Florida Research Locations

• Canal Point, FL

• Sugarcane Field Station: The overall mission of the station is to serve as a national sugarcane crossing unit that supports sugarcane cultivar development programs by providing true seed to ARS sugarcane cultivar development programs at Houma, Louisiana, and Canal Point, Florida and to the Texas A&M University at Weslaco, (More)

• Fort Lauderdale, FL

• Invasive Plant Research Laboratory: Invasions by exotic plants pose one of the most serious threats to the health and integrity of natural and agricultural ecosystems. In order to restore the function and biological diversity of these systems, managing pest plant populations is of critical necessity. The mission of the USDA/ARS (More)

• Fort Pierce, FL

• U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory:
• Subtropical Plant Pathology Research: The mission of the Subtropical Plant Pathology Research Unit is to advance the sustainable production for of citrus, vegetable, turf and ornamental crops by improving disease control, enhancing production efficiency, minimizing environmental impacts and ensuring food safety. Research is conducted (More)
• Citrus and Other Subtropical Products Research: The mission of the Citrus & Other Subtropical Products Unit is to conduct agricultural, postharvest and food science research from “farm to fork to by-products”. The Unit mission is to: 1) grow fruit, vegetable and ornamental crops in a subtropical climate using sustainable methods with reduced (More)

• Gainesville, FL

• Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology:
• Insect Behavior and Biocontrol Research: The mission of the Insect Behavior and Biocontrol Research Unit is to provide alternative methods to conventional pesticides for control of insect and plant pests of crops, vegetables and fruits. Environmentally friendly control methods are based on the description, analysis and manipulation of the (More)
• Imported Fire Ant and Household Insects Research: The mission of the Imported and Fire Ant and Household Insects Research Unit develops integrated management processes for imported fire ants and other invasive pest ants. Emphasis is on the development of novel, safer methods, and better strategies for controlling these invasive pests, with less (More)
• Mosquito and Fly Research: The mission of the Mosquito and Fly Research Unit is to develop novel technologies for detection, population monitoring, and non-pesticidal control of biting and filth breeding insects in agricultural, urban, and suburban environments and to develop repellents for the protection of humans and (More)
• Chemistry Research: The primary mission of the Chemistry Research Unit is to identify, understand, and manipulate the chemistry and chemical communication of plant/insect, plant/microbe, and insect/microbe interactions that control, regulate, or modify insect and/or microbial behavior. Utilizing their expertise in (More)

• Miami, FL

• Subtropical Horticulture Research: The mission of the Subtropical Horticulture Research Station is to support the agricultural industries in the southern areas of the United States by providing environmentally sound research on: (1) the genetics of tropical and subtropical fruit and ornamental crops; (2) the interdiction and (More)

National Programs in Florida

• Veterinary, Medical, and Urban Entomology (104)
• Aquaculture (106)
• Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics and Genetic Improvement (301)
• Plant Diseases (303)
• Crop Protection and Quarantine (304)
• Crop Production (305)
• Product Quality and New Uses (306)

• Appropriated Projects in Florida

  • Understanding and Incorporating Disease Resistance into New Sugarcane Cultivars ( Sugarcane Production Research )
  • Developing Improved Sugarcane Cultivars using Conventional and Molecular Breeding ( Sugarcane Production Research )
  • Development and Implementation of Biological Control Programs for Natural Area Weeds in the Southeastern United States ( Invasive Plant Research Laboratory )
  • Exotic Whitefly and Subtropical Invasive Pests of Vegetables and Ornamental Plants ( Subtropical Insects and Horticulture Research )
  • IPM Method for Control of Insect Pests and Transmitted Diseases of Orchard Crops ( Subtropical Insects and Horticulture Research )
  • Genetic Improvement of Citrus for Superior Production, Marketability, and Tolerance to Huanglongbing ( Subtropical Insects and Horticulture Research )
  • Mitigation of Domestic, Exotic, and Emerging Diseases of Subtropical and Temperate Horticultural Crops ( Subtropical Plant Pathology Research )
  • Establishing Seedstocks for the U.S. Marine Finfish Industry ( Subtropical Plant Pathology Research )
  • Advancing Value-Adding Technologies for Juice Processing Co-Products ( Citrus and Other Subtropical Products Research )
  • Sustainable Citrus Production ( Citrus and Other Subtropical Products Research )
  • Determination of Flavor and Healthful Benefits of Florida-Grown Fruits and Vegetables and Development of Postharvest Treatments to Optimize Shelf Life an Quality for Their Fresh and Processed Products ( Citrus and Other Subtropical Products Research )
  • Enhancing Vegetable and Ornamental Production by Synergistically Managing Nutrients and Pests ( Citrus and Other Subtropical Products Research )
  • Improved Biologically-Based Methods for Management of Native and Invasive Crop Insect Pests ( Insect Behavior and Biocontrol Research )
  • Managing Invasive Weeds and Insect Pests Using Biologically-Based Methods ( Insect Behavior and Biocontrol Research )
  • Management of Fire Ants and Other Invasive Ants ( Imported Fire Ant and Household Insects Research )
  • Integrated Pest Management of Mosquitoes and Biting Flies ( Mosquito and Fly Research )
  • Improved Surveillance and Control of Stable Flies, House Flies, and Other Filth Flies ( Mosquito and Fly Research )
  • Chemical Communications of Plants, Insects, Microbes, and Nematodes ( Chemistry Research )
  • Regulation, Biosynthesis, and Function of Plant Chemical Defenses and their Role in Climate-Resilient Agriculture ( Chemistry Research )
  • Mitigation of Invasive Pest Threats to U.S. Subtropical Agriculture ( Subtropical Horticulture Research )
  • Genetic Resource and Information Management and Genetic Improvement of Germplasm for Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, Sugarcane, and Related Grasses ( Subtropical Horticulture Research )
  • Conservation, Management, Characterization, and Distribution of Subtropical and Tropical Ornamental Genetic Resources ( Subtropical Horticulture Research )
  • Characterizing Host-Plant Resistance to Cacao Diseases and Abiotic Stresses and Breeding Disease-Resistant, Stress-Tolerant Cacao Germplasm ( Subtropical Horticulture Research )