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W-504:  This project created a national framework for multistate collaboration, setting the stage for research and outreach on the most effective, sustainable control  options for spotted wing drosophila and providing evidence of this new pest’s importance to state and national leaders. Who cares and why? Spotted wing drosophila (SWD) was recorded on multiple crops in … Read more

WERA-099 (2006-2011): This project has facilitated discussions among researchers that have helped modify current breeding programs to make them more efficient, relevant,  and transferable to industry. Who cares and why? Clams and oysters are the most economically important groups of mollusks in the U.S. Total commercial landings of all clam species in  2004 were valued … Read more

Through the development, evaluation, and improvement of instruments and analytical methods that measure and monitor flow and transport processes, this project has reduced the detrimental impact of human activities on valuable resources such as plants, soil, water, and air in the United States.

This project coordinates climate data and associated products developed by regional and state climatologists, which results in more useful tools that allow producers and others to operate in a more cost-effective manner.

This project has insured effective programs are in place for monitoring and managing important and emerging diseases such as stripe rust, leaf rust, stem rust, and head blight, as well as persistent diseases in small cereal grains in the western United States, resulting in reduced crop losses for producers and cost savings from reduced pesticide applications.

Scientists from our participating universities have demonstrated improved sheep and goat production efficiencies, control of noxious plants, production of healthier animal product, improved fiber production, and enhanced communication—all of which either measurably reduce operating costs, increase profitability, improve the health of citizens, or improve the environment.

This project continues to demonstrate its success in coordination of potato varietal development. Several new varieties with improved performance are released annually by project participants, yielding profitable and sustainable production for the grower; improved competitiveness of the U.S. potato industry; a healthy, inexpensive food supply for American consumers; and an improved environment.

W-1045 scientists have developed, tested, and established methods to measure agrochemical residues, monitor their environmental fate and transformation, and enable assessment and mitigation of risks to humans and non-target organisms.

Scientists working under this project have developed several new common bean lines and varieties with biotic and abiotic stress resistance and enhanced nutrition and quality for the benefit of producers, consumers, and the environment.