Used in Southern Landscapes Through the Integration of Breeding, Genetics,...                        
                            Development of Improved Genotyping Systems in Wheat                        
                            Integrating Transcriptomic and Phosphoproteomic Regulatory Networks                        
                            Development of Marketable Root-knot Nematode Resistant Sweetpotato Varieties: Translation of Genomics & Phenomics into On-farm Management Solutions                        
                            Genotype-Environment Interactions and Transcriptomic Prediction of Hybrid Maize Yield                        
                            Machine Learning Integration into Breeding Programs                        
                            Genomes to Fields Landrace Evaluations                        
                            High Oleic Peanuts as a Value-Added Feed Ingredient in Juvenile Domesticated Hybrid Striped Bass                        
                            Cooperative Improvement for Disease Resistance in Wheat                        
                            Analysis to Support Soil Health and Climate Change Research                        
                            Evaluation of Soybean Breeding Lines for Variation Relevant to Protein Functionality                        
                            Mediation of the Plant Defense Response Via Control of Protein Degradation                        
                            Investigating Multiple Herbicide Resistance in Italian Ryegrass                        
                            Quality Assurance Services and Support for IR-4 Minor Use Pesticide at State Facilities in North Carolina and Associated Locations                        
                            Novel Detection, Sampling, Epidemiology and Modeling Strategies for Plant Pathogens                        
                            Relating Wheat Genotypes and Phenotypes                        
                            Control Citrus Huanglongbing by Using the Citrus Isolate of Nectarine Marafivirus M and its Expression System                        
                            Building Genomic Resources and Investigating Traits in Grass Species                        
                            Modernizing Cotton and Other Crop Breeding Systems by Integrating Genomic Analyses                        
                            Dynamic, Data-Driven, Sustainable, and Resilient Crop Production Systems for the U.S.                        
                            Identification and Characterization of Regulatory Genes in A. flavus that are Involved in Development, Secondary Metabolism and Virulence                        
                            Nova Southeastern University Assistance with Area-Wide Project for Integrated Management Addressing Waterhyacinth (Pontederia Crassipes)                        
                            Testing of Brassica Carinata Genetics as a Low Carbon Biofuel Feedstock                        
                            Evaluation Of Elite Brassica Carinata Breeding Lines For Winter Production In South Carolina                        
                            Nutritionally Enhanced Orange Corn: A Natural Domestic Source of Antioxidant Carotenoids for Poultry and Consumer Well-being                        
                            Genetic Analysis of the Sheath Blight Resistance in IR8 and Functional Analysis of the Candidate Gene OsABC9 to Rhizoctonia Solani                        
                            Enhanced Soil Carbon Farming As A Climate Solution                        
                            Increasing the Value of U.S. Soybean by Combining High Meal Protein, High Yield and Other Valuable Traits                        
                            Developing and Deploying Novel Tools to Support Varroa Mite IPM in Specialty Crop Pollinating Honey Bee Colonies                        
                            Pest Management Using Novel Bacterial Toxins With Pecan As A Model Crop System                        
                            Manipulating the soybean seed oil and protein reserves for the development of high value soybean cultivars and germplasm (year 1 of 3)                        
                            Investigating Naturally Revegetated Chat-Contaminated Soils-Assisted Revegetation                        
                            Barley Pest Initiative - Ohio                        
                            Impact of Prenatal and Postnatal Factors on Mother and Child Health                        
                            Risk Assessment of Emerging Diseases Caused by Pantoea spp. on Rice, Peanut, and Corn in the USA in Collaboration with Oklahoma State University                        
                            Utilization of Essential Oils as Biopesticides and Potato Sprouting Inhibitors                        
                            Sustainably Incorporating Hemp at Multiple Scales into Western U.S. Regional Economies along the Rural Route 97 Corridor                        
                            Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation for Organic Strawberry Production                        
                            Evaluate the Role of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in Plant-Fungal Interactions, especially Corn-Aspergillus Interaction                        
                            Novel Production Practices for Sustainable Vegetable Production and Nutritional Value                        
                            Genetic Drift in Peripheral and Source Bollworm Populations-Pennsylvania State University                        
                            Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation for Enhancing and Advancing the SustainabilitY of Organic Specialty Crop Production Systems (ASD-EASY Organic)                        
                            Flatheaded Borer Management in Specialty Tree Crops                        
                            Ecology and Integrated Management of Ambrosia Beetles in Eastern U.S. Orchard and Ornamental Tree Crops                        
                            Industrial Hemp Bast Fiber and Hurd Phenotyping                        
                            Effective Reduction of Ammonia in Poultry Facilities                        
                            Selection of Superior Calyx and Seed Producing Hibiscus Sabdariffa Genotypes for New Food and Tea Production                        
                            Viral Diversity in Mite Resistant Honey Bees and Its Impact on Colony Health                        
                            Harnessing Fungal Natural Products for Scalable and Sustainable Honey Bee Antiviral Therapeutics                        
                            Identifying Pollen Phagostimulants via Metabolomics to Improve Artificial Diet Palatability and Effectiveness                        
                            Influence of Vaccines, Host Genetics and Pathogen Mutation Rates on the Evolutionary Dynamics of Infectious Diseases - Purdue                        
                            Cage-Free Pullets: Housing and Management Practices                        
                            Extensive Hen Housing: Old Idea New Tricks                        
                            Plant Breeding Partnership: Modeling Genetic Variation of Rice Hydraulic Response to Changes in Soil Moisture                        
                            Agent Based Modeling to improve cage-free housing systems: What does the hen see?                        
                            Novel, non-transgenic, hybrid citrus varieties with resistance to huanglongbing: evaluation and cultivar development                        
                            Reducing avocado losses to major challenges by improving resistance selection and disease management using next generation technologies                        
                            Large-scale Breeding and Evaluation of the Next Generation of Superior Rootstocks for Citrus Production in Regions with Huanglongbing                        
                            Use performance of 300 hybrids in established trials to map Huanglongbing tolerance/resistance genes and release superior new rootstocks                        
                            Development of Huanglongbing Resistant/tolerant Citrus Through Genomic Approaches                        
                            Non-Fumigant Nematode Control in Carrot                        
                            CAP: Evaluation of promising, HLB-resistant/tolerant citrus scion hybrids generated by breeding                        
                            Organic Soil Treatment Methods for Nematode Control in California Carrots                        
                            Exploiting and Enhancing IgE-Binding Epitopes of the 2S Albumins of Peanuts and Tree Nuts                        
                            Determining the Causes of Declining Test Weight of Soybean and Utilizing Breeding to Increase Test Weight (University of Minnesota)                        
                            On-Farm Potato Yield Mapping Using High Resolution UAV and Satellite Remote Sensing Images and Machine                        
                            Mycotoxin Production by the Soybean Red Leaf Blotch Fungus Coniothyrium Glycines                        
                            Crop Modeling Digital Twin Development through Remote Sensing and Machine Learning                        
                            Water Use, Yield and Global Warming Potential of Furrow-Irrigated Rice                        
                            Quality Assurance Services and Support for IR-4 Minor Use Pesticides at State Facilities in New Jersey and Associated Locations                        
                            Biological Control Technology for Hidden Pests Based on Interaction Mechanism Between Entomopathogenic Nematode and Their Insect Hosts                        
                            Increasing Common Bean Productivity in Tanzania                        
                            CERP BIOLOGICAL CONTROL IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT                        
                            Biological Control of Old-World Climbing Fern                        
                            Optimizing Production Systems for Removal of Ammonia                        
                            Assessment and Improvements of Honey Bee Stocks in Urban Environments                        
                            Overseas Surveys and Testing for the Development of Biological Control Cogongrass (Imperata Cylindrica)                        
                            Development, Rearing, Release, and Monitoring of Biological Control Agents for Controlling Old World Climbing Fern                        
                            Modeling to Forecast Mycotoxin Breakout in U.S.-Grown Maize                        
                            Evaluation of Micronutrient and Plant Growth Regulator Formulations for Improved Crop Yields, Ratooning Ability, and Enhanced Disease Resistance                        
                            Assistance With the Establishment and Evaluation of Brazilian Peppertree Biological Control                        
                            Coffee leaf rust: establishing groundwork to identify pathogen races, host resistance and Biological control in Puerto Rico.                        
                            Enhancing Sustainability and Efficiency of Nursery Production in the Southeast U.S.                        
                            Flatheaded Borer Management in Specialty Tree Crops                        
                            Next-Generation Sequencing and Bioinformatics Procedures for Identification, Pathotype Prediction, and Subtyping of Influenza A viruses                        
                            Winter Cover Crops to Improve Nitrogen Management in Energycane Production                        
                            Identifying and Mitigating Emerging Disease Threats for Cotton                        
                            Risk assessment of emerging diseases caused by Pantoea spp. on rice, peanut, & corn in the USA in Collaboration with Texas A&M-Amarillo                        
                            Student Career in Agricultural Research, Learning, and Extension Training (SCARLET)                        
                            Chemical Cues from Beneficial Nematodes Enhance Plant Resistance and Strengthen Biological Control                        
                            Application of Electron Beam in the Inactivation of Viruses, Bacteria, Protozoan Parasites, and Fungi in Pure Culture and Different Matrices                        
                            Genome-wide Association Analysis and Genomic Prediction of Seed Mineral Concentration in the USDA Cowpea Germplasm                        
                            Genetic Drift in Peripheral and Source Bollworm Populations-Texas Agrilife                        
                            Developing High-throughput Phenotyping and Genomic Resources for Adaptation to Dryland Conditions in the USDA Tepary Bean Germplasm                        
                            Risk assessment of emerging diseases caused by Pantoea spp. on rice, peanut, & corn in the USA in Collaboration with Texas A&M University-Beaumont                        
                            Genetics Approaches to Identify the Modes of Action of Phytotoxins                        
                            Assessing Crop Ecophysiology for Sustainable Agricultural Production in the Southern High Plains                        
                            Developing Industrial Hemp Fiber Standards                        
                            Development of Novel Fiber Quality Characterization Methods                        
                            Integrated Pest Management and Alternate Farming Approach to Improve Sweetpotato Production in Smallholder Farms in Mississippi                        
                            Evaluation of Native Bees as Pollinators of Small Fruits on Small Farms                        
                            Intensification of Agroecosystems and its Impact on Soil health and Water Quality                        
                            Precision Breeding Using Molecular Genetic Tools to Develop Disease Resistant Peanut Cultivars                        
                            Wireless Monitoring System for Real-time Insect Tracking                        
                            Metabolomics and Mineral Analyses of Tropical Crops Germplasm                        
                            Development of a Ferromagnetic Materials-Based Inductor Core for an In-Hive Honey Bee Queen Tracking System                        
                            Generating Input Features for Modeling Mycotoxin Outbreaks in the USA                        
                            Peanut Warehouse Early Fire Detection Sensor and System Development                        
                            USDA ARS Research Apprenticeship Program at University of Texas at Arlington                        
                            Wireless Monitoring System for Online Insect Tracking Data Analysis                        
                            Real-Time Greenhouse Emission Monitoring Using Intelligence Crop Sensor Network                        
                            Fostering Resilience and Ecosystem Services in Landscapes by Integrating Diverse Perennial Circular Systems - Univ of TX in Arlington                        
                            Yield Limitations of Soybean Varieties Under Drought: Identifying and Overcoming Weaknesses by Team Drought (University of Texas)                        
                            USDA ARS Research Apprenticeship Program at University of Texas at Arlington - Auburn                        
                            Development of the FPAC Soil Carbon Data Management Tools Suites and Systems that are Integrated into and Maintained on the USDA ARS Partnerships                        
                            A Novel AI-Driven Smart System for Insecticide-Free Fire Ant Control                        
                            Developing Intelligent Tools for High-throughput Crop Phenotyping                        
                            Genomic Analysis of Staphylococcal Diversity and Antimicrobial Resistance (resistome) in Retail Poultry Products                        
                            Provide Soil Erosion-Resistance Data of Lower American River Site 4a to USACE, Sacramento District, for Risk-Based Evaluation of Bank Erosion                        
                            Assess Agricultural Conservation Practices to Reduce Nutrient Losses                        
                            Development of mRNA-based Vaccines for Heterosubtypic Protection Against Infectious Bronchitis and Infectious Laryngotracheitis Viruses                        
                            Utilizing the desert and citron watermelon to enhance abiotic stress tolerance in watermelon cultivars                        
                            Enabling Sustainable Control Of Fruit-fly Agricultural Pests Using CRISPR-Editing Of High-throughput Selectable Traits Of Target Insect Species                        
                            Developing Soybean Genotypes with High Yield Grown Under Reduced Fertilizer Inputs                        
                            Yield Limitations of Soybean Varieties Under Drought: Identifying and Overcoming Weaknesses via Breeding, Genomics, Phenomics and Physiology                        
                            Increasing the Value of U.S. Soybean by Combining High Meal Protein, High Yield and Other Valuable Traits Utilizing Genetic Diversity, Breeding                        
                            Determining the Causes of Declining Test Weight of Soybean and Utilizing Breeding to Increase Test Weight                        
                            Combatting Heat Stress through Development of Heat Tolerant Soybeans                        
                            National USDA Uniform Soybean Tests/Yield, Disease Resistance and Quality Traits Evaluation of Public Breeding Lines                        
                            Metabolomics Study to Investigate Pyrrocidine-mediated Inhibition of Mycotoxin Formation by Fusarium Verticillioides                        
                            Advancing U.S. and Peru Relations Through Collaborative Genomics Research of Mutually Important Agricultural Crops                        
                            Coupling Human and Machine Knowledge to Optimize Tribal Food Systems - University of Arizona                        
                            Production of Cacao Mild Mosaic Virus-Free Plants from the Cacao Germplasm Collection by Somatic Embryogenesis and Virus Screening                        
                            Stimulation of Potentially Active Soil Microbes to Provide Maximum Soil Health                        
                            Discovery Sequencing for Improved PCR/qPCR Diagnostic Test Development to Identify the Presence of Badnaviruses in Cacao Germplasm Collections                        
                            Coupling Human and Machine Knowledge to Optimize Tribal Food Systems                        
                            Understanding Stink Bug-soybean Looper Interactions in Soybean in Arkansas and Mississippi                        
                            Control Salmonella Serotypes and Other Pathogens in the Joints of Broiler Chickens                        
                            Advancing the State of Soil Information on U.S. Tribal Lands for Improved Food Security                        
                            Water Management Strategies to Reduce C Footprint and Preserve High Productivity in Irrigated Rice Systems                        
                            Impacts of Bees on Yield Enhancement of Commonly Cultivated Field Crops                        
                            Determining the Impact of Non-target Applications of Herbicides on Bee Forage and Integrating Strategies to Minimize  Negative Effects on Bee Health                        
                            Managing Nutrients and Carbon to Optimize Agroecosystem Productivity and Resilience                        
                            Multidirectional Axes of Host-Microbiome Crosstalk as Novel Targets for the Development of Alternatives to Antibiotics to Control Foodborne..Poultry                        
                            Cooperative Research for Screening and Development of Wheat Germplasm with Improved Resistance to Rust Diseases                        
                            Utilizing the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences Animal Care and Use Committee and the Institutional Biosafety Committee                        
                            Phage Endolysins as Alternatives to Antibiotics for Treating Systemic Infections of Streptococcus Iniae in Fish                        
                            USDA/ARS/HKDSNARC and UAPB Aquaculture and Fisheries Department Cooperative Aquaculture Research, Technology Transfer, and Stakeholder Engagement                        
                            Development of Freshwater Aquaponics for Plant (Herbs, Vegetables, and Flowers) and High-Value Fish Production                        
                            Identification and Characterization of Novel Resistance Genes to Rice Blast Disease                        
                            Enhancing Sustainable Production of Hybrid Striped Bass and White Bass Through Use of Novel Plant and Insect Feed Ingredients                        
                            Optimizing Irrigation Water Use in the Arkansas Delta                        
                            Using Phytoremediation and Other Ecosystem Services to Address Emerging Contaminants in Agroecosystems                        
                            Impact of Prenatal and Postnatal Factors on Mother and Child Health                        
                            Sunshine Bass Triploid Research                        
                            Investigating the Immunomodulatory and Anthelminthic Effects of Pelleted Cranberry Vines and Sericea Lespedeza Leaf Pellets in Sheep                        
                            NIFA CAP for Innovation in Genomic Technology to Accelerate Breeding: Leveraging high-throughput genotyping and phenotyping technologies                        
                            Nanopesticides for Precision Farming                        
                            Relationships Between Perceived and Objective Measures of Health Behavior                        
                            Systems-based Integrated Program for Enhancing the Sustainability of Antibiotic Restricted Poultry Production                        
                            Developing Plant-based Drinking Water Supplements for Controlling Salmonella and Campylobacter Jejuni in Broiler Chickens                        
                            Novel Microbubble Technology to Reduce Contamination of Poultry Products and Fresh Produce for Small and Medium Veteran Farmers                        
                            Identifying Aflatoxin Risk in Southeastern Peanuts: High-Throughput Physiological and Hyperspectral Phenotyping of Drought-Resistance                        
                            Genomics and Bioninformatics of Tropical Fruit Crops                        
                            Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Toolbox for Field Detection of Diverse Virus Genera and Species Affecting Cucurbits                        
                            Survey of Bacterial Microbes on Fire Ant Nests                        
                            Management of Endemic and Emerging Bacterial Diseases of Capsicum by Plant Resistance, Novel Compounds, and Understanding Pathogen Diversity                        
                            Area-Wide Project for Integrated Management Addressing Waterhyacinth (Pontederia Crassipes)                        
                            Soil Disinfestation Treatments for Organic Carrot Production                        
                            Areawide Pest Management of Whitefly- and Thrips-Transmitted Viruses in Fruiting Vegetables in Four Production Regions of Florida with Univ. of FL                        
                            Oxytetracycline (OTC) Injection of Diverse Citrus Germplasm                        
                            Area-Wide Project for Integrated Management Addressing Waterhyacinth (Pontederia Crassipes)                        
                             Establishment and Evaluation of Brazilian Peppertree Biological Control                        
                            Effects of Ant-Produced Compounds on Microbes                        
                            Organic Amendment Effects on Strawberry Pathogens                        
                            Integrated Pest Management of Invasive Pests for Subtropical Agriculture in Florida                        
                            Invasion history and spread of the little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata, in Florida.                        
                            Quantifying Water Quantity and Quality at the Cook Agronomy Farm Long Term Agroecosystem Research Location                        
                            University of Florida, IFAS and FAES                        
                            Tomato Resistance-breaking Tospoviruses                        
                            Diversification of Crosses for Improving the Canal Point Sugarcane Cultivar Development Program                        
                            The Development of Novel RNA Dependent RNA Polymerases, Nucleases, and Transposases by Metagenomics and Protein Engineering                        
                            Mass Rearing and Inundative Releases of Megamelus Scutellaris to Manage Waterhyacinth (Pontederia Crassipes) in South Florida                        
                            Soil Amendment Effects on Tomato Bacterial Spot                        
                            Southeast Partnership for Advanced Renewables from Carinata-SPARC                        
                            Expanding Florida Avocado Production through Varietal Selection                        
                            Developing, Harmonizing and Extending IPM strategies for Major Arthropod Groups and New Invasive Pests of Ornamental and Floriculture Production                        
                            Engineering Floral Fragrance to New Heights Using a Two-Pronged Approach                        
                            Reducing Aflatoxin Contamination in United States Peanuts                        
                            Identification, Mapping and Risk Prediction of Whitefly- and Thrips-transmitted Viruses in Fruiting Vegetables in Florida                        
                            Xenosurveillance of Flies in Wet Markets to Monitor for the Emergence and Spillover Potential of Viral, Bacterial, and Parasitic Pathogens                        
                            Sterile Male Fruit Fly Strains for Improved Biologically-Based Population Control                        
                            Sweet CAP: Integrated Technologies to Improve Sweet Corn Production and Marketability                        
                            Genetic and Phenotypic Characterization of Sugarcane Germplasm                        
                            Demonstration of New Vegetable Production Techniques for Urban Horticulture                        
                            Bioinformatics and Application Development                        
                            Greenhouse and Field Evaluation of Therapeutic Solutions to Citrus HLB                        
                            New tactics to managing concomitant damage by sting nematode and huanglongbing in replanted citrus groves                        
                            The Extraordinary Connections Between the Catabolism of Flavonols and Benzoate Metabolism                        
                            Development of effective economical microbial strategies to combat major nematode and fungal pests in turfgrass systems                        
                            CAREER: Unraveling the Metabolic Networks Underlying Plant Stress Adaptation                        
                            Development of High Yield and Disease Resistant CP Sugarcane Cultivars for Florida                        
                            vIL4 Virus Characterization                        
                            Application of Probiotics as an Alternative to Antibiotics for the Reduction of Salmonella in Poultry                        
                            Establishing CRISPR/Cas9-mediated Targeted Mutagenesis Protocol to Develop Seedless Muscadine Grape                        
                            Relationship of Salmonella and Campylobacter to chicken carcass microbiome                        
                            Broadly Protective Modified Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccines for Poultry                        
                            Develop Novel Vaccines Against Avian Reovirus and to Elucidate Mechanisms of Viral Pathogenesis                        
                            Effect of Mycotoxins and Mitigation Strategies in Poultry                        
                            Advances in Application Technology of Microbial Control Agents                        
                            AI Innovations for UAS-Based Biomass Estimation and Regional Extrapolations in the Gulf Atlantic Coastal Plain                        
                            Innovative Engineering Research for Development of a Poultry Manure Injector                        
                            Improve Hessian Fly Resistance of Southern Soft Red Winter Wheat - Georgia                        
                            Identify Environmental and Management Drivers of Foodborne Pathogen Ecology Under Pastured Poultry Rearing Systems                        
                            Addressing Critical Poultry Industry Challenge through Creating Value for Chicken Breast Meat with Myopathies                        
                            Managing Whiteflies and Whitefly-transmitted Viruses in Vegetable Crops in the Southeastern U.S.                        
                            National USDA Uniform Soybean Tests/Root-Knot Nematode Screening with UGA                        
                            Integrating Biorational Approaches to Control Plant Parasitic Nematodes and Weeds in Organic Vegetable Systems                        
                            Advanced Manufacturing Opportunities to Enhance Pecan Shelling Processing                        
                            Harnessing Genetic and Genomic Resources for Peanut Germplasm Enhancement and Cultivar Development                        
                            Wild Thing: Exploring Wild Species to Reduce Aflatoxin Contamination in Cultivated Peanut                        
                            Developing Integrated Ecological Tactics for Managing Sugarcane Aphid Outbreak                        
                            Multi-Environment Quantification of Extra-floral Nectar Production in Modern and Obsolete Cotton Cultivars                        
                            Genomic and Epidemiological Parameters to Inform Interventions Strategies for Enteric Diseases of Poultry                        
                            Prevention of Immunosuppressive Viruses of Poultry                        
                            “NIAID Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response” (CEIRR)                        
                            Detection and Mitigation of Aflatoxin Contamination: New Technologies and Decision Support from the Field to the Shelling Plant                        
                            The Next-Generation of Aflatoxin Control: The Biotechnology and Gemomics Revolution                        
                            Utilizing Precision Technologies to Improve Cotton Fiber Quality During Production, Harvest and Ginning                        
                            Grazing with the Fun Guy (Fungi) – Small Ruminant Worm Control                        
                            Enriching the Gene Pool of Upland Cotton                        
                            Evaluation and Characterization of Peanut Wild Species, Synthetic Hybrids, and Introgression Lines                        
                            Hyperspectral Imaging for Quality and Safety Evaluation of Agricultural Commodities                        
                            Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Peanut Research (PRIL)                        
                            Genome-Wide Association Study for the Identification of Loci Associated with Desirable Centipedegrass Traits                        
                            Managing Whiteflies and Whitefly-transmitted Viruses in Vegetable Crops in the Southeastern U.S.                        
                            Genomic Selection is Looming: Building a Robust Genotype-to-Phenotype Platform to Revolutionize Public Cotton Breeding                        
                            Genomic and Informatic Development for Genetic and Phenotypic Analysis                          
                            Developing Germplasm and Genetic Markers to Breed for Reduced Aflatoxin Contamination in Peanut                        
                            Increasing the Value of U.S. Soybean by Combining High Meal Protein, High Yield and Other Valuable Traits                        
                            Role of Bacterial Exopolysaccharide Composition and Structure in Biofilm Formation, Viscosity and Susceptibility to Dextranase Processing Aid                        
                            PLANT BREEDING PARTNERSHIP: Transforming Phaseolus breeding via genome-enabled interspecific trait discovery and introgression                        
                            Cooperative Improvement for Improved Rust Resistance in Wheat-Univ of Georgia                        
                            Bioinformatics and Application Development                        
                            US-UK-China Collab: Predictive Phylogenetics For Evolutionary and Transmission Dynamics of Newly Emerging Avian Influenza Viruses                        
                            Advanced Manufacturing Opportunities to Enhance Pecan Shelling Processing – Testbed Development                        
                            Determining the Causes of Declining Test Weight of Soybean and Utilizing Breeding to Increase Test Weight (University of Georgia)                        
                            Creation of Enhanced-Value Cotton Germplasm via Modulation of Cyclopropyl Fatty Acid Accumulation                        
                            Genomic Selection of Channel, Blue and Hybrid Catfish                        
                            Development of Preseason Risk Prediction Models to Facilitate Areawide Pest Management of Whitefly-transmitted Viruses of Vegetables                        
                            SAM: Sustainable Anthracnose Management for Watermelon and Cucumber Growers in the Eastern United States                        
                            Yield Limitations of Soybean Varieties Under Drought: Identifying and Overcoming Weaknesses by Team Drought (University of Georgia)                        
                            Determining Salmonella Serovar Complexity Through Different Stages of Broiler Processing to Improve Food safety                        
                            AmE-711 Cell Line as a Platform for Reporter Gene Assays                        
                            Development of a Mass-rearing Honey Bee System Under Controlled Conditions                        
                            Spatial Transcriptomic Analaysis of Chicken Skin Infected with Gallid Alphaherpevirus2 and Mutants Thereof                        
                            Improving the Economic and Ecological Sustainability of US Crop Production through On-Farm Precision Experimentation                        
                            Database of Lower Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Stream System Morphologic Attributes                        
                            Identification and Synthesis of Ant Toxins and Behavior Modifying Compounds                        
                            Toxicology, Chemical Ecology and Management of Invasive Ants                        
                            Computational Tools & Decision Support System Technologies for Agricultural Watershed Physical Processes, Water Quality and Ground Water Management                        
                            Discovery and Development of Natural Product-Based Pesticides and Pharmaceuticals                        
                            Groundwater and Soil Water Dynamics Modeling to Advance Erosion Prediction in Agricultural Fields                        
                            Identification of Natural Compounds to Control Pests in Catfish Ponds                        
                            Gulf of Mexico Program                        
                            Utilizing Acoustic and Geophysics Technology to Assess and Monitor Watersheds in the United States                        
                            Measurement and Modeling of Groundwater Recharge in Agroecosystems                        
                            Wave Erosion Measurements for an Irrigation Reservoir Embankment                        
                            Leukocyte Immune-type Receptors: Gene Structure and Function (Extension)                        
                            Improving Soybean Flood Tolerance for Sustainable Production                        
                            Improving Resilience and Diversification of Small Farms Through Agroforestry and Specialty Crops                        
                            Determining the Causes of Declining Test Weight of Soybean and Utilizing Breeding to Increase Test Weight (University of Missouri)                        
                            Yield Limitations of Soybean Varieties Under Drought: Identifying and Overcoming Weaknesses by Team Drought (University of Missouri)                        
                            National USDA Uniform Soybean Tests/Soybean Cyst Nematode Screening with University of Missouri                        
                            Yield Limitations of Soybean Varieties Under Drought: Identifying and Overcoming Weaknesses by Team Drought (University of Missouri)                        
                            African Lungfish CTxA: A Toxin That Supports Terrestrialization And Barrier Protection                        
                            Harnessing Fungal Natural Products for Scalable and Sustainable Honey Bee Antiviral Therapeutics                        
                            Improving Sugarcane Growth Estimation Across Variable Climatic Conditions by Integrating Flux Data, Remote Sensing, and Computer Modeling                        
                            Screening of the NPGS Tepary Bean Collection for Response to the Common Bean Weevil                        
                            Identifying Fusarium Species that are Emerging Pathogens of Coffee Fruit Rot                        
                            Identifying Coffee Varieties Resistant to Coffee Fruit Rot and Understanding Disease Progression                        
                            Tomato Resistance-breaking Tospoviruses                        
                            Investigating Impacts on Community Restoration: The Role of Biological Control Herbivores                        
                            Screening Muscadine Grape for Resistance to Pierce’s Disease Pathogen                        
                            Functional Genomics of Varroa Destructor-Apis Mellifera Interactions                        
                             A microRNA Approach to Understanding Honey Bee Pathogen-Host Interactions                        
                            Row Crop Production under Climate Change – Assessment of Sustainable Management Practices for Plant and Soil Health                        
                            New Molecular and Genetic Tools to Select Trees and Plants Better Adapted to Changing Environmental Conditions in the Southeastern United States                        
                            Back to the Future: Improving Productivity, Sustainability, and Resilience of Eastern Grasslands                        
                            Using Information on Beekeeper Mgmt Practices & Landscape Characteristics to Understand Honeybee Health & Reduce Colony Losses in the Mid-South                        
                            Improving Health and Well-being in Broiler Chickens Through Environmental Management                        
                            Increasing the Value of U.S. Soybean by Combining High Meal Protein, High Yield and Other Valuable Traits                        
                            Development of New Genomic Resources and Tools for Molecular Breeding in Muscadine Grape                        
                            Effectiveness of Transgenic Crops Expressing Vegetatively-produced Bt Toxins for Heliothine Control                        
                            Impact of Residue Biochemical Quality on Soil Disinfestation                        
                            Real-Time Greenhouse Emission Monitoring Sensor Development                        
                            A Low Cost Acoustic Sensor for Bee Identification                        
                            Aqua-FIT: Early Diagnosis of Water Toxicity Driven by Fish-mounted Low-cost and Miniaturized Sensors                        
                            Utilization of Cutting Edge Real Time Sensor Technology in Sugarcane Breeding                        
                            Agri-Eye: Embedding Agricultural Intelligence in UAV-based Frameworks for Monitoring Crops                        
                            Sugarcane Bagasse Effects on Mechanical and Mechanistic Performance of Hot Mixed Asphalt Mixtures                        
                            Characterization of Soybean Germplasm for Use in the Alternative Protein Market                        
                            Fostering Resilience and Ecosystem Services in Landscapes by Integrating Diverse Perennial Circular Systems (RESILIENCE CAP)                        
                            Maize GXE and Germplasm Enhancement of Maize (GEM) Cooperation – Phase 2                        
                            In-field Grain Processing for Poultry Diet                        
                            Improving Robustness and Climatic Resilience in U.S. Sheep Populations through Genomics                        
                            Pathogenesis of Egg Drop Syndrome (EDS) Virus and Improved Control Through Targeted Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines                        
                            Development of an Antigenic and Sequence Database of U.S. Avian Influenza Viruses                        
                            Updating Avian Influenza Diagnostic Tests and HPAIV Strain Characterization                        
                            Evaluation of Currently Available Vaccines for the Control of H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza                        
                            Apple Snail (Pomacea Maculata) Integrated Pest Management Tactics for Crawfish, Catfish, and Rice Crop Production                        
                            FY23 Developing Biological Control and other Safeguarding Tools to Manage Invasive Pests                        
                            Applying Biotechnology Techniques to Improve Disease Resistance of Tomato                        
                            Creating New Partnerships to Manage the Invasion of Foreign Weeds into National Wildlife Refuges.                        
                            Cooperative Improvement for Improved Rust Resistance in Wheat                        
                            National USDA Uniform Soybean Tests/Sugar Screening with Virginia Poly                        
                            Genetic Drift in Peripheral and Source Bollworm Populations-Tidewater Ag Res & Ext Ctr                        
                            Barley Pest Initiative - Virginia                        
                            What’s That Smell? Search for Wireworm Attractants and Development of Pheromone-based Methods for Monitoring and Management - VPI                        
                            Biochemical Approach to Protein Processing, Texturization and Nutritionally Beneficial Plant-based Foods                        
                            Mitigating WA38 Greasiness and Related Quality Defects (Ft Pierce)                        
                            Genomic Selection is Looming: Building a Robust Genotype-to-Phenotype Platform to Revolutionize Public Cotton Breeding                        
                            Beyond Static Metabolic Maps - Understanding the Cellular Organization and Dynamics of Lipid Flux for Enhanced Seed Oil Production                        
                            Characterizing the Genomic Basis of Weedy Rice Competitiveness                        
                            Development of Foundational Organic Research, Outreach and Education for the Mid-South Region                        
                            Quarantine, Germplasm Acquisition/Maintenance, Phytopathology Studies and Clone Evaluation of Theobroma Cacao                        
                            Activated Foods Promote Health                        
                            Achieving Low N2O and CH4 Missions in Non-Flooded Rice Through Effective N Management Tools                        
                            Pangenome and Genetic Characterization of Global Honey Bee Populations