ARS Research Locations

Pacific West Area

(Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington)

The following research locations are situated in the Pacific West Area:

ARIZONA
Phoenix -
Western Cotton Research Laboratory comprises:

Cotton Insect Pest Management/Biocontrol/Genetics Research Unit
Cotton Physiology/Genetics & Host Plant Resistance Research Unit

U.S. Water Conservation Laboratory comprises:

Environmental and Plant Dynamics Research Unit
Irrigation Water Quality Research Unit

Tucson -
Carl Hayden Bee Research Center (GEARS) comprises:

Honey Bee Research Unit

Southwest Watershed Research Center

CALIFORNIA
Albany -
Western Regional Research Center comprises:

Cereal Product Utilization Research Unit
Crop Improvement/Utilization Research Unit
Food Safety and Health Research Unit
Plant Protection Research Unit
Process Biotechnology Research Unit
Process Chemistry/Engineering Research Unit
Exotic and Invasive Needs Research Unit

Plant Gene Expression Center (PGEC) comprises:

Genome Sequencing Laboratory

Brawley -
Irrigated Desert Research Station

Davis -
Exotic and Invasive Weeds Research Unit
Crops Pathology/Genetics Research Unit
Western Human Nutrition Research Center
National Clonal Germplasm Repository for Tree Fruit/Nut Crops and Grapes

Fresno -
USDA Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory comprises:

Commodity Protection and Quarantine Research Unit
Postharvest Quality/Genetics Research Unit

Water Management Research Lab (WMRL)

Riverside -
National Clonal Germplasm Repository for Citrus and Dates
U.S. Salinity Laboratory comprises:

Plant Sciences Research Unit
Soil and Water Chemistry Research Unit
Soil Physics and Pesticide Research Unit

Salinas -
U.S. Agricultural Research Station comprises:

Crop Improvement and Protection Research Unit

Shafter -
U.S. Cotton Research Station comprises:

Western Integrated Cropping Systems Research Unit

HAWAII
Hilo -
Tropical Fruit and Vegetable Research Laboratory comprises:

Behavior, Ecology, Semiochemical & Field Operations Research Unit
Genetics, Rearing, Radiation & Commodity Treatment Research Unit

National Clonal Germplasm Repository for Tropical and Subtropical Fruit/Nut Crops
Sugarcane Physiology Research Unit
Tropical Aquaculture Research Unit

IDAHO
Aberdeen -
Small Grains and Potato Germplasm Research

Boise -
Northwest Watershed Research Center comprises:

Watershed Management Research Unit

Dubois -
U.S. Sheep Experiment Station comprises:

Range Sheep Production/Efficiency Research Unit

Kimberly -
Northwest Irrigation, Soils Research Laboratory comprises:

Soil and Water Management Research Unit

NEVADA
Reno -
part of the Exotic and Invasive Weeds Research Unit (see Davis, CA)

OREGON
Burns -
Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center comprises:

Range and Meadow Forage Management Research Unit

Corvallis -
Horticultural Crops Research Unit
National Clonal Germplasm Repository
Forage Seed and Cereal Research Unit

Pendleton -
Columbia Plateau Conservation Research Center comprises:

Soil and Water Conservation Research Unit

WASHINGTON
Prosser -
Irrigated Agriculture Research/Extension Center comprises:

Vegetable and Forage Crops Production Research Unit

Pullman -
Animal Diseases Research Unit
Grain Legume Genetics and Physiology Research Unit
Land Management and Water Conservation Research Unit
Plant Germplasm Introduction and Testing Research Unit
Root Disease and Biological Control Research Unit
Wheat Genetics, Quality Physiology and Disease Research Unit

Wenatchee -
Tree Fruit Research Laboratory comprises:

Physiology and Pathology of Tree Fruits Research Unit

Yakima -
Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory

Area Director: Antionette Betschart
USDA/ARS/PWA
800 Buchanan Street
Albany, CA. 94710
(510)559-6060 - fax (510)559-5779
E-Mail: abetschart@ars.usda.gov

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