USDA-ARS Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center

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Bioscience Field

Mission

(1) reduce the impact of foreign chemicals in animals used for food;

(2) develop new strategies for control of perennial weeds;

(3) develop new genetic, molecular and biochemical approaches for control and management of pest and beneficial insects;

(4) develop improved germplasm and genetic stocks for wheat, barley and oat and develop improved quality tests for these cereal grains;

5) develop sugarbeet genotypes with native resistance to diseases and the sugarbeet root maggot for the seed industry;

(6) develop sunflower breeding lines with improved resistance to diseases and insects, greater yield potential, and better quality;

(7) reduce the post-harvest storage loss and improve nutritional quality of potatoes

Programs and Services

• Animal Metabolism: Agricultural Chemicals Research
• Plant Science Research
• Insect Genetics and Biochemistry Unit

Northern Crop Science Laboratory

• Cereal Crops Research
  • Hard Red Spring and Durum Wheat Quality Laboratory

• Sunflower Research Unit

• Sugarbeet & Potato Research
  • USDA, ARS, Potato Research Worksite, East Grand Forks, MN

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