Cities and Research Labs in Georgia

• Athens, GA

• U.S. National Poultry Research Center:
• Quality & Safety Assessment Research: The mission of the Quality and Safety Assessment Research Unit is to research issues affecting the quality and safety of poultry and other agricultural products and develop commercially-viable systems relative to stakeholder needs in both industry and government by: - detecting physical and (More)
• Poultry Microbiological Safety and Processing Research Unit: The mission of the Poultry Microbiological Safety and Processing Research Unit is to develop technology to diminish and control the association with and colonization of chickens by human bacterial enteropathogens (i.e., Salmonella and Campylobacter). The research addresses all phases of production (More)
• Toxicology & Mycotoxin Research: The mission of the Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit is to determine the action mechanisms and toxicological hazards of mycotoxins to humans and animals, and to develop intervention approaches to eliminate such hazards from foods and feeds. (More)
• Bacterial Epidemiology & Antimicrobial Resistance Research: The mission of the Bacterial Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Unit is to study antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic food borne pathogens and commensal bacteria. Epidemiology, microbiology, risk factor analysis, and molecular techniques are used to: 1) gain an understanding of the (More)
• ESQRU: The mission of the Egg Safety and Quality Research Unit is to protect both the health of consumers and the marketability of eggs by conducting research to develop improved technologies for egg production and processing that reduce or eliminate microorganisms that can transmit disease to humans or (More)
• Exotic & Emerging Avian Viral Diseases Research: Our mission at the Exotic and Emerging Avian Viral Diseases Research Unit is to conduct basic and applied research on avian influenza, Newcastle disease, West Nile and other exotic and emerging viruses of poultry and other birds. The goal of our research program is to produce new research knowledge (More)
• Endemic Poultry Viral Diseases Research: Our mission at the Endemic Poultry Viral Disese Research Unit is to conduct basic and applied research on avian metapneumovirus, enteric viruses of turkeys and Marek's disease herpesvirus. The goal of our research program is to produce new research knowledge and technology to: 1) provide (More)

• Byron, GA

• Fruit and Tree Nut Research: The mission of the Fruit and Tree-Nut Research Unit is to meet agriculture sector needs (both small and large farms) for a) stone fruit (peach nectarine, plum) scion and rootstock cultivars, and b) production and management strategies and tools to enable economic production and protection of pecan (More)

• Dawson, GA

• National Peanut Research Laboratory: The National Peanut Research Laboratory (NPRL) conducts research on food safety, water and energy conservation, peanut production and postharvest, and systems research designed to minimize risk and enhance viability of the US peanut industry. NPRL research directly addresses major issues (More)

• Griffin, GA

• Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit: The mission of the Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit is to preserve plant genetic resources for present and future researchers and educators. The Unit acquires, characterizes, conserves, evaluates, documents, and distributes genetic resources of agronomic and horticultural crops including (More)

• Tifton, GA

• Southeast Watershed Research: The mission of the Southeast Watershed Research Laboratory (SEWRL) is to develop the scientific understanding and associated technologies of watershed systems essential to maintaining/enhancing the environmental and natural resource base upon which a viable, sustainable, and productive agricultural (More)
• Crop Genetics and Breeding Research: The mission of the Crop Genetics and Breeding Research Unit is to conduct research to solve agricultural and environmental problems of regional and national interest. To fulfill this mission, the Unit will: (1) collect, evaluate, develop, preserve and distribute germplasm with improved biological (More)

National Programs in Georgia

• Food Animal Production (101)
• Animal Health (103)
• Food Safety (animal and plant products) (108)
• Water Availability and Watershed Management (211)
• Grass, Forage, and Rangeland Agroecosystems (215)
• Sustainable Agricultural Systems Research (216)
• Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics and Genetic Improvement (301)
• Plant Diseases (303)
• Crop Protection and Quarantine (304)
• Crop Production (305)
• Product Quality and New Uses (306)

• Appropriated Projects in Georgia

  • Assessment of Quality Attributes of Poultry Products, Grain, Seed, Nuts, and Feed ( Quality & Safety Assessment Research )
  • Smart Optical Sensing of Food Hazards and Elimination of Non-Nitrofurazone Semicarbazide in Poultry ( Quality & Safety Assessment Research )
  • Production and Processing Intervention Strategies for Poultry Associated Foodborne Pathogens ( Poultry Microbiological Safety & Processing Research )
  • Novel Pre-harvest Interventions and Alternatives to Antibiotics to Reduce Foodborne Pathogens ( Poultry Microbiological Safety & Processing Research )
  • Eliminating Fusarium Mycotoxin Contamination of Corn by Targeting Fungal Mechanisms and Adaptations Conferring Fitness in Corn and Toxicology and Toxinology Studies of Mycotoxins ( Toxicology & Mycotoxin Research )
  • Characterizing Antimicrobial Resistance in Poultry Production Environments ( Bacterial Epidemiology & Antimicrobial Resistance Research )
  • Alternatives to Antibiotics and Genomics of Antimicrobial Resistance to Control Foodborne Pathogens in Poultry ( Bacterial Epidemiology & Antimicrobial Resistance Research )
  • Evaluation of Management of Laying Hens and Housing Systems to Control Salmonella and Other Pathogenic Infections, Egg Contamination, and Product Quality ( Egg Safety & Quality Research )
  • Reduction of Foodborne Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance in Poultry Production Environments ( Egg Safety & Quality Research )
  • Intervention Strategies to Prevent and Control Disease Outbreaks Caused by Emerging Strains of Avian Influenza Viruses ( Exotic & Emerging Avian Viral Diseases Research )
  • Intervention Strategies to Predict, Prevent and Control Disease Outbreaks Caused by Emerging Strains of Virulent Newcastle Disease Viruses ( Exotic & Emerging Avian Viral Diseases Research )
  • Integrative Strategies to Mitigate Enteric Diseases of Poultry ( Endemic Poultry Viral Diseases Research )
  • Intervention Strategies to Prevent and Control Enteric Diseases of Poultry ( Endemic Poultry Viral Diseases Research )
  • Genetic and Biological Determinants of Avian Herpesviruses Pathogenicity, Transmission, and Evolution to Inform the Development of Effective Control Strategies ( Endemic Poultry Viral Diseases Research )
  • Enhancing Genetic Resistance to Marek’s Disease in Poultry ( Endemic Poultry Viral Diseases Research )
  • Intervention Strategies to Prevent and Control Immunosuppressive Viruses of Poultry Associated with Secondary Pathogen Infections ( Endemic Poultry Viral Diseases Research )
  • Genomic and Epidemiological Parameters to Inform Interventions Strategies for Enteric Diseases of Poultry ( Endemic Poultry Viral Diseases Research )
  • Genetic and Biological Determinants of Avian Herpesviruses Pathogenicity, Transmission, and Evolution to Inform the Development of Effective Control Strategies ( Endemic Poultry Viral Diseases Research )
  • Development of New Stone Fruit Cultivars and Rootstocks for the Southeastern United States ( Fruit and Nut Research )
  • Healthy, Sustainable Pecan Nut Production ( Fruit and Nut Research )
  • Novel Approaches for Managing Key Pests of Peach and Pecan ( Fruit and Nut Research )
  • Integrated Management of Fungal Pathogens in Peanut to Reduce Mycotoxin Contamination and Yield Losses ( Peanut Research )
  • Integration of Traditional Methods and Novel Molecular Strategies for Improving Disease Resistance and Input-use Efficiency in Peanut ( Peanut Research )
  • Enhanced Sustainable Peanut-based Cropping Systems ( Peanut Research )
  • Postharvest Management Systems for Processing and Handling Peanuts ( Peanut Research )
  • Conservation, Characterization, Evaluation, and Distribution of Grain, Oilseed, Vegetable, Subtropical and Tropical Legume, and Warm Season Grass Genetic Resources and Associated Information ( Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Research )
  • Enhancing Water Resources, Production Efficiency and Ecosystem Services in Gulf Atlantic Coastal Plain Agricultural Watersheds ( Southeast Watershed Research )
  • Integrating Animal and Industrial Enterprise Byproducts in Gulf Atlantic Coastal Plain Cropping Systems for Enhancing Productivity, Efficiency, and Resiliency of Agroecosystems ( Southeast Watershed Research )
  • Biologically-based Management Systems for Insect Pests and Pollinators in Agricultural Landscapes in the Southeastern Region ( Southeast Watershed Research )
  • Magnitude of the Residue Analyses in Minor Crops from Experimental Applications of Pesticides ( Southeast Watershed Research )
  • Nematode, Disease, Weed, and Mite Control on Minor Food Crops and Ornamentals ( Southeast Watershed Research )
  • Genetics and Integrated Management of Plant Parasitic Nematodes in Cotton and Peanut ( Crop Genetics and Breeding Research )
  • Genetic Improvement of Maize and Sorghum for Resistance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses ( Crop Genetics and Breeding Research )
  • Improvement of Genetic Resistance to Multiple Biotic and Abiotic Stresses in Peanut ( Crop Genetics and Breeding Research )
  • Development of High-Yielding, High-Oleic Peanut Cultivars or Germplasm with Tolerance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses ( Crop Genetics and Breeding Research )
  • Genetic Improvement and Cropping Systems of Warm-season Grasses for Forage, Feedstocks, Syrup, and Turf ( Crop Genetics and Breeding Research )