Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) - responsible for protecting and promoting U.S. agricultural health, administering the Animal Welfare Act, and carrying out wildlife damage management activities.
ARS Pesticide Properties Database - database developed to provide quality modelers and managers with a list of pesticide qualities that are most important for predicting the potential of pesticides moving into ground and surface waters under a range of weather and soil conditions. Information focuses on 16 of the most important properties that affect pesticides transport and degradation characteristics.
Biocontrol of Plant Diseases Laboratory (BPDL) - carries out basic and applied research to discover and improve methods for biological control of plant pathogens and weeds using beneficial microbes.
Nematology Lab -- mission is to develop environmentally safe control strategies for plant-parasitic nematodes and methods for utilizing nematodes as control agents of insect pests, thereby promoting agricultural sustainability, assuring food safety, improving water quality, and providing linkage to integrated pest management systems.
Regional Pest Management Centers - provides links to rapid and neutral dissemination of pest management information to growers, extension, consultants, regulatory personnel, and the public at large. Information is restricted to that provided by the U.S. land-grant university system and the U.S. government.
