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Mission: Providing responsive high-containment research that secures the nation’s food supply, agricultural economy, and environmental health against the threat of invasive foreign plant diseases and weeds.

Vision: We envision U.S. agriculture and our environment made safe from the threat of foreign plant diseases and weeds.

The Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research is located in Ft. Detrick, MD and is part of the Northeast Area.
The Research Leader is Jo Anne Crouch.
Email: joanne.crouch@usda.gov
Phone: 240-505-6225
Fax: 301-619-2880
USDA, ARS, NEA, FDWSRU
1301 DITTO AVENUE
Ft. Detrick, MD 21702