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West Lafayette, IN
- Crop Production and Pest Control Research: The Crop Production and Pest Control Research Unit conducts research to minimize crop losses due to insects and pathogens and improve soybean quality. Specific projects are directed toward discovering the genetic, biochemical, and molecular mechanisms that confer insect resistance in cereals, (More)
- National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory: To develop scientific knowledge and technologies applied by land users to optimize farming and sustainable management of resources for future generations. Our vision is to use the best science to create the most effective methods and decision support tools with and for farmers and stakeholders. Our (More)
- Livestock Behavior Research: The mission of the Livestock Behavior Research Unit is to develop scientific measures of animal well-being, through the study of animal behavior, stress physiology, immunology, neurophysiology, and cognition, that will allow an objective evaluation of animal agricultural practices. This method of (More)
National Programs in Indiana
- Food Animal Production (101)
- Water Availability and Watershed Management (211)
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Research (216)
- Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics and Genetic Improvement (301)
- Plant Diseases (303)
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- Fungal Host-Pathogen Interactions and Disease Resistance in Cereal Crops ( Crop Production and Pest Control Research )
- Genetic and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Plant-Insect Interactions in Cereal Crops ( Crop Production and Pest Control Research )
- Designing Soybeans with Enhanced Seed Quality and Plant Health Traits ( Crop Production and Pest Control Research )
- Assessment of Sediment and Chemical Transport Processes for Developing and Improving Agricultural Conservation Practices ( National Soil Erosion Research )
- Improving Understanding of Soil Processes for Making More Informed Agricultural Management Decisions that Increase Agricultural Sustainability in the Central U.S. ( National Soil Erosion Research )
- Optimizing Welfare for Food Producing Animals ( Livestock Behavior Research )