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The U.S. National Plant Germplasm System ( NPGS) is a network of institutions and agencies (federal, state and private) led by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the effort to conserve and facilitate the use of the genetic diversity of agriculturally important plants and their wild relatives.
National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility. / 39.20306°N 96.58417°W / 39.20306; -96.58417. The National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility ( NBAF) is a biosafety level 4 research laboratory in Manhattan, Kansas, operated by the United States Department of Agriculture. The facility opened in June 2023. [1]
The Agricultural Research Service ( ARS) is the principal in-house research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). [3] ARS is one of four agencies in USDA's Research, Education and Economics mission area. ARS is charged with extending the nation's scientific knowledge and solving agricultural problems through its four ...
Plum Island Animal Disease Center. / 41.178889°N 72.205556°W / 41.178889; -72.205556. Plum Island Animal Disease Center ( PIADC) is a United States federal research facility dedicated to the study of foreign animal diseases of livestock. It is a national laboratory of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Directorate for Science ...
National Clonal Germplasm Repository. The National Clonal Germplasm Repository is a branch of the Agricultural Research Service research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Repository is a gene bank that preserves genetic resources by various means, including cryopreservation. There are nine clonal repositories ...
Infectious disease dynamics. Mathematical models need to integrate the increasing volume of data being generated on host - pathogen interactions. Many theoretical studies of the population dynamics, structure and evolution of infectious diseases of plants and animals, including humans, are concerned with this problem.
The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is the largest intramural research agency of USDA. ARS has a workforce of around 8,000 employees, including 2,500 life and physical scientists who represent a wide range of disciplines and who work at more than 100 locations across the country and at five overseas laboratories.
Jan. 23—WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the Continuous Conservation Reserve Program signup. USDA's Farm Service Agency encourages ...