Laboratory Information:
ARS - Southern Plains Area
1001 Holleman Drive East
College Station, TX 77845
Website: http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=62-00-00-00
Technology Transfer Website: http://www.ars.usda.gov/Business/Business.htm?modecode=62-00-00-00
Agency/Department: Dept. of Agriculture
Region: Mid-Continent
FLC Laboratory Representative:
Dr. Dan Upchurch
Phone: 979-260-9346
Fax: 979-260-9415
Email: dan.upchurch@ars.usda.gov
Background/History of the Laboratory:
The Southern Plains Area conducts agricultural
research in Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Panama, and
Texas.
Mission of the Laboratory:
To provide guidance and support to management
units for fiscal, physical, and human resource management in
order to assure program excellence, appropriateness, and accountability for customers of the National
Research
Programs in the Southern Plains Area.
Technology Transfer Mechanisms:
- Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs)
Technology Areas of Expertise:
- Air Quality
- Animal health
- Soil Resource Management
- Veterinary, Medical and Urban Entomology
- Water Resource Management
- Food Animal Production
- Food Safety, (animal and plant products)
- Global Change
- Human Nutrition
- Crop Production
- Crop Protection & Quarantine
- Methyl Bromide Alternatives
- Plant Biological and Molecular Processes
- Plant Diseases
- Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics and Genetic Improvement
- Quality and Utilization of Agricultural Products
- Rangeland, Pasture, and Forages
