Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center

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DISCIPLINES

• Cotton, peanut, and soybean agronomy
• Plant pathology of vegetables and row crops
• Row crop entomology
• Plant physiology
• Swine reproductive physiology and management
• Plant parasitic nematode management

INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES

• Precision crop spraying using unmanned aerial vehicles
• Hight-throughout phenotyping of biotic and abiotic stresses using image analysis and machine learning models
• Molecular tools to identify major crop pathogens and detect mutation-based fungicide resistance
• Valiable rate and micro-irrigation systems for row crops
• Real-time soil analysis using teralytic probes
• Weather-based prediction models for managing diseases in peanuts and cotton

FACILITIES

• 465-acre farm
• 228-person auditorium
• 34 buildings, including a new pesticide storage and disposal facility
• 2 greenhouses; one fully automated
• 5 rainout shelters for controlled rainfall and irrigation research

INDUSTRY PARTNERS

• Peanut, cotton, corn, soybean, and small grain associations
• Swine industry
• Agricultural chemical, seed, and fertilizer industries