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| December 31 |
Researchers Find Reproductive States of Two Beneficial
Fungi |
| December 30 |
New Aid for Savvy Stewardship of Southwestern
Rangelands |
| December 27 |
Insect Pests Find Pet Stores
Irresistible |
| December 26 |
Fast, Quiet Poultry Vaccination Now
Possible |
| December 24 |
Estimating Farm Animals' Feed Efficiency |
| December 23 |
Doubling Wildrye's Chromosomes Brightens Pasture Grass'
Future |
| December 20 |
Vineyard Research Yields Yummy Raisins |
| December 19 |
Hybrid Bell Pepper Is Latest Bad News for
Nematodes |
| December 19 |
New Issue of Healthy Animals Now
Online |
| December 18 |
Pumping Up Better Insulin Efficiency |
| December 17 |
Electrical Stimulation of Chicken Carcass Makes Meat
More Tender |
| December 16 |
From ARS to a Store Near You |
| December 13 |
New Production System for Cotton Yields Big
Results |
| December 12 |
Pear Bars Capture Orchard-Fresh Flavor |
| December 11 |
Frozen Food Discoveries Win National Science
Award |
| December 10 |
Across-Government Science Site Highlights ARS Research
Information |
| December 10 |
Computers Predict Harvest Readiness for Major
Crops |
| December 9 |
Calcium-Fortified Cereals Help Kids Meet
Needs |
| December 6 |
Nutrition Can Curb Tooth Loss in Elderly |
| December 5 |
Dark-Orange Carrots Deliver More
Beta-Carotene |
| December 4 |
Sun, Sand, and ... Soy |
| December 3 |
Studying Hispanic Cheese May Help Scientists Improve
Other Cheeses |
| December 2 |
ARS Oil-Refining Technology Gives Baby Formula a
Boost |
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| November 29 |
Brighteners Shine Light on Control of Diamondback
Moth |
| November 27 |
How to Keep Produce Kicking After the Clock Starts
Ticking |
| November 26 |
"MelonMan" Gets Ripe Melons to Market |
| November 25 |
Blueberries May Boost Brain Power |
| November 22 |
Robust Plants' Secret? Rubisco Activase! |
| November 21 |
Easy, Inexpensive Test Detects Tuberculosis in Livestock
and Wildlife |
| November 20 |
Genome Sequencing Completed for Major Dairy Cattle
Microbe |
| November 19 |
New Equipment Allows Easier Drip Tape Installation and
Removal |
| November 18 |
Wasp Eyed as Sunflower Ally |
| November 15 |
Arboretum To Be Featured on Cable TV
Show |
| November 14 |
Proposal to Shake Down Protozoans Wins Top
Award |
| November 13 |
Canola Oil and Fungal Mixture May Help Stop a Hopper
Scourge |
| November 12 |
Chinese Pigs Help U.S. Researchers |
| November 8 |
New Trap Kills House Flies |
| November 7 |
Insect Pair Stalls Everglades Invader |
| November 6 |
Researchers Identify Daylily Threat |
| November 5 |
Students, ARS Team Up to Fight Sheep
Disease |
| November 4 |
Leptin Targeted in Research on Obesity,
Pregnancy |
| November 4 |
Papaya Research Garners Alexander von Humboldt
Award |
| November 1 |
Global Warming Puts the Freeze on Seed Yield (to a
Degree) |
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| October 31 |
Defeating Cotton's Pink Bollworm |
| October 30 |
Is the Mystery Carbon Hidden Under
Grass? |
| October 29 |
Zinc's Antioxidant Potential Probed |
| October 29 |
Latest ARS Food & Nutrition Research Briefs
Posted |
| October 28 |
Ag Field Management Model Now Better,
Faster |
| October 25 |
Illinois Company Licenses High-Fiber Fat
Replacer |
| October 24 |
Riparian Buffer Zones Help Clean Chesapeake
Bay |
| October 23 |
ARS Helps Grape Growers |
| October 22 |
Making Manure-Borne Pathogens Stay Put |
| October 21 |
USDA Helps Launch Free, Portable Nutrient Database
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| October 18 |
Ground Broken Today for New Poisonous Plant Research Lab
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| October 18 |
Nutritive Value Booklet Makes A Handy Kitchen
Reference |
| October 17 |
Renewed Focus on Drainage Research in 2002 -- the Year
of Clean Water |
| October 16 |
Planting Aid Helps No-Till Farmers |
| October 15 |
Groundbreaking for New Biological Control
Lab |
| October 11 |
Zapping Hawaii's Pesky Fruit Flies, Grid by
Grid |
| October 10 |
Dealing With Drought: What Ranchers Should Know Before
Independence Day |
| October 9 |
A High-Tech Look at Soil Composition |
| October 8 |
Pollen Collection Helps Plot the Past |
| October 7 |
SWAT Team Targets Water Pollution |
| October 4 |
Improved Weed-Management Practices Protect Watershed
Lakes |
| October 3 |
Lady Bird Johnson Receives First Arboretum Gold Medal
Award |
| October 2 |
Greenbug-Resistant Wheat Now Available |
| October 2 |
Web Site Available on Bt Corn/Monarch Butterflies Case
Study |
| October 1 |
New Cacao Selections Offer Sweet Relief to Chocolate
Growers |
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| September 30 |
Detecting Possible E. coli Contamination on Fruit
and Produce |
| September 27 |
A Gardener's Delight: Curtis's Botanical
Magazine |
| September 26 |
Agency Debuts Feisty New Pear |
| September 25 |
Do Iron Pots Enrich the Foods Cooked in
Them? |
| September 24 |
New Genus and Five New Species of Moths Discovered in
Colorado |
| September 24 |
New Issue of Healthy Animals Now
Online |
| September 23 |
SALSA Science Helps Water-Scarce Southwest
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| September 20 |
Mapping the Bovine Genome To Help Cattle and
Humans |
| September 19 |
Future Brightens for Light-Based Carcass Inspection
Device |
| September 18 |
Three Scientists Inducted Into ARS Hall of
Fame |
| September 17 |
Spectacular Water Lilies Add to Arboretum's 75th
Anniversary Celebration |
| September 16 |
Sheep Genes May Aid Medical Researchers |
| September 13 |
New Rice Line Could Benefit Malnourished
Populations |
| September 12 |
Mildew-Resistant Hops May Be Adopted by Brewing
Industry |
| September 11 |
Tallying the Trees in the Nation's
Capital |
| September 10 |
On-Farm Testing for Pathogens on the
Horizon |
| September 9 |
Environmentally Friendly and Effective Termiticide
Available for Licensing From USDA |
| September 6 |
Glomalin, the Unsung Hero of Carbon
Storage |
| September 5 |
Soda May Be Too Popular With Teens |
| September 4 |
Snail Treatment Reduces Fish Disease in Commercial
Production Ponds |
| September 3 |
Modified Soybeans May Be Less Allergenic |
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| August
30 |
Automated Chicken Inspection Ready To
Commercialize |
| August
29 |
Bioconversion Yields New Oil-Based
Compounds |
| August
28 |
USDA Celebrates Research That Eradicated the
Screwworm |
| August
27 |
Fewer Chemicals May Give You Fewer Weeds |
| August
26 |
Smart Weed Whacker Takes Guesswork Out of
Spraying |
| August
26 |
Latest ARS Food & Nutrition Research Briefs
Posted |
| August
23 |
Keeping Cattle Fever Ticks Away From U.S.
Herds |
| August
22 |
Groundbreaking Today for ARS Western Human Nutrition
Research Center |
| August
21 |
Fresh Fruit Gets a New Protective Coat |
| August
20 |
Beetle Pheromone Lures Both Sexes |
| August
19 |
Honey Boosts Effectiveness of Parasitic
Wasps |
| August
16 |
Pre-Conditioning for Hot Weather May Aid
Birds |
| August
16 |
USDA Seeks Comments on National Agricultural Library
Report |
| August
15 |
Gene Jockeys Fight Fusarium |
| August
15 |
USDA Updates Core Nutrient Database |
| August
14 |
Beneficial Bacteria Help Thwart Apple
Disease |
| August
13 |
Historic Chihuahuan Desert Laboratory Dedicates New
Facility |
| August
12 |
Tracking Movement of Cattle With
Satellites |
| August
9 |
Montana Research Facilities To Expand |
| August
8 |
Pigeonpea May Fill Seasonal Forage Gap |
| August
7 |
Hi-Tech Camera "Tastes" Apples to Ensure
Quality |
| August
6 |
Gene May Help Prevent Mastitis in Dairy
Cows |
| August
5 |
A Vision of Safe Meat |
| August
2 |
Milk Protein Used to Make Edible, Water-Resistant
Film |
| August
1 |
Unique Figs Featured in California
Collection |
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| July
31 |
USDA, DOE Team Up to Produce Bioenergy |
| July
30 |
A Faster Way to Tell Look-alike Leafminer Flies
Apart |
| July
29 |
Studies Evaluate Pollution-Fighting
Polyacrylamides |
| July
26 |
New Blueberry Blooms Late, Ripens Early |
| July
25 |
Narrower Row Spacing Boosts Corn Yields |
| July
24 |
New Stilt Bug Species Discovered |
| July
23 |
How the Beet (Armyworm) Goes On |
| July
23 |
New Issue of Healthy Animals Now
Online |
| July
22 |
Dietary Mineral Status Key to Cadmium
Toxicity |
| July
19 |
Drought Makes Farmers Mind Their Peas and
Sunflowers |
| July
18 |
Lush, Indigenous Plants Rise From Brown
Landscape |
| July
17 |
New Cotton Production Model Available on the
Web |
| July
16 |
Alfalfa as a Fuel--and a Plastic? |
| July
15 |
New Feeder Curbs Pregnant Sows' Hoggish
Ways |
| July
12 |
Post-Harvest Orchard Cleanup May Deter Mexican Fruit
Flies |
| July
12 |
Presidential Award for ARS Veterinary Medical
Officer |
| July
11 |
U.S. and China Unite to Fight Soil and Water
Pollution |
| July
10 |
Tips for Keeping Cattle Cool This Summer |
| July
9 |
Operation Full Stop 2002: Reduction in Termite Numbers
Signals Success |
| July
8 |
ARS Personnel Earn High USDA Honor
Awards |
| July
5 |
Scientists Monitor Bt Protein in Corn
Ethanol |
| July
3 |
A New Use for Kenaf |
| July
2 |
New Thermal Remote Sensing System Scans
Crops |
| July
1 |
Nematodes Fight Biobattle Against Biting
Flies |
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| June
28 |
Bison Disease Battled by Scientists |
| June
27 |
Scientist Gear Up to Counter Soybean Rust
Disease |
| June
26 |
Caffeine Foils Snails |
| June
25 |
Chicken Feather Follicles Don’t Harbor
Bacteria |
| June
24 |
Making Tomatoes More Nutritious |
| June
21 |
Breakfast Is Key to Achieving Maximum
Nutrition |
| June
20 |
Iowa Fields Are Focus of Moisture Detection
Experiment |
| June
19 |
Wasps to the Rescue |
| June
18 |
High-Carbohydrate Diets Net Lower Calorie
Levels |
| June
17 |
Sunflowers May Be "Rubber Factories" |
| June
14 |
Sunbutter--a Peanut Butter Alternative |
| June
13 |
Dietary Habits Associated With Esophageal
Cancer |
| June
13 |
Historical Maryland Wye Oak Photos Featured on NAL Web
Site |
| June
12 |
Friendly Bacteria Help Fight Potato Rot
Fungi |
| June
11 |
Arboretum Awards Medal to Lady Bird
Johnson |
| June
10 |
Bugs Behind the Scenes at Natural History
Museum |
| June
10 |
E-mail Lists Tell What's New for Kids at Science Web
Sites |
| June
7 |
Dinosaur Monument Study May Help Stop Mormon Cricket
Scourge |
| June
6 |
FANTESK-tic Fried Shrimp |
| June
5 |
Scientists "Sketch" Genetic Profile of Honeybee
Attacker |
| June
4 |
Watermelon Shows Its Lycopene Stripes |
| June
3 |
Peter R. Young Named National Agricultural Library
Director |
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| May
31 |
Scientists Take on Termites at the
Capitol |
| May
30 |
New Trap To Control Silverleaf
Whiteflies |
| May
29 |
U.S. National Arboretum--Still Beautiful at
75 |
| May
28 |
Unruly Arundo Donax Targeted by Weed
Experts |
| May
24 |
New Sorghums Thrive Under Typical U.S. Day
Length |
| May
23 |
New Way to View, Identify Minute Pests |
| May
22 |
Salt-Tolerant Forages for Irrigated
Areas |
| May
21 |
Moisture in Cotton: Getting It Just
Right |
| May
20 |
Protecting Cotton Seedlings From Fungal
Attack |
| May
20 |
Latest ARS Food & Nutrition Research Briefs
Posted |
| May
17 |
In Its 75th Anniversary Year, Arboretum Hosts
International Bonsai Symposium |
| May
17 |
Another Grape Compound Shows Promise as
Cancer-Preventing Agent |
| May 16
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Homocysteine Still Incriminated in Heart
Disease |
| May 15
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Spray Weeds With Vinegar? |
| May 14
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Spinning System Produces Core-Wrapped Yarn in a Single
Step |
| May 13
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Insect Remains Are Better 'Suited' for Fight Against
Pests |
| May 10
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Discerning Parasites Is Key to Risk
Assessment |
| May
9 |
Caterpillar-Repelling Corn Now Available |
| May
8 |
ARS Scientists To Receive Technology Transfer Awards
Today |
| May
7 |
Cat’s Out of the Bag: New Catfish Line Outperforms
Others |
| May
6 |
Survey Giant Salvinia with Remote
Sensing? |
| May
3 |
Yield-Boosting Bacterium for Soybeans Earns
Kudos |
| May
2 |
Scientists Close In on New Aphid Threat to
Soybeans |
| May
1 |
Swine Germplasm Added to National
Collection |
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| April
30 |
Resistant Broccoli’s DNA Used in Fight Against
Downy Mildew |
| April
29 |
Straw-Fiber Packaging Within Grasp Soon |
| April
26 |
Catching Grasshoppers the Old-Fashioned
Way |
| April
25 |
Wood-Chip Trenches Keep Nitrate Runoff in
Check |
| April
24 |
Protein and Calcium Interplay Important to Bone
Health |
| April
23 |
Water-borne Pathogen Not Always What It Appears To
Be |
| April
22 |
Groundbreaking Held for New Invasive Plant Quarantine
Facility |
| April
19 |
Secrets of Blue Orchard Bees Revealed in New
Book |
| April
18 |
A System to Get Cows FIT |
| April
17 |
Boards and Resin From Guayule? |
| April
16 |
Biofuel Gets Less Expensive |
| April
15 |
Corn Protein Could Reduce Ethanol Production
Costs |
| April
12 |
Exercise Prevents Muscle Loss From Low-Protein
Diets |
| April
11 |
ARS Research May Lead to Tastier
Tomatoes |
| April
10 |
Researchers Flame-Proof Cotton Carpeting |
| April
9 |
ARS Method Shows Promise for Decontaminating Groundwater
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| April
8 |
Researchers Breed New Bean for Export
Markets |
| April
5 |
Researchers Join the Fight Against Peanut
Allergens |
| April
4 |
Research Center Is Customer for Largest-Ever Single
Biodiesel Contract |
| April
3 |
Bio-based Research a Success Story for
ARS |
| April
2 |
A Recipe That Will Really Warm You |
| April
1 |
ARS and Frito-Lay Chip Away at
Fumonisins |
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| March
29 |
Save a Tree, Use Some Feathers |
| March
28 |
Nutrition Research Zooms in on Zinc |
| March
27 |
Online Nutrient Directory Caters To
Consumers |
| March
26 |
Biodegradable Lubricants Developed from Alternative
Crops |
| March
25 |
Zinc and Iron Interplay Explored |
| March
22 |
Test Allows New Subclass of Soft Wheat for Everything
from Crackers to Flat-Bread |
| March
21 |
Studies Probe Soil Microbes |
| March
20 |
Corn Helps Check Soybean Cyst Nematodes in No-Till
Fields |
| March
19 |
New Pecan Pest Identified |
| March
18 |
Edible Food Wraps Win National Award |
| March
15 |
Selenium's Secrets Probed |
| March
14 |
Diverse Coalition Investigating Water Quality in the
Northwest |
| March
13 |
Hassle-Free Harvesting Ahead for Baby
Greens |
| March
12 |
United States, South Africa Cooperating on FMD
Vaccines |
| March
11 |
Scientists Study Better Ways to Sanitize Fruit and
Vegetables |
| March
8 |
Veneman Launches Arboretum's 75th Anniversary
Celebration |
| March
7 |
Nematode “Cleansing” Technique May Benefit
Potato Crops |
| March
6 |
ARS Scientists Devise New Test for E. coli O157 in
Water |
| March
5 |
New Wheat Flour Helps Cut Fat, Keeps Bread
Fresh |
| March
4 |
Researchers Track Parasite Contamination |
| March
1 |
New Test May Help Increase Sheep
Production |
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| February 28 |
Corn Rootworms Pose First Challenge to Decades-Old Pest
Control Strategy |
| February 27 |
Test Detects Immune-Modifying Poultry
Protein |
| February 26 |
Helpful Moths May Clobber Climbing Fern |
| February 25 |
Consortium Kicks Off Tech Exchange in American
Tropics |
| February 22 |
Better Genes, Not Pills, for Healthier
Animals |
| February 21 |
New Starch Removal Process Could Change Corn Wet
Milling |
| February 20 |
“CATTS” Perfect for Zapping Apple
Pests |
| February 19 |
ARS Aims for Tender Chicken |
| February 15 |
New Book Focuses on Nitrogen’s Effect on the
Environment |
| February 14 |
Scientists Honored for Transferring Technology to
Marketplace |
| February 13 |
Agency Scientists Win Top Research
Awards |
| February 12 |
Herbs Can Spice Up Your Antioxidant
Protection |
| February 12 |
New Issue of Healthy Animals Now
Online |
| February 11 |
Unraveling the Genome of an Alfalfa
Relative |
| February 8 |
Long-Term Weather Predictions Could Help
Farmers |
| February 7 |
Grasshopper Management Information Available From
ARS |
| February 6 |
Bt Corn Poses “No Significant Risk” to
Monarchs |
| February 5 |
New “Virtual Laboratory” Connects Researchers,
Industry to Microbial Models |
| February 5 |
ARS News in Spanish Now Available on the
Internet |
| February 4 |
Unstained Soybeans for Perfect Tofu |
| February 1 |
Scientists Collar Mystery Sunflower Pest |
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| January 31 |
Some Like Their Peppers Hot--Others, Not |
| January 30 |
Researchers Continue to Improve Red Bean
Quality |
| January 29 |
Woody Ornamentals Thriving in Midwest |
| January 28 |
Michigan Ash Disease Mystery Solved |
| January 25 |
New Alfalfa May be Ideal for Poor Soils |
| January 24 |
Old Man Winter May Rob Banks |
| January 23 |
Renovated USDA Research Building to
Reopen |
| January 22 |
Seductive Beetle Dines on Fruit Weed |
| January 18 |
Targeting the Sharpshooter |
| January 17 |
Controlling Crop Pests With
Baculoviruses |
| January 16 |
Faster Way to Improve Wheat |
| January 15 |
Scientists Study Early Warning Stress Indicator in
Animals |
| January 14 |
National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation to be
Dedicated Today |
| January 11 |
Protecting Perishables From Package
Pests |
| January 11 |
Latest ARS Food & Nutrition Research Briefs
Posted |
| January 10 |
Fat-Storing Protein: A Diagnostic Tool for Heart Attack,
Stroke Risk? |
| January 9 |
New Crop Can Mine Nickel at a Low Cost |
| January 8 |
Device That Reduces Poultry Dust Has Added
Benefit |
| January 7 |
Biopesticide on Tap Against Aflatoxin |
| January 4 |
New Nest Egg: Poultry Litter Ash as a
Fertilizer |
| January 3 |
Better Mosquito, Tick Repellents in the
Wind? |
| January 2 |
Bee Experts Provide Answers on the
Internet |
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