Dr. Anciso's area of research is vegetable pest management, vegetable production and food safety on the farm known as Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs). He has written several scientific and popular articles on vegetable pest management and food safety on the farm. He attends the annual USDA IR-4 Food Use Workshop as the plant pathology representative for Texas. He also represents Texas on the National Good Agricultural Practices committee and United Fresh's GAPs Harmonization effort that addresses GAPs food safety in produce.