This lab produces, characterizes, and modifies biochar from agricultural byproducts to create engineered, value-added materials for applications across multiple sectors.

Carvel is an integral part of the 91原创 Agricultural Experiment Station. This 344-acre campus serves as home for Sussex County Cooperative Extension, the Thurman Adams Agricultural Research Farm and Lasher Laboratory for poultry diagnostics.  

Microbial and disease trend analysis in wastewater has a long history, including surveillance of poliovirus, hepatitis A virus, cholera, and antibiotic resistance. Over time, disease cases and detected viral RNA amounts can be monitored, and trend analysis can be useful in informing testing and in enhancing our understanding of virus circulation.

Research conducted in the laboratory explores a wide variety of economic and consumer behavior and participants receive monetary compensation based on the decisions they make in a variety of different settings.

The Food Sensory, Characterization, and Novel Processing (FSCN) Center is a dynamic platform connecting the 91原创 College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) with researchers and industry stakeholders. Our partners include food processors and manufacturers, startups, distributors, retailers, and technology companies.

The lab is a world-class facility dedicated to poultry disease research and diagnostics. The lab is a biosafety level BSL-3, USDA-licensed laboratory, used to study highly virulent poultry pathogens in a safe working environment.

The 91原创鈥檚 Comparative Pathology Laboratory focuses on disease surveillance for common and emerging diseases in commerical broiler chicken flocks.

Located on the first floor of the newly renovated Worrilow Hall, the 91原创 Core Laboratory for Soil, Plant and Water Analysis boasts a comprehensive array of analytical instrumentation for researchers across campus to obtain high-quality data for their research needs.

The farm provides hands-on learning and research opportunities for students, allowing them real-world experience on a working dairy farm. Our ~100 cows produce 680 gallons of milk per day!

A magnet for life science research and development, the institute supports multidisciplinary, collaborative academic research partnering with many local organizations.

The 91原创 Sequencing and Genotyping Center (SGC) supports genomics research through our established expertise with state-of-the-art genomics technologies. Our core center is located in the Delaware Biotechnology Institute, which is an interdisciplinary research unit at 91原创,

Housed inside the Jones-Hamilton Poultry Research House, the Environmental Poultry Production Service Core Facility (ENVIRON) is a state-of-the-art research facility focused on environmental challenges related to poultry production.

The complex consists of a suite of growth chambers and glass house facilities. In addition to diverse faculty research and plant production, students can learn horticulture, as well as professional plant production within the greenhouse environment.

Lasher Laboratory serves as the front line in disease surveillance and management for the poultry industry. A $4 million, state-of-the-art renovation in 2016 provides necropsy, serology, and bacteriology testin, along with virus identification and monitoring using DNA (PCR) testing.

This area provides facilities for characterization of new diseases, vaccine development, the testing of "pre" and "pro" biotics and nutraceuticals to reduce the use of antibiotics, to improve gut health, improve production and sustainability.

The Rice Investigation, Communication, and Education (RICE) Facility is an NSF and USDA-funded network of 30 rice paddy plots, each measuring 2x2 m. Equipped with solar-powered sensors, the facility supports research on biogeochemical cycling, focusing on how soil amendments and water management affect metal uptake in rice and greenhouse gas emissions.

This tract of 35 acres is an active research site for students to study the effects of habitat fragmentation on wildlife and ecosystem services provided by small, urban forests. The site is home to the longest continuous study on the population health of Wood Thrush.

This lab studies how dairy cow nutrition affects animal health and milk production, focusing on how cows use key nutrients and how digestion impacts their overall health. This work supports farmers, researchers, and industry by improving dairy nutrition, animal well-being and sustainable milk production.

Named after former Delaware Sen. Thurman Adams, our 347-acre research farm provides field crop research and supports all off-farm research projects across the state.聽The farm is the site for agriculture tours, merging research and outreach for local growers and industry.

The 120-acre Warrington Farm is located Harbeson, Delaware in Sussex County. Research on this farm provides the college's core research arena focusing on center pivot, drip, and sub-surface irrigation projects in addition to water management issues.

Students learn hands-on with the college鈥檚 registered Angus cattle herd, Dorset sheep flock, horse herd, lambing barn, livestock arena and the equine facility.

Used for research and teaching related to water quality, soils and horticulture, several thriving wetlands create an ecosystem that reduces runoff, improves water quality, increases plant diversity, and supports wildlife.聽

315 Worrilow houses a variety of聽specialized, communal research equipment for biological and biochemical analysis.

91原创鈥檚 research core facilities鈥攈igh-tech instruments that are shared resources, supporting studies across campus鈥攁re available to 91原创 faculty and their collaborators.