UOG Land Grant | agInnovation Research Center
UOG Land Grant | agInnovation Research Center
UOG Land Grant | agInnovation Research Center
News
A new UOG agInnovation Research Center study explores how good nematodes can help control harmful ones.
This UOG Horizons: Knowledge for Life column explores Guam鈥檚 invasive vines鈥攍ike chain-of-love, mile-a-minute, and luffa鈥攁nd explains why these species dominate the landscape, the ecological impacts they cause, and what it reveals about island ecosystems.
The collaborative effort will produce high-resolution maps that document reforestation progress.
The report is a snapshot of how UOG is addressing needs related to agriculture and life in Guam.
The leaf litter of the two endangered tree species modifies the decomposition dynamics of other leaf types.
The agInnovation Research Center (formerly the Western Pacific Tropical Research Center) is the research arm of the UOG Land Grant System under the College of Natural & Applied Sciences. With agriculture at the forefront, UOG agInnovation scientists explore topics that are applicable to the well-being of people throughout the region in regards to land, food, and nutrition.
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Our research is conducted on three agricultural experiment stations, which each have a different soil type common in Guam, as well as in the Guam Aquaculture Development & Training Center in Fadian, and in 10 on-campus research labs.
Affiliation and collaborations
The UOG agInnovation Research Center is an affiliate of 鈥� the national parent organization for agricultural experiment stations at Land Grant universities in every state and territory.
These stations, comprising 13,000 scientists nationwide, are federally funded through the Hatch, Multistate Hatch, and McIntire Stennis programs administered by the National Institute of Food & Agriculture of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Additional funding for UOG agInnovation research comes from the National Science Foundation, USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), USDA Forest Service, U.S. Department of Defense, and the private sector.
UOG agInnovation has collaborative research programs with several land-grant universities in the western United States, the College of Micronesia, the College of the Northern Marianas, the American Samoa Community College, and several international research centers. Most of the research projects are designed to have direct application to Guam, Micronesia, and other areas of the Western Pacific region, and the tropics in general.
agInnovation Research Center
Main Office: (671) 735-2101
Email: wptrcadmin@triton.uog.edu
Director
Leon Guerrero T. Rachael
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Interim Associate Director
Camacho A. Frank
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Administrative Support
Cruz Lynnette
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The work of UOG Land Grant is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture鈥檚 National
Institute of Food & Agriculture and the government of Guam. USDA and UOG are equal-opportunity
providers.
