Oregon Research Locations

• Burns, OR

• Range and Meadow Forage Management Research: Provide the science for sound land and livestock management. The research focuses on productivity, weed invasions, species composition, and water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles of Great Basin rangeland and meadow plant communities. Specific projects address the impacts of grazing, fire, invasions by (More)

• Corvallis, OR

• Forage Seed and Cereal Research Unit: Conduct crop, plant disease, insect pest, weed control, microbial and soil research to improve the productivity, prosperity, and resiliency of American agriculture. (More)
• National Clonal Germplasm Repository: NCGR Corvallis is a national genebank for invaluable clonal plant resources. The objectives of the unit are to collect, maintain, distribute, evaluate, and document global genetic resources of hazelnuts, strawberries, hops, mint, pears, currants, gooseberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, (More)
• Horticultural Crops Disease and Pest Management Research Unit: Serve the small fruit and nursery industries by improving disease and pest management practices based on enhanced knowledge of pathogen and pest development, distribution, and dispersal. (More)
• Horticultural Crops Production and Genetic Improvement Research Unit: The mission of the Horticultural Crops Production and Genetic Improvement Research Unit is to develop knowledge to enhance quality and production of horticultural crops through breeding, physiology, soil science, and chemistry. (More)

• Pendleton, OR

• Columbia Plateau Conservation Research Center: The mission of the Columbia Plateau Conservation Research Center is to address critical agriculture problems by conducting innovative research leading to solutions that increase the efficiency of cropping systems and reduce environmental risks, while maintaining or enhancing dryland productivity (More)

• Newport, OR

• Pacific Shellfish Research Unit: The mission of the Pacific Shellfish Research Unit is to develop improved stocks and enhance production of shellfish along the US Pacific coast while ensuring that culture practices are sustainable and environmentally acceptable. (More)

National Programs in Oregon

• Aquaculture (106)
• Soil and Air (212)
• Grass, Forage, and Rangeland Agroecosystems (215)
• Sustainable Agricultural Systems Research (216)
• Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics and Genetic Improvement (301)
• Plant Diseases (303)
• Crop Protection and Quarantine (304)
• Crop Production (305)

• Appropriated Projects in Oregon

  • Integrate Vegetative Bud-based Propagation and Seeds in Restoration of Rangeland Native Plant Communities ( Range and Meadow Forage Management Research )
  • Sagebrush Rangeland Conservation and Restoration ( Range and Meadow Forage Management Research )
  • Developing Decision Support Tools to Incorporate Hemp into Existing Farming Enterprises ( Forage Seed and Cereal Research )
  • Development of Superior Hops and Resilient Hop Production Systems ( Forage Seed and Cereal Research )
  • Optimizing and Stabilizing Economic and Ecological Sustainability of Pacific Northwest Seed Cropping Systems Under Current and Future Climate Conditions ( Forage Seed and Cereal Research )
  • Development of Plant and Molecular Resources to Improve Performance, Utility, and Tolerance of Cool Season Grasses and Legumes ( Forage Seed and Cereal Research )
  • Conservation and Utilization of Temperate-Adapted Fruit, Nut, and Other Specialty Crop Genetic Resources ( National Clonal Germplasm Repository )
  • Minor Use Pesticide Testing on Floral and Nursery Crops ( Horticultural Crops Disease and Pest Management Research )
  • Sustainable Management of Arthropod Pests in Horticultural Crops ( Horticultural Crops Disease and Pest Management Research )
  • Disease Management in Small Fruit and Nursery Crops Based on Knowledge of Pathogen Diversity, Biology, and Environmental Effects ( Horticultural Crops Disease and Pest Management Research )
  • Knowledge Based Tools for Exotic and Emerging Diseases of Small Fruit and Nursery Crops ( Horticultural Crops Disease and Pest Management Research )
  • Water and Nutrient Management for Sustainable Production of Small Fruit and Nursery Crops ( Horticultural Crops Production and Genetic Improvement Research )
  • Genetic Improvement of Blackberry, Red and Black Raspberry, and Blueberry ( Horticultural Crops Production and Genetic Improvement Research )
  • Resilient Production Strategies for Improved Small Fruit Quality ( Horticultural Crops Production and Genetic Improvement Research )
  • Sustainable, Climate-Smart Solutions for Profitable Production of Small Fruit and Nursery Crops ( Horticultural Crops Production and Genetic Improvement Research )
  • Nutrient Cycling and Precipitation Use Efficiency for Increasing Productivity and Resilience in Dryland Agroecosystems ( Soil and Water Conservation Research )
  • Optimizing and Enhancing Sustainable and Profitable Dryland Wheat Production in the Face of Climate and Economic Challenges ( Soil and Water Conservation Research )
  • Improving the Sustainability of Pacific Oyster Aquaculture ( Pacific Shellfish Research )