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- The mission of the U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center is to
develop basic and applied information to strengthen agriculture in Hawaii and
the Pacific Basin in an environmentally acceptable and sustainable manner by
managing and developing tropical plant genetic resources, developing new
technologies and germplasm for improving crop productivity by reducing
physiological and disease constraints, developing and demonstrating appropriate
strategies for managing crop pests, providing economically viable technologies
for controlling quarantine pests, ensuring product quality and safety, and
increasing economic returns.
Website: "http://pbarc.ars.usda.gov/index.shtml"
[Summary provided by the USDA.]
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