Find ARS Research Projects Search by Keyword International Subject of Investigation Agave Agricultural supplies, general/other Air Alfalfa Almond Animal research, general Annual grasses, other Apple Apricot Aquatic plants Atmosphere, general/other Bacteria Banana Barley Beans (dry) Beans (fresh, fresh-processed) Bedding/garden plants Beef cattle, general/other Beef cattle, live animal Bees, honey, and other pollinators, general Berries and cane fruits, other Biological Cell Systems Blueberry Broadleaf forests of the North Broadleaf forests of the South Butter Canola Carrot Cassava (or manioc) Castor Catfish Cheese Chemurgic Crops Cherry Citrus, general/other Climate Cocoa Coffee Cole crops (includes cabbage, kale, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, Conifer forests of the South Conifer forests of the West Cool season perennial grasses (includes bluegrass, bromegrass, fescue, Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480) Cotton, other Cottonseed (for meal, oil, etc.) Crambe Cranberry Cross-commodity research--multiple animal species Cross-commodity research--multiple crops Cucumber Cucurbits, other (includes pumpkin, squash, gourd) Cultured aquatic animals, general/other Cuphea Cut flowers, foliage, and greens Dairy cattle, general/other Dairy cattle, live animal Date Deciduous and small fruits, general/other Deciduous tree fruits, other Desert and semidesert shrub land and shinnery Drainage and irrigation facilities and systems Duck and goose, live animal Durum wheat Economy, general/other Edible tree nuts, general/other Egg-type chicken, live animal Eggplant Eggs Endangered species Farm structures and related facilities Feed and feed additives Fertilizers Fiber crops, general/other Filbert Finfish Fish habitats Flavoring and beverage plants, other Flax Florist crops, other Food (not readily associated with specific plant and animal products) Forage legumes, other Fungi (includes yeast) General Commodity General technology Goats, meat and mohair Grain crops, general/other (includes buckwheat, millet, triticale) Grain sorghum Grapefruit Grapes, other Grasslands, other Greens and leafy vegetables (includes endive, lettuce, spinach, . Guayule Hard red spring wheat Hard red winter wheat Hard white wheat Herbaceous perennials and decorative greens Herbs and spices Honey bees Hops Horses, ponies, and mules Houses (human residences), furniture, household equipment, non-textile Individuals (as workers, consumers, members of society) Insects Kenaf Kiwi Laboratory animals Land Leguminous vegetables, other Lemon Lentil Lesquerella Long fiber cotton Machinery and equipment Mango Marine shrimp Meat, beef cattle Meat, dairy cattle Meat, sheep Meat, swine Meat-type chicken, live animal Medicinal crops, non-narcotic Melons (includes cantaloupe, muskmelon, watermelon) Microorganisms, general/other Milk Mint Miscellaneous and new crops, general/other Mountain grasslands, meadow, and alpine Mushrooms and other edible fungi Narcotic plants Nectarine Nematodes Noncrop plant research Oats Oilseed and oil crops, general/other Onion, garlic, leek, shallot Orange Ornamental trees and shrubs Ornamentals and turf, general/other (includes cacti) Other animals, general Other beef cattle products Other cultured finfish Other cultured shellfish Other dairy cattle products Other Pollinators Other poultry products Other products of the forest Other swine products Oysters Papaya Parks and urban green space Pasture Pasture and forage crops, general/other Peach Peanut Pear Peas (dry) Peas (fresh, fresh-processed) Pecan People and communities, general/other Peppers Perennial grasses, other Pesticides (includes herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, etc.) Pineapple Pinyon-juniper Plant research, general Plum Potato Potted plants Poultry meat Poultry, general/other Raisin grapes Rangelands and grasslands, general Rangelands, other Raspberry Red clover Remote sensing equipment and technology Research equipment and methods, general/other Rhizomes, tubers, bulbs, and root crops, general/other (for potato use 1310) Rice River basins Rubber, gum, and resin plants, other Rye Salmon Seeds and other plant propagules Sensory evaluation/analysis methods (human senses) Sewage and waste disposal facilities and systems Sheep and wool, general/other Sheep, live animal Shellfish Soft red wheat Soft white wheat (includes club, western) Soil Soil and land, general Solanaceous and related crops, general/other (for potato use 1310) Solar radiation Soybean Spiders, mites, ticks, and other arthropods Strawberry Striped bass Structures, facilities, and equipment, general/other Sugar beet Sugar cane Sugar crops, general/other Summer annual grasses (includes forage sorghums, sudangrass, sorghum- Sunflower Sweet potato Sweet sorghum Sweetcorn Swine, general/other Swine, live animal Table grapes The family and its members The farm as an enterprise Tilapia Tomato Trees, forests, and forest products, general Trefoil Tropical forests Tropical/subtropical fruit, general/other Trout Turf (includes bentgrass, bermudagrass, bluegrass, dichondra, fescue, Turkey, live animal Upland cotton Vegetables, general/other Viroids, mycoplasmas, spiroplasmas, etc. Viruses Walnut Warm season perennial grasses (includes dallisgrass, bluestems, Water resources Watersheds Watersheds and river basins, general Weather Weeds Wetland and riparian systems Wheat, other Wild animals Wild birds Wildlife and natural fisheries, general/other Wildlife habitats Wine grapes Winter annual grasses (includes annual ryegrass) Winter annual legumes (includes subterranean clover, arrowleaf clover) Wood and wood products Wool fiber Watersheds A Method for Disaggregating Nass State Yield Estimates to County and Agriculture Statistics District Yields Using Modis Imagery A Method for Disaggregating Nass State Yield Estimates to County and Agriculture Statistics District Yields Using Modis Imagery A Multi-Sensor Examination of Microwave Soil Moisture Retrieval Through Tree Canopies A New Approach to Sediment Tmdl Watersheds in the Southern Piedmont A Regional Experiment to Evaluate Effects of Fire and Fire Surrogate Treatments in the Sagebrush Steppe Accounting for Effects of Subpixel Variability on Regional Atmospheric and Flux Estimate Using Large Eddy Simulations with Terra and Aqua.. Acoustic/seismic Technology to Characterize Sediment Movement and Deposition in Surface Waters and Evaluate Dam Structural Stability Agricultural and Industrial Uses of Fgd Gypsum Air Quality in the Chesapeake Bay Region As Influenced by Agricultural Land Use Changes Airborne Measurement of Land-Surface Energy, Water and Carbon Fluxes over Heterogeneous Amphibian Monitoring of Ceap Wetlands in the Mid-Atlantic Region Assess the Costs and Water Quality Benefits of Best Management Strategies in Town Brook and Cannonsville Watersheds Using Economic Models Assessing Climate, Soil and Landscape Processes Affecting Agricultural Ecosystems Assessing Gully Erosion Processes Across Landscape Scales Assessing Sedimentation in Reservoirs and Lakes Assessment of Natural Resource Conservation Practice Effectiveness Within the Choptank River Watershed Assessment of Soil Analysis Methods Assessment of Wetland Restoration Impact of Stream Health Assessment of Wetland Water Quality Services Across An Alteration Gradient in the Choptank River Watershed Assimilation of Alexi Soil Moisture Fields into Regional Weather Forecast Models Biologically Based Integrated Management of Invasive Aquatic and Riparian Weeds Biology and Management of Invasive Weeds in the Western United States Cast Publications on Issues in Agriculture and Agricultural Research Ceap Assessment of Invasive Weed Biological Control Ceap-Wetlands Mid-Atlantic Regional Study Ceap-Wetlands Mid-Atlantic Regional Study Changes in Channel Morphology Along the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Characterization of "reference" Sediment-Transport Conditions for Ecoregions 49, 50, and 51 Combined Water Quality Initiative Complete Needed Enhancements of Oms and Delivery of the Oms-Prototype Field to Watershed Scale Model for Ceap Computer Model Development for Evaluation of Channels, Spillways, and Earthen Embankments Conservation Effects Assessment for the St. Joseph River Watershed Conservation Effects Assessment in the South Georgia Little River Conservation Effects Assessment Project Conservation Effects Assessment Project Conservation Effects Assessment Project Conservation Effects Assessment Project Conservation Effects Assessment Project Conservation Effects Assessment Project Conservation Effects Assessment Project Conservation Effects Assessment Project Conservation Effects Assessment Project Conservation Effects Assessment Project Conservation Effects Assessment Project Conservation Effects Assessment Project Conservation Effects Assessment Project (Ceap)-Fort Collins, Co Conservation Effects Assessment Project - the ARS Watershed Assessment Study Conservation Effects Assessment Project -Grazinglands Conservation Effects Assessment Project Grazinglands Conservation Effects Assessment Project-Wetlands Component Mid-Atlantic Regional Assessment Phase II Council on Sustainable Biomass Production Critical Water Quality Issues in the Suwannee River Basin Decision Support Systems for C Management Across the U.S. Corn Belt Using Nasa Remote Sensing Data Products Determination of Sediment Sources in ARS Ceap Benchmark Watersheds Develop, Test, and Improve the Needed Science Modules and Models of Agricultural Systems in Oms for Various Applications Developing a Process-Based Model for Estimating Air Emissions from Dairies Developing Tools to Enhance Water Quality from Agricultural Enterprises in South Florida Development and Application of a Gis-Based Risk Assessment Tool for Targeting Conservation Practices to Improve Water Quality Development and Testing of a Bmp Evaluation Tool for Texas Development of a Gis-Based Rusle2 Interface Template for Use with Iowa's Lidar Digital Elevation Data Development of a Gis-Based Rusle2 Interface Template for Use with Iowa's Lidar Digital Elevation Data Development of a Gis-Based Rusle2 Interface Template for Use with Iowa¿s Lidar Digital Elevation Data Development of Alternative Practices for Improved Watershed Management Development of Models and Conservation Practices for Water Quality Management and Resource Assessments Development of Software Tools for Predicting Embankment Erosion of Earthen Dams Direct Incorporation of Poultry Litter into No-Till Soils to Minimize Nutrient Runoff to Chesapeake Bay Discovery and Evaluation of Biological Control Agents of Russian Thistle Disturbance Assessment and Mitigation of Great Basin Rangeland Drainage Water Management in the St. Joseph River Watershed Dryland Management Project Ecological Society of America: Ecological Dimensions of Biofuels (Pa-08-11) Ecology and Epidemiology of E. Coli O157:h7 in Fresh Produce Production Regions on the Central California Coast Effectiveness of Watershed Land-Management Practices to Improve Water Quality Effects of Conservation Practices on Soil and Water Resources in the Leon River Watershed (Phase Ii) Efficient and Environmentally Sustainable Agricultural Water Management in Humid Regions Engineering Tools for Safe, Efficient Hydraulic Structures and Channels Enhanced Stream-Corridor Modeling Tools for Adaptive Management of Tahoe Basin Streams Enhancing Water Quality from Horticultural and Floricultural Production Systems in South Florida Enviromentally Sound Practices for Tmdls and Water Quality Improvement Environmental and Source Water Quality Effects of Management Practices and Land Use on Poorly Drained Land Environmental, Forage, and Animal Impacts of Management-Intensive Grazing Erodibility of Cohesive Sediments in the Channel Boundary of Selected Tualatin River Tributaries: Entrainment and Bank Instability Erosion Control and Stabilization Technology for Alluvial Channels and Earthen Embankments Establishment of Functional Links Between Sediment Conditions and Aquatic Communities for Tmdl Development Evaluating Effects of Best Management Practices for Crop Production in Mark Twain Lake Basin Evaluating the Environmental Benefits of USDA Conservation Programs: State of Knowledge Report Evaluation for the Integration of a Virtual Et Sensor Based on Viirs and Passive Microwave Sensors into the Annagnps Pollution Model Evaluation of Conservation Practice Effectiveness in Water Quality Protection in the Choptank River Watershed Evaluation of Fate and Transport of Manure Contaminants under Different Management Systems Farm-Scale Economic Analysis of Adoption of No-Till in the Ft. Cobb Reservoir Watershed Fate and Transport of Arsenic in Land-Applied Poultry Litter: Effects on Soils, Ditches, Streams, and Wetlands Fate and Transport of E. Coli in Rural Texas Landscapes and Streams Fate of Hormones in Waste from Concentrated Broiler Feeding Operations Forecasting Water Quality and Quantity Hazards Using Spatially Distributed Watershed Models and Biophysical Data Foreign Exploration and Evaluation of Biological Control Agents for Yellow Starthistle and Russian Thistle Future Directions for National Resource Inventory (Nri) Future Directions for the National Resource Inventory (Nri) Geographical Information System Database for Conservation Effects Assessment in the Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Service Geospatial Watershed Modeling for Improved Watershed Assessments Great Basin Restoration Initiative Remote Sensing Project Headquarters Cooperative Programs - Natural Resources and Sustainable Agricultural Systems (Nr&sas) Hydraulic and Geotechnical Roles of Aquatic Plants in Channel Processes Hydraulic Performance Evaluation of Sloped Converging Sidewalls for Rcc Stepped Spillways Hydrologic and Environmental Impacts of Conservation Practices in Oklahoma Agricultural Watersheds Hydrologic and Water Quality System Design and Development Hydrologic Modeling of the Indus River Basin in Pakistan Hydrologic Processes, Scale, Climate Variability, and Water Resources for Semiarid Watershed Management Hydrological and Water Quality System Illicit Crop Phenomenoly Studies Improving Crop and Animal Production Systems for Southern Producers Improving Erosion and Sediment Transport Models and Development in Support of USDA Agencies Improving Flooding Tolerance of Soybean by Genetic Transformation Infiltration into Gypsum Amended Swelling/shrinking/cracking Soils Innovative Bmp Implementation Strategies to Improve Water Quality Within the Choptank River Watershed with Targeted Effort in the Tuckahoe.. Integrate Global Soil Moisture Remote Sensing and Modeling Data into Usda's Global Crop Production Decision Support System Integrated Assessment and Analysis of Physical Landscape Processes That Impact the Quality and Management of Agricultural Watersheds Integrated Management of Land and Water Resources for Environmental and Economic Sustainability in the Northeast U.S. Integration of Climate Variability and Forecasts into Risk-Based Management Tools for Agriculture Production and Resource Conservation Integration of Spillway Erosion Technology and Wintr-20 with Windam Interaction of Hydraulic and Geotechnical Processes in Controlling Bank Stability Interactive Effects of Climate, Land Use, and Management in Agricultural Watersheds Intergrate Global Soil Moisture Remote Sensing and Modeling Data Products into the USDA Global Crop Production Decision Support System Internet Capability for Assessing/managing Impacts of Climate Change on Sediment Loading to Streams Using Wepp Investigating the Environmental Chemistry Fate and Transport of Agrochemicals and Other Pollutants Investigating the Fate of Phosphorus and Nitrogen in Coastal Plain Agroecosystems to Minimize Losses to and from Drainage Ditches Jobos Bay Conservation Effects Assessment Project Land Use and Management Effects on Environmental Processes and Hydrology in Coastal Plain Watersheds Large Woody Debris Structures in Stream Channels Long Term Water Quality Response to Conservation Practices in a Coastal Plain Management and Treatment of Drainage Waters for Water Quality Protection and Sustainability of Agricultural Production in the Midwest U.S. Management of Parrotfeather (Myriophyllum Aquaticum) and Waterprimrose (Ludwigia Spp) in the San Joaquin River Managing Dairy Farms for Environmental Stewardship and Profit Meteorological and Snow Sensing Instrumentation, Snowmelt Hydrology and Hydrologic Modeling Methods to Eradicate Hydrilla and Other Non-Native Aquatic Weeds Modeling Gaseous Emissions from Dairy Facilities Modeling Snow, Soil Moisture, and Streamflow Impacts on Water, Soil and Vegetation Resources in Semi-Arid Basins Modeling Soil Erosion and Sediment Yield in Rangeland Environments Modeling the Impact of Land Cover and Surface Flux Fields on Regional Weather and Clouds Using Alexi Modeling the Impacts of Land-Applied Municipal Biosolids on Ecosystem Services Across Urban, Agricultural, and Wildlife Interfaces Monitoring and Evaluating Water Resources in Central Oklahoma Watersheds Monitoring of Vegetation Within the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area Monitoring Root-Zone Soil Moisture Via Multi-Frequency Remote Sensing of Surface Soil Moisture and Evapotranspiration Multi-Scale Remote Assessment of Land-Surface Hydrologic Response to Natural and Anthropogenic Stressors: a Case Study in the Fl Everglades Nitrogen Fertilizer for Free: Accounting for Mineralizable Nitrogen in the Soil Object Modeling and Scaling of Landscape Processes and Conservation Effects in Agricultural Systems Operation and Maintenance of the ARS Micronet Optimal Land Surface Temperature Estimation and Assimilation for Global Hydrological Applications Optimal Sampling Designs to Estimate Spatially Distributed Remote Sensing Data Physical Controls of Soil Moisture and Vadose Zone Fluxes Across Space-Time Scales under Different Hydro-Climatic Conditions Physical Model Study of Embankment Floodwall Downstream Protection Methods Plan for Tomorrow: Poultry Litter Application on New Sites Precision Placement of Nutrients and Fertilizers in Complex Landscapes to Minimize Transfers of Nutrients and Emerging Contaminants to Water Predicting the Impact of Flood Control Structure Failures Prediction of River Meandering and Habitat Formation Prediction of Seasonal to Inter-Annual Hydro-Climatology Including the Effects of Vegetation Dynamics and Topography over Large River Basins Promoting Development of Biological Control Agents for Cape Ivy, a South African Vine Threatening California's Natural Areas Quantification of Bmps on Managed Turf Quantifying Landscape Factors Influencing Soil Productivity and the Environment Quantifying Potential Reductions in Sediment Loadings from Streambank Erosion in a Large Agricultural Watershed Regional Condition Assessment Framework for USDA Wetlands Relating Spatial Patterns of Vegetation and Soil Properties with Runoff and Erosion on Ecological Sites in Southeastern Arizona Remote Sensing and Modeling to Study Ecohydrological Feedbacks Remote Sensing Crop Residue Cover Remote Sensing for Crop and Water Management in Irrigated Agriculture Remote Sensing of Embankment Portfolio Maintenance Research and Development of Meteorological and Snow Sensing Instrumentation, Snowmelt Hydrology, and Hydrologic Modeling Research in South Africa to Accelerate Development of Biological Control Agents for Cape Ivy Risk Assessment Using the Rangeland Hydrology and Erosion Model Satellite Remote Sensing Field Experiments Short Rotation Crops International Conference: Biofuels, Bioenergy, & Bioproducts from Sustainable Agriculture & Forest Crops (Pa-08-27) Snow and Hydrologic Processes in the Intermountain West Soil Erosion, Sediment Yield, Conservation Structures, and Dss for Sustainable Land Management on Semiarid Rangeland Watershed Soil Moisture Active Passive Satellite Development Soil Moisture Remote Sensing and Land Polarimetry Field Experiment 2005 Soil Moisture Retrieval and Mapping Using Two-Dimensional Synthetic Aperture Radiometery (2d-Star) Soil Moisture Retrieval Using Alos Palsar Soil Organic Carbon and Nutrient Dynamics in Tall Fescue Pastures Soil Organic Matter and Nutrient Cycling to Sustain Agriculture in the Southeastern Usa Source, Fate, and Transport of Non-Point Source Pollutants in Small Agricultural Headwater Streams in the Southeast Usa Southern Great Plains Cloud & Land Surface Interaction Campaign Spatial and Temporal Variation in the Composition of Filamentous Algae Present in California Rice Fields Strip-Tillage with Rye Cover Crop for Corn: Overcoming Soil, Weather and Management Limitations in Coastal Plain Soil of Georgia Surface Characterization for Land-Atmosphere Studies of Clasic Sustainable Groundwater Management under Variable Climate and Land Use Change Sustainable Management of Agricultural Lands and Water Resources in the Upper Washita River Watershed Synthesis of Findings from the Ceap Watershed Assessment Study Technologies for Assessing Sediment Movement & the Integrity of Flood Control Structures, Streambanks, & Earthen Pond-Levees & Embankments The Impact of Proper Organic Fertilizer Management in Production Agriculture The Object Modeling System (Oms): An Advanced Computer Framework for Natural Resources Technology Models and Tools Transitioning Traditional Dairy Production Systems of the Northeast to Grass-Based Grazing Dairy Farms Understanding and Predicting the Impact of Agriculture on the Environmental Integrity of Managed Watersheds Use of Fgd Gypsum to Improve Crop and Forage Production on Erodible Soils of the South Use of Fgd Gypsum to Reduce Runoff and Erosion Losses on Highly Erodible Soils Using a Modeling System to Extend Hydrologic Parameters and Processes from Experimental Watersheds to Larger Regions Within the Great Basin Using Geospatial Technologies to Precision Manage Cotton Root-Knot Nematodes:mgmt. 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Using Remote Sensing & Modeling for Evaluating Hydrologic Fluxes, States, & Constituent Transport Processes Within Agricultural Landscapes Utilizing Nitrogen and Oxygen Isotopes As Tracers for Manure Nutrient Fate in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Water Assessment Through Ecological Research/farmers Active in Research Water Assessment Through Ecological Research/farmers Active in Research Water Assessment Through Ecological Research/farmers Active in Research Water Assessment Through Ecological Research/farmers Active in Research Water Assessment Through Ecological Research/farmers Active in Research Water Assessment Through Ecological Research/farmers Active in Research Water Assessment Through Ecological Research/farmers Active in Research Water Assessment Through Ecological Research/farmers Active in Research Water Assessment Through Ecological Research/farmers Active in Research Water Assessment Through Ecological Research/farmers Active in Research Water Quality Improvement from Management Practices in Agricultural Watersheds Watershed Assessment Through Ecological Research/farmers Active in Research Watershed Assessment Using Usda-Swat Watershed Scale Transport of Salmonella, Campylobacter and Indicator Organisms in the Satilla River Basin Wetlands Mid-Atlantic Regional Investigation Yellow Starthistle Control Techniques         Last Modified: 01/16/2009