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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) - Monitors and guards against foreign agricultural pests and diseases; Concerned with animal and plant health inspection, veterinary accreditation and wildlife protection [Department of Agriculture (USDA)]

Areawide Pest Management Research Unit - Access descriptions of current research. [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS), Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center (SPARC)]

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Beneficial Insects Introduction Research (BIIR) - Imports, quarantines, tests, ships, releases, establishes and evaluates exotic natural enemies (parasites and predators) of insect pests [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

Biological Control of Insects Research Laboratory (BCIRL) - Research towards the cost-effective in vitro propagation of microbial and metazoan biological control agents for the management of pest insect populations [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

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Center for Engineering Plants for Resistance Against Pathogen (CEPRAP) - Carries out research to understand the genetic basis for a plant's capability to resist pest attack and uses the tools of modern plant biotechnology to enhance those abilities [National Science Foundation (NSF), Science and Technology Centers (STC)]

Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology (CMAVE) - Research on insects of agricultural, medical, and veterinary importance with the goal of achieving control of pest species through environmentally acceptable approaches [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

Center for Veterinary Biologics, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - The Center regulates veterinary biologics [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)]

Crop Production and Pest Control Research Unit - Research on the biochemical, molecular, and genetic basis of insect resistance in small grains, resistance to fungal and viral pathogens in grain crops and soybeans, and of chemical constituents of soybean seeds [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

Crop Protection and Management Research Unit (CPMRU) - Research on sustainable pest management systems for southern crops using ecologically-based, whole-farm approaches [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

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Exotic & Invasive Weeds Research Unit (EIWRU) - Develops novel methods for managing exotic and invasive weeds of rangelands and aquatic sites [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

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Gypsy Moth Digest (GMDigest) - Information about the gypsy moth including suppression, eradication, and slow-the-spread projects [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service]

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Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory - Develops fundamental information on pathology, insect pests, physiology, genetics, and production of horticultural crops [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

Household Products Database - Health & Safety Information on Household Products [Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Inst. of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM), Specialized Information Services]

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Integrated Pest Management Home Page - Integrated Pest Management [USDA, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension.] [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Cooperative State Research Education and Extension (CSREES)]

Invasive Plant Research Laboratory - Sustainable management strategies for control of aquatic and wetland weeds [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

Invasive Weed Management Unit - Develops improved weed management systems that are efficient and environmentally safe [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

Invasivespecies.gov - A gateway to federal efforts concerning invasive species [Multiple agencies involved]

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Knipling-Bushland U. S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory (KBUSLIRL) - Conduct basic and applied research on the biology and the control of parasitic insects, ticks and mites that affect livestock [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

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Leafy Spurge Herbicide Manual - Provides information concerning the use of herbicides and their integration with other weed control technologies for the control of leafy spurge. [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

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Midcontinent Agricultural Chemical Research Program - Homepage for the research on occurrence, movement, flux, fate, and effects of agricultural chemicals, such as pesticides, in 25 states by the Midcontinent Agricultural Chemical Research Project (MACRP) with links to study results and publications. [Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)]

Midwest Livestock Insects Research Unit - Research into genetics to improve rearing and identification of the screwworm and research leading to better management of stable fly populations in cattle feedlots [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

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NSF Center for Integrated Pest Management - [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

National Agricultural Pest Information System (NAPIS) - Offers detailed information about various insect and plant pests [Department of Agriculture (USDA)]

National Agriculture Compliance Assistance Center - Is the first stop for information about environmental requirements that affect the agricultural community [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]

National Framework for Invasive Species Early Detection, Rapid Assessment, and Rapid Response - Invasive species early detection, rapid assessment and rapid response (EDRR) requires a complex set of tools, resources, partnerships, and actions. Often efforts must be applied across jurisdictional boundaries, and this framework is a multi-sector coordination to catalog invasive species resources in the areas of Identification and Validation, Reporting, Expert Verification, Occurrence Databases, Rapid Assessment, Planning, and Rapid Response. [Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), National Biological Information Infrastructure]

National Pesticides Information Center (NPIC) - A service that provides objective, science-based information about a wide variety of pesticide-related subjects [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]

Natural Resources Patents - List of patents in many areas of agriculture, including pesticides, natural resources and more. [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

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Office of Pest Management Policy [USDA] - Develops tools for assessing new soil-water-crop management schemes to make effective use of limited resources where salinity and/or pesticides are a concern. Includes the models, their descriptions and contacts [Department of Agriculture (USDA)]

Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) - EPA activity of evaluating and reviewing pesticides and their use [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]

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Pest Management Regional Centers [USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension] - Locate information on pest management by tactic, state or commodity in minimized pesticide use, enhanced environmental stewardship, and sustainable systems [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Cooperative State Research Education and Extension (CSREES)]

Pest Management [USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service] - Policies, software, data, risk analysis, training modules and contacts for pest management [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)]

Pesticide Management and Coordination - Provides information on Forest Service Policy regarding the use of pesticides on National Forest System lands and on the proper use of pesticides. [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service]

Pesticide Product Label System (PPLS) - A collection of images of pesticide labels which have been approved by EPA [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]

Pesticide Safety Education Program [USDA, Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension] - A directory of web sites and contacts for pesticide safety, pesticide applicator training and information on preventing exposure to pesticides [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Cooperative State Research Education and Extension (CSREES)]

Plant Protection Research Unit (PPRU) - Develops new innovative methods to protect crops from pest damage and develops crop production system that improve crop's yield and soil productivity [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

R:
Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center - Researches reduction of additives in food, control of weeds, biological pest control, grain germplasm, sugarbeet and sunflower disease resistance, and potato quality [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

S:
Salinas Agricultural Research Station - USDA-ARS - Determine the basic biology of virus diseases of sugarbeets and vegetables in relationship to etiology, epidemiology, vector transmission and pathogenesis. [Department of Agriculture (USDA)]

Screwworm Research Unit - Provide basic and applied research needed to eradicate the screwworm [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

Southern Regional Research Center - Fundamental and applied research related primarily to postharvest use of agricultural commodities such as cotton [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

Soybean Rust Information Site - USDA's Web site supporting the goals of a coordinated response framework and providing stakeholders with timely and accurate information for managing soybean rust in 2005. [Department of Agriculture (USDA)]

Subtropical Horticulture Research Station - Conducts environmentally sound research on tropical and subtropical crops [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

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U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory - Research on disease and pest control methods for citrus crops [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - Plant Protection and Quarantine - Provides links to information on pest identification, pest risk assessments, emergency programs for insect pests and diseases of plants, and noxious weeds [Department of Agriculture (USDA)]

USDA Economic Research Service - Pest Management in U.S. Agriculture - This report describes the use of pest management practices including integrated pest management for major field crops and selected fruits and vegetables [Department of Agriculture (USDA)]

USDA Forest Service - Forest Health Protection - Publications on Forest Health Protection, including HOW TO's, Pest Alerts, outbreaks information from the USDA Forest Service [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service]

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Pest Management - Tip sheet for the home gardener on how to manage pests and diseases of plants [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)]

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Western Cotton Research Laboratory (WCRL) - Works to improve and maintain cotton management systems [Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]