Plant Diseases
Control strategies that are effective, affordable, and environmentally conscious are continuously being developed by USDA to reduce losses caused by plant diseases that are effective and affordable while maintaining environmental quality.
- Plant Diseases National Program
- Plant Protection and Quarantine
- National Plant Board (NPB)
- Molecular Plant Pathology Lab
Pest Management
USDA provides technology to manage pest populations below economic damage thresholds by integrating strategies that are based on increased understanding of the biology and ecology of insect, mite, and weed pests.
- Pest Detection
- Remote Pest Identification Program
- Pest Lists
- Invasive Species and Pest Management
- National Agricultural Pest Information System
- Pest Management
- Office of Pest Management Policy
- Pest Management Resources
Weed Management
USDA's Noxious Weed Program seeks to prevent the introduction of non-indigenous invasive plants in the U.S. and to prevent the spread of newly introduced invasive plants. USDA's noxious weed activities include exclusion, permitting, eradication of incipient infestations, survey, data management, public education, and (in cooperation with other agencies and state agencies) integrated management of introduced weeds, including biological control.
- Weed Policy
- Weed Fact Sheets
- Federal Noxious Weed List (PDF, 134 KB)
Plant Health Research
USDA conducts plant health research and monitoring and provides resources to protect threats to our food supply and to our Nation's economy.