ARS Plant Biological and Molecular Processes National Program (302)

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National Programs Plant Biological and Molecular Processes

Crop yields in the USA are increasing by approximately 1% per year. This increase is the result of coordinated advances in plant genetics, crop science and agronomy, crop protection, soil science, agricultural engineering, and global carbon dioxide increases. As good as this record is, though, it is unlikely to keep up with world food demand over the next 2 to 3 decades. In addition, it is clear that quality, safety, diversity, and security of the food supply must be improved even as production is increased. Better food safety and security, crop protection, crop yield, and crop quality are complex and difficult problems whose solutions require fundamental scientific breakthroughs. ARS has organized this program around the fundamental long-term research needed for breakthrough and incremental advances in crop production, protection, product value, and food safety to meet the changing needs of society and the global marketplace.

Research in the Plant Biological and Molecular Processes Program will focus on understanding of plant processes, as a basis for long-term advances in agriculture. In most cases, applications of the new knowledge will be developed cooperatively through research under other National Programs.

Projects in this Program - by State

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