Four departments conduct research at Geneva. Horticutural Sciences is responsable for studying factors involved in the production of fruits and vegetables. Entomology studies problems related to understanding and controlling insects and mites. Plant Pathology is concerned with the study and control of plant diseases. Food Science and Technology is responsible for the evaluation and development of improved and new foods.
Research is conducted in greenhouses, laboratories, growth chambers, and in the field.
In the immediate Geneva area, the Station maintains 700 acres of land for its field research program. The Station also has two outlying branch laboratories. One of these is at Fredonia near the Pennsylvania border and is in the heart of western New York's grape belt. The other laboratory is at Highland in the Hudson Valley where there is a major fruit and vegetable industry, especially apples and sweet corn. Modern-day agricultural research is highly complex.