Students at the University sometimes have assistant-ships at the USDA facility. The Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, just 10 miles west of Tucson, is a nationally renowned living museum of plants and animals and it includes living arthropod displays, interested and helpful staff, and some insect-related research. Work is in progress to coordinate the work of SASI and the university in using insects in youth education as well as encouraging research projects in schools. University of Arizona Besides the main campus, the university has agricultural centers where work on agricultural-ly important insects is carried out. Two research laboratories plus several greenhouses are located on the farm that specifically serve agriculturally-oriented research by several faculty and their graduate students.
Farm land is available for specialized small-plot field research.
The entire farm of 2550 acres is divided for both large scale demonstrations and large-plot research. Numerous agri- cultural and horticultural crops can be grown for the researcher upon request. Excellent modern laboratory and greenhouse facilities are also located at this station. These include cotton, alfalfa, grain, and horticultural crops such as lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, corn and melons. The Marana farm is located about 30 miles northwest of Tucson and is devoted mostly to research with agronomic crops.