2014 ASHS Annual Conference

Objective(s):
The purpose of this workshop is to highlight the type of work done in federally funded U.S. laboratories. An important component of US agriculture is the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which is made up of 66 agencies. The Agricultural Research Service is one of these agencies, and its role is to do long-term fundamental work that will address agricultural problems of current priority and maintain continuity for further problems (such as germplasm maintenance, long-term production practices, etc.) that cannot be addressed by public or private universities. In this workshop, research done at the USDA-ARS Horticulture Research laboratory in Fort Pierce, Florida, is highlighted to demonstrate the coordination and collaboration needed to address the citrus commodity, including greening disease and products from citrus waste.

The purpose of this workshop is to highlight the type of work done in federally funded U.S. laboratories.  An important component of US agriculture is the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which is made up of 66 agencies.  The Agricultural Research Service is one of these agencies, and its role is to do long term fundamental work that will address agricultural problems of current priority and maintain continuity for further problems (such as germplasm maintenance, long term production practices etc) that cannot be addressed by public or private universities.  In this workshop, research done at the USDA-ARS Horticulture Research laboratory in Fort Pierce, Florida is highlighted to demonstrate the coordination and collaboration needed to address the citrus commodity, including greening disease and products from citrus waste.