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Research Programs and Projects at this Location

ARS research is organized into National Programs. Within each National Program are research projects. Listed below are  the National Programs and research projects currently conducted at this location.

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Veterinary, Medical and Urban Entomology (NP #104)
Ticks and Human Health
(In-House Appropriated)
Development of Botanical-Based Pesticide to Control Pests of Medical Importance
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Evaluation of New Chemical Acaricides and Biopesticides for Tick Control and Reduction of Tick-Borne Pathogen Transmission
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Evaluation of USDA’s New Bait Treatment System (a.k.a. “TickLick”) for Use by White-Tailed Deer and Other wildlife in Natural Habitats
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Field and Laboratory Studies of the Invasive Introduced Longhorned Tick Haemaphysalis Longicornis
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Multidisciplinary Approaches toward new Acaricide and Repellent Development: Efficacy Evaluation and Elucidation of the Modes of Action
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Crop Protection & Quarantine (NP #304)
Sustainable Insect Pest Management for Urban Agriculture and Landscapes
(In-House Appropriated)
Methyl Benzoate and Analogs to Control Mosquitoes of Medical Importance
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Attract-and-Kill for Sustainable Striped Cucumber Beetle Management
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Turning the Table on a Key Vegetable Pest: Exploiting Plant- and Insect-derived Volatile Aggregation Cues to Improve Cucumber Beetle IPM
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Behavioral Control for Colorado Potato Beetle
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Biocontrol of Gypsy Moth and Other Lepidopteran Pests of the Northeast Area through Development of Microbial Pathogen-Based Biological Control
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Cucurbitacins for Management of Cucumber Beetles
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Evaluation of Toxicities of Methyl Benzoate and Analogs as Green Pesticide to Control Agricultural Insect Pests
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Quarantine, Germplasm Acquisition/Maintenance, Phytopathology Studies and Clone Evaluation of Theobroma Cacao
(Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)