Cities and Research Labs in Texas

• Bushland, TX

• Conservation and Production Research Laboratory:
• Soil and Water Management Research: The Soil and Water Management Research Unit conducts research to: (1) increase crop water productivity and enhance the environment while preserving the regional soil and water resources in both irrigated and dryland cropping systems through the development of improved irrigation systems and (More)
• Livestock Nutrient Management Research: The Livestock Nutrient Management Research Unit (LNMRU) conducts basic and applied research to provide strategies that enhance livestock production efficiency and decrease potential adverse effects of livestock production on the environment. We seek to develop practices that 1) efficiently use (More)

• College Station, TX

• Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center:
• Crop Germplasm Research: The Crop Germplasm Research Unit reflects the ARS Program Plan of mission oriented research and is focused on needs not addressed by the private sector, non-ARS research agencies, or that are uniquely suited to the ARS program. Included are integrated studies of introduction, classification, and (More)
• Food and Feed Safety Research: The mission of the Food and Feed Safety Research Unit is to: 1) develop cost-effective means to prevent Salmonella and other enteric pathogens in poultry, swine, cattle, and other livestock through use of competitive exclusion and management strategies, and develop an increased understanding of (More)
• Aerial Application Technology Research: The mission of the Aerial Application Technology Research Unit is to develop and implement new and improved aerial application technologies for safe, efficient, and sustainable crop production and protection. Research focuses on optimizing aerial spray technologies for on-target deposition and (More)
• Insect Control and Cotton Disease Research: The Insect Control and Cotton Disease Research Unit develops, evaluates, and integrates biologically- and ecologically-based technologies and strategies for the areawide management of insect pests and diseases that adversely affect U.S. agriculture. The research elucidates pest biology and ecology; (More)

• Houston, TX

• Children's Nutrition Research Center: The mission of the Children's Nutrition Research Center is to define the dietary needs that will assure health in pregnant and lactating women and in children from conception through adolescence. Objectives are to 1) determine the role of nutrition and specific nutrients in optimal prenatal (More)

• Kerrville, TX

• Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory:
• Livestock Arthropod Pests Research: The mission of the Livestock Arthropod Pest Research Unit of the Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory is to provide the Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Program and the Screwworm Eradication Program of USDA-APHIS, the U.S. cattle industry, and the public, innovative systems (More)

• Lubbock, TX

• Cropping Systems Research Laboratory:
• Cotton Production and Processing Research: The mission of Cotton Production and Processing Research Unit is to address future critical production, processing, and air quality issues facing U.S. crop production operations and processing facilities and to maximize producer returns, minimize processing costs, preserve quality, and enhance (More)
• Plant Stress and Germplasm Development Research: The mission of Plant Stress and Germplasm Development research unit is to conduct fundamental and applied research on the response of plants to thermal and water stress and to develop, through traditional and molecular approaches, appropriate germplasm to reduce the impact of these stresses on crop (More)
• Wind Erosion and Water Conservation Research: The mission of the Wind Erosion and Water Conservation research unit is to conduct applied and fundamental research on the causes and consequences of wind-induced soil erosion, and the interactions of plants with the soil and aerial environments; to develop wind erosion mitigation strategies and (More)
• Livestock Issues Research: The mission of the Livestock Issues Research Unit is to conduct fundamental research to determine how stress affects the physiological and behavioral responses of livestock and how stress induced alterations in immune responses relate to pre-harvest food safety; to develop management practices and (More)

• Temple, TX

• Grassland Soil and Water Research Laboratory: The mission of our Laboratory is to develop technology and solutions that increase efficient use of soil and water resources, enhance forage and crop production, and support sustainable agricultural production in healthy ecosystems. This mission is accomplished by research to: - enhance (More)

National Programs in Texas

• Food Animal Production (101)
• Veterinary, Medical, and Urban Entomology (104)
• Human Nutrition (107)
• Food Safety (animal and plant products) (108)
• Water Availability and Watershed Management (211)
• Soil and Air (212)
• 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 Texas

  • Precipitation and Irrigation Management to Optimize Profits from Crop Production ( Soil and Water Management Research )
  • Improved Practices to Conserve Air Quality, Maintain Animal Productivity, and Enhance Use of Manure and Soil Nutrients of Cattle Production Systems for the Southern Great Plains ( Livestock Nutrient Management Research )
  • Identification of Resistance in Sorghum to Fungal Pathogens and Characterization of Pathogen Population Structure ( Crop Germplasm Research )
  • Pecan Breeding and Genomic Resource Development ( Crop Germplasm Research )
  • Management and Utilization of Cotton Genetic Resources and Associated Information ( Crop Germplasm Research )
  • Management of the National Collection of Carya Genetic Resources and Associated Information ( Crop Germplasm Research )
  • Enhancement of Elite Sorghum Germplasm through Introgression Breeding and Analysis of Traits Critical to Hybrid Development ( Crop Germplasm Research )
  • Advanced Genomic and Bioinformatic Tools for Accelerated Cotton Genetic Improvement ( Crop Germplasm Research )
  • Genetic Improvement of Perennial Warm-Season Grasses as Forage, Bioenergy, Turf, and Value-added Bioproducts within Sustainable Cropping Systems ( Crop Germplasm Research )
  • Immunological and Practical Approaches to Manipulate the Ecological Niches and Reduce Foodborne Pathogens in Poultry ( Food and Feed Safety Research )
  • Ecological Factors that Enable Colonization, Retention, and Dispersal of Foodborne Pathogens and Intervention Strategies to Control the Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance in Cattle and Swine ( Food and Feed Safety Research )
  • Improved Aerial Application Technologies for Precise and Effective Delivery of Crop Production Products ( Aerial Application Technology Research )
  • Molecular and Genetic Approaches to Manage Cotton Diseases ( Insect Control and Cotton Disease Research )
  • Novel Approaches for Management of Row Crop Pests and Continued Boll Weevil Eradication ( Insect Control and Cotton Disease Research )
  • Nutritional Role of Phytochemicals ( Children's Nutrition Research Center )
  • Microbiota and Nutritional Health ( Children's Nutrition Research Center )
  • Preventing the Development of Childhood Obesity ( Children's Nutrition Research Center )
  • Molecular, Cellular, and Regulatory Aspects of Obesity Development ( Children's Nutrition Research Center )
  • Metabolic and Epigenetic Regulation of Nutritional Metabolism ( Children's Nutrition Research Center )
  • Biomarkers of Nutritional Status Resulting from Altered Food Composition ( Children's Nutrition Research Center )
  • Integrated Pest Management of Flies of Veterinary Importance ( Livestock Arthropod Pest Research )
  • Integrated Pest Management of Cattle Fever Ticks ( Livestock Arthropod Pest Research )
  • Enhancing the Profitability and Sustainability of Upland Cotton, Cottonseed, and Agricultural Byproducts through Improvements in Pre-Ginning, Ginning, and Post-Ginning Processes ( Cotton Production and Processing Research )
  • Discovery and Improvement of Traits to Enhance Sorghum as a Multiple Purpose Crop ( Plant Stress and Germplasm Development Research )
  • Development of Economically Important Row Crops that Improve the Resilience of U.S. Agricultural Production to Present and Future Production Challenges ( Plant Stress and Germplasm Development Research )
  • Optimizing Water Use Efficiency for Environmentally Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems in Semi-Arid Regions ( Wind Erosion and Water Conservation Research )
  • Nutritional Intervention and Management Strategies to Reduce Stress and Improve Health and Well-being in Cattle and Swine ( Livestock Issues Research )
  • Resilient Management Systems and Decision Support Tools to Optimize Agricultural Production and Watershed Responses from Field to National Scale ( Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory )
  • Contributions of Climate, Soils, Species Diversity, and Management to Sustainable Crop, Grassland, and Livestock Production Systems ( Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory )