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Greetings
from the Coordinator, Dr.
Kenneth A. Gravois Welcome to the St. Gabriel/Sugar Research
Station, located in St. Gabriel, Louisiana (Iberville Parish) about 10
miles south of LSU Baton Rouge campus. The St. Gabriel Research
Station was established as an administrative unit June 13, 1968.
The Sugar Research Station was established in 1885. The Sugar
Research Station was relocated to the St. Gabriel Research Station on
July 1, 1997.The St. Gabriel/Sugar
Research Station functions primarily as the center of sugarcane breeding
activities and as a service unit to all LSU Agricultural Center
sugarcane and animal research scientists. Sugarcane research
projects currently being conducted on the station include
breeding, pathology, entomology, weed science, cultural practices, and
agricultural engineering. Our staff at the St. Gabriel Research Station consists of a Resident Coordinator, one Faculty member, five Research Associates, one office staff (administrative) and 12 civil service support personnel. The St. Gabriel Research Station serves the needs of many of the research projects in the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, in addition to cooperative efforts with the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service, United States Department of Agriculture and the LSU Baton Rouge campus faculty. Regular business hours are 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. on Monday through Friday. Visitors are welcome to the station during these times or to arrange for special tours by request. Please feel free to contact us at:
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