We serve nearly 500,000 acres of irrigated agriculture in Oregon and Washington's Columbia Basin. The center concentrates on discovery and implementation of agricultural and horticultural opportunities and provides solutions to production restraints.
Research at HAREC emphasizes:
- Identification of new crops or and production practices
- Plant breeding and varietal evaluation including nutritional contents,
- Integrated pest management of insects and insect transmitted diseases
- Plant disease control and environmental issues.
- Stream ecology investigates aspects related to salmon.
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