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AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access) - Search a bibliographic database of citations to the literature of agriculture [U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS), National Agricultural Library (NAL)]

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 [U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)]

Application Technology Research Unit (ATRU) - Conducts research on new or improved technology to protect horticultural, landscape and field crops against damage from pests and adverse environmental conditions [U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

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

Areawide Suppression of Fireants - To demonstrate practical, long-term control of fire ants over a large area using baits and biological controls. [U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

Australian Biological Control Laboratory - To find and evaluate natural enemies of the Australian broad-leaved paperbark tree, Melaleuca quinquenervia, and Lygodium microphyllum, Old World climbing fern, for possible introduction as biological control agents into the United States. [U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

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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 [U.S. 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 [U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

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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 [U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

Center for Veterinary Biologics, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - Works to ensure that pure, safe, potent and effective veterinary biologics are available for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of animal diseases. [U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)]

Crop Diseases, Pests and Genetics Research Unit - The overall goals are to develop economically, socially and environmentally acceptable integrated disease and insect pest management strategies based on improved understanding of disease epidemiology, pathogen biology and ecology, insect vector biology and ecology, complex host plant-pathogen-vector interactions, and host plant resistance; and improve perennial fruit crop varieties, quality and disease resistance through breeding and marker-assisted selection. [U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

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 [U.S. 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 [U.S. 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 [U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

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Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research Unit - To develop techniques for the rapid detection and identification of new and emerging crop pathogens. [U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

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

Horticulture and Gardening -- Science Reference Guide - Research guides on horticulture and gardening, prepared by science librarians at the Library of Congress [U.S. Library of Congress (LOC)]

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

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Imported Fire Ant & Household Insects Research Unit (IFAHI) - This research unit develops integrated management strategies for imported fire ants and other emerging urban pest insects. Emphasis is on developing newer, safer methods and better strategies for controlling these pests with less reliance on traditional pesticides. [U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

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

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

ipmPIPE (Pest Information Platform for Extension & Education) - To realize a dynamic, integrated national system facilitated by information technology that provides centralized, useful tools with reliable information for IPM practitioners. [U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)]

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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 [U.S. 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. [U.S. 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. [U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)]

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NSF Center for Integrated Pest Management - [U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)]

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

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

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

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

O:
Office of Pest Management Policy (OPMP) - Integrate the Department's programs and strategic planning pertaining to pest management, coordinate the Department's role in the pesticide regulatory process and related interagency affairs, and strengthen the Department's support for agriculture by helping to develop alternative pest management tools that may be needed as a result of regulatory changeprimarily with the Environmental Protection Agency. [U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

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 [U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)]

Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) - EPA activity of evaluating and reviewing pesticides and their use [U.S. 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 [U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Cooperative State Research Education and Extension (CSREES)]

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. [U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service]

Pesticide Product Label System (PPLS) - A collection of images of pesticide labels which have been approved by EPA [U.S. 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 [U.S. 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 [U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

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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 [U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

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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. [U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)]

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

South American Biological Control Laboratory (Buenos Aires - Argentina) - The successful implementation of the mission will produce self-sustaining and biologically based management technologies to control invasive pest species. [U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]

Southern Regional Research Center - To develop and transfer environmentally sustainable and profitable agricultural systems to land owners and managers in order to protect the natural resource base, build accord with non-agricultural sectors, and support healthy rural economies. [U.S. 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. [U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)]

Subtropical Horticulture Research Station - Conducts environmentally sound research on tropical and subtropical crops [U.S. 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 [U.S. 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, plant import and export, emergency programs for insect pests and diseases of plants, and noxious weeds. [U.S. 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 [U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)]

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Pest Management - Pest Management in NRCS is primarily focused on helping producers mitigate the environmental risks of pest control activities, including pesticide risks to soil, water air, plants, animals, and humans. [U.S. 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 [U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service (ARS)]