Wisconsin Research Locations

• Madison, WI

• Cereal Crops Research: The mission of the Cereal Crops Research Unit is to 1) conduct basic research to identify and understand the biological processes affecting the growth, development and properties of barley and oat, 2) evaluate these findings for potential applications to improved cereal quality through germplasm (More)
• Vegetable Crops Research: The mission of the Vegetable Crops Research Unit is to improve potato, carrot, onion, cucumber, and cranberry crop production and quality through germplasm preservation, characterization, enhancement, and release; investigations of crop genetics, taxonomy, gene flow, disease and pest resistance, (More)
• U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center:
• Cell Wall Biology and Utilization Research: The mission of the Cell Wall Biology and Utilization Research Unit is to enhance the production capacity, efficiency, product quality and sustainability of integrated dairy systems through better understanding and management of plant and animal physiology, intensive forage production, resource and (More)
• Dairy Forage Research: The mission of the Dairy Forage Research Unit is to enhance the productivity, efficiency and environmental sustainability of integrated dairy and forage systems through development of improved and adapted traditional and novel forages and management strategies. (More)
• Environmentally Integrated Dairy Management Research: The mission of the Environmentally Integrated Dairy Management Research Unit (EIDMRU), a research unit located at Institute for Environmentally Integrated Dairy Management (IEIDM) in Marshfield, WI, is to generate new knowledge to support and develop decision support tools and best practices that (More)

National Programs in Wisconsin

• Food Animal Production (101)
• Soil and Air (212)
• Grass, Forage, and Rangeland Agroecosystems (215)
• Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics and Genetic Improvement (301)
• Product Quality and New Uses (306)

• Appropriated Projects in Wisconsin

  • Integrated Analysis for Identifying Barley Lines with Superior Malting Quality ( Cereal Crops Research )
  • Harnessing Multi-omics for Augmenting Seed Quality and Stress Tolerance in Barley ( Cereal Crops Research )
  • Hemp Genomics, Gene Discovery, Trait Analyses, and Bioinformatics ( Vegetable Crops Research )
  • Introgression of Disease Resistance and Tuber Quality Traits from Wild Species Relatives into Diploid Cultivated Potato ( Vegetable Crops Research )
  • Management of Potato Genetic Resources and Associated Descriptive Information ( Vegetable Crops Research )
  • Trait Discovery, Genetics, Genomics, and Enhancement of Cucumis, Daucus, and Allium Germplasm ( Vegetable Crops Research )
  • Cranberry Genetics, Physiology, and Insect Management ( Vegetable Crops Research )
  • Crop Coexistence with Pollinator-Mediated Gene Flow Under Changing Environments ( Vegetable Crops Research )
  • Developing Strategies to Improve Dairy Cow Performance and Nutrient Use Efficiency with Nutrition, Genetics, and Microbiology ( Cell Wall Biology and Utilization Research )
  • Identifying and Developing Strategies to Enhance Sustainability and Efficiency in Dairy Forage Production Systems ( Cell Wall Biology and Utilization Research )
  • Forage and Feed Characteristics on Performance, Feed Efficiency, Environmental Impact, and Farm Nutrient Cycling of Dairy Production Systems ( Dairy Forage Research )
  • Developing Sustainable Forage and Cover Crop Systems for Dairy Farms ( Dairy Forage Research )
  • Managing Nutrients and Assessing Pathogen Emission Risks for Sustainable Dairy Production Systems ( Environmentally Integrated Dairy Management Research )
  • Innovative Forage and Pasture Management Strategies for Dairy Agroecosystems ( Environmentally Integrated Dairy Management Research )