Located along the Rio Grande and serving the needs of irrigated agriculture in southcentral and southwest New Mexico, the Leyendecker center has more than 200 acres of varying soil types that support research on plant breeding, disease control, insect and nematode control, herbicide effects and production management techniques.

Mark Renz (left), a weed specialist with New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service, examines camelthorn, a weed common in irrigation canals just south of Anthony, Texas, while leading a "water hogs" weed field day. Renz and other NMSU scientists showed farmers and irrigation district employees how to identify and manage water-wasting weeds during the event at NMSU's Leyendecker Plant Science Center southeast of Las Cruces.

Contact information

Leyendecker Plant Science Center
8 Miles SE on Highway 28
P.O. Box 30003, MSC 3LEY
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003, N.M. 88003
Phone: (575) 646-2281
Fax: (575) 646-8048
Email: lyendeck@nmsu.edu