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| December 31 |
Microwaves Sense Grain Moisture |
| December 28 |
Berry Bad News for Cancer Cells |
| December 27 |
Breeding Aluminum Tolerance into Wheat |
| December 26 |
Trout Studies Seek Superior Strains |
| December 21 |
New Computer Program Helps Growers Protect Poinsettias |
| December 20 |
Researchers' Technique Detects Algae Potentially Fatal to Catfish |
| December 19 |
Striking Improvements in Breastfeeding Rates Linked to Low-Tech Study |
| December 18 |
Giant Salvinia Attacked by Tiny Weevil |
| December 17 |
Kenaf Shows Potential as a Finishing Diet for Lambs |
| December 14 |
Livestock Biological Data Analysis Wins Top Award |
| December 13 |
Scientist Sleuths in Pursuit of Racehorse Disease |
| December 12 |
Seabeach Amaranth Making a Comeback |
| December 11 |
Tropical Agriculture Research Station Celebrates 100 Years of Scientific
Research |
| December 10 |
ARS Seeks Partner to Help Stop Potato Sprouting |
| December 7 |
Coffee Pest May Harbor Its Weakest Link |
| December 6 |
Folate May Help Forestall Forgetfulness |
| December 5 |
Scientists Engineer Baker's Yeast to Eat Plant Fats |
| December 4 |
U.S.-Brazil Research Partnership Paying Off for Both Countries |
| December 3 |
Skinny Peach Trees: Good for Commercial Growers and Home Gardeners |
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| November 30 |
New Southernpea Released by ARS |
| November 29 |
ARS, Cepheid Team to Make Plant Disease Diagnosis Faster, Easier and
More Accurate |
| November 28 |
ARS Hall of Fame Inducts Three Scientists |
| November 27 |
New Research Positions’ Goal is Increased Value from Soybeans |
| November 26 |
Coordinated Control Methods Vanquish Apple and Pear Pest |
| November 23 |
New Pilot Plant Could Help Boost Ethanol Use |
| November 21 |
Studies Explore Minerals and Your Brain |
| November 20 |
New Sprays, Trap Promise to Slash Insecticide Use in America's Corn Belt |
| November 19 |
New Peanut Planting System to Boost Yields |
| November 16 |
Banding Together to Stall Leafy Spurge |
| November 15 |
Souped-Up Broccoli, Broccoli Sprouts Deter Cancers in Rats |
| November 14 |
New ARS Publication Charts 80 Years of Vegetation Changes in the
Northern Plains |
| November 13 |
A New Technique Examines Soil Pressure on Cropland |
| November 9 |
Breeding Better Plants for Military Bases |
| November 8 |
Renovations to Bonsai Museum Under Way |
| November 7 |
New Pestivirus Identified |
| November 6 |
U.S.-Mexico Meeting To Forge Cooperation on Future Research |
| November 5 |
ARS Seeks Business Partners for Pectin Making and Other Technologies |
| November 2 |
Watch Out, Invasive Weeds--These Fungi Are Killers! |
| November 1 |
Grass Hedges to Curb Soil Runoff |
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| October 31 |
Rose Research Targets Mites, Powdery Mildew |
| October 30 |
Energy Savings Initiated at ARS Facility |
| October 29 |
USDA Holds First International Meeting on Comparative Insect Genomics |
| October 26 |
Colorado Potato Beetles May Succumb to the Glow |
| October 26 |
ARS’ Research Timeline Expanded, Updated |
| October 25 |
Using Hot Water as a Solvent for Checking Food Safety |
| October 24 |
With Potatoes, More Color May Mean Better Nutrition |
| October 24 |
Latest ARS Food & Nutrition Research Briefs Posted |
| October 23 |
Publication Outlines the Best Cotton Ginning Practices Worldwide |
| October 22 |
Scientific Sleuths Track the Origin of Tapeworms in Humans |
| October 19 |
Scientists Serve Up a Dish of Pig Liver Cells |
| October 18 |
The National Arboretum Is 16-Time Gold Medal Winner |
| October 17 |
Beet Armyworms: What Do They Really Want? |
| October 16 |
Pomegranates of the World Housed in Unique California Collection |
| October 15 |
Resistance Genes Key to Protecting Chocolate Supply |
| October 12 |
Portable Rainfall Simulators Helping Fight Runoff |
| October 11 |
A Newly Discovered and Sequenced Turkey Disease Virus |
| October 10 |
New Golden-Nematode-Resistant Potato Introduced |
| October 9 |
Disease-Resistant Cowpeas Now Available |
| October 5 |
Web Page Available on Bt Corn Risk to Monarch Butterflies |
| October 4 |
Risk Assessment for Biotech Alfalfa |
| October 3 |
Keeping Nutrients in Manure |
| October 2 |
Researchers Help Growers Fight Floral Pests |
| October 1 |
Low-Fat Foods Can Help Lower Fat Intake |
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| September 28 |
Plant Estrogens Low in Older Women's Diets |
| September 27 |
State-of-the-Art Modeling Could Help Improve Gulf's Water Quality |
| September 24 |
New Method To Measure Water and Chemical Movement in Soil |
| September 21 |
Bacteriophages a Possible Alternative to Antibiotics in Animal
Production |
| September 20 |
Scientists Identify Insect That Transmits Killer Bacterium to Cucurbits |
| September 19 |
Combine Attachment Offers On-the-Fly Peanut Cleaning |
| September 18 |
Researchers Battle Plum Pox in Pennsylvania |
| September 17 |
Virus-Resistant Plum Trees--Ready and Waiting |
| September 14 |
Udderly Fantastic: Mutant Plants a High Source of Calcium |
| September 13 |
Tiny Berry Tops Tomatoes in Lycopene |
| September 12 |
Using Biotech to Speed Classical Breeding |
| September 11 |
New Insights May Lead to Better Control of Gray Mold |
| September 10 |
The Flying Camera |
| September 7 |
Researchers Clone Powdery Mildew Resistance Gene |
| September 6 |
Making Sure Consumers Get Their Fill--of Chicken Breasts |
| September 5 |
Exposure to Lyme Disease-Transmitting Ticks Depends on Activity |
| September 4 |
Japanese Mint Could Lead to Environmentally Friendly Fumigant |
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| August 31 |
USDA Aquaculture Center Gets New Home |
| August 30 |
New Issue of Healthy Animals Now Online (1) |
| August 30 |
New Oats and Barleys for Breakfast, Brewery or Barn |
| August 29 |
Researchers Develop Value-Added Products from Fats, Oils |
| August 28 |
Lowly Ring Nematode Suppressed with Biological Control |
| August 27 |
Spying Global Warming in the Desert? |
| August 24 |
Predicting Flooding Earlier By Mapping Soil Moisture |
| August 23 |
How Much Antioxidant Protection Do You Really Have? |
| August 22 |
Specialty Bean Tissues No Treat for Nematodes |
| August 21 |
Potassium Permanganate Kills Fish Parasite |
| August 20 |
Antimicrobial Compounds May Reduce Swine Waste Odor |
| August 17 |
Parasitic Wasps Could Curb Mealybug |
| August 16 |
Researchers Unlock the Secrets of How Herbicides Interact With Soil and
Subsoil |
| August 15 |
New Tanning Process Good for Industry and the Environment |
| August 14 |
Fecal Detection Technology Advances to Whole-Carcass Imaging System |
| August 13 |
For Information About West Nile Virus--Here's the Source of Sources |
| August 13 |
New Virus Test Kit Helps Keep Chicken on the Dinner Table |
| August 10 |
Cricket-resistant Turf in the Pipeline |
| August 9 |
Leptin May Help Quiet Dieters' Hunger |
| August 8 |
Bone Gains in New Mothers |
| August 7 |
USDA to Expand Use of Biodiesel, Ethanol Fuels |
| August 6 |
Patent Sought on Technology for Soy-Based Car Parts |
| August 2 |
Cooking Process Reduces Toxins in Corn |
| August 1 |
A Southern Wheat Rust Moves North |
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| July 31 |
Study Questions Popular CLA Supplement |
| July 30 |
Controlling Pathogens on Fresh-Cut Produce--a New Phage? |
| July 26 |
Easing the Sediment Load |
| July 25 |
ARS Scientists Develop More Potent Chromium Supplement |
| July 24 |
Woody Debris Structures Help Rehabilitate Streambed Channels |
| July 23 |
Calving Research Helps Producers and Heifers |
| July 20 |
Phytase Aids Iron Absorption in Anemic Pigs |
| July 19 |
State-of-the-Art Technology Chosen to Clean Up Wastewater from Swine
Production |
| July 18 |
Healthful Soybean Oil From the Southeast to Be Evaluated |
| July 17 |
Wild Australian Soybean Relatives Hold Genes for Nematode Resistance |
| July 16 |
New Ornamental Plant Germplasm Center Celebrated |
| July 13 |
Putting the Missing Ingredient into Snack Foods |
| July 12 |
Sorting Out Wheat Stem Sawfly Attractants |
| July 11 |
Low-Fat French Fries From Rice? |
| July 10 |
Food Poisoning Microbe Targeted in New Studies |
| July 9 |
Cleaner Air, Fewer Exhaust Emissions May Come from Soybean Oil in Jet
Fuels |
| July 6 |
Weeds Could Meet Their Match in a Novel Bioherbicide |
| July 5 |
Red Clover Silage Boasts Benefits over Alfalfa Silage |
| July 3 |
USDA Research Helps Preserve Historic Flag |
| July 2 |
USDA Launches New Information-based Web Site on Food Safety Research
Programs |
| July 2 |
Beetles Have a Big Appetite for Waterlettuce |
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| June 29 |
ARS Patents Filed and Waiting for Commercial Partners |
| June 28 |
June ARS Food and Nutrition Research Briefs Posted |
| June 28 |
ARS, NASA Explore Food Safety Research |
| June 27 |
Making Sense of Xylella's Genome--First Step to Its Control |
| June 26 |
Genome of Grapevine Culprit Revealed |
| June 25 |
Scientists Seek to Improve Farm Animal Conditions |
| June 22 |
Making Prize-Winning Yields More Routine |
| June 21 |
Keeping the Balance in Cytokines--Key to Healthy Animals |
| June 20 |
New Lure Works Better Than Pheromones for Codling Moths |
| June 19 |
Sheep and Beetles Control Leafy Spurge |
| June 18 |
Preparing Newborn Pigs for Faster Weight Gains |
| June 15 |
Mite-Resistant Russian Bees Also Have Winter Hardinesse |
| June 14 |
Campylobacter Mystery Moves Toward Resolution |
| June 13 |
Feeding Preemies for Optimal Development |
| June 12 |
No Trans Fats in Peanut Butter--Contrary to Current Rumor |
| June 11 |
Pop Goes the Cotton! |
| June 8 |
Good Nutrition Could Help Prevent Bad Viruses |
| June 7 |
USDA Research Agency Sequences Genome of Food Borne Pathogen |
| June 6 |
Putting the Bite on Plum Curculio Weevils |
| June 5 |
ARS Researcher Finds Keys to Cockroach Resistance |
| June 4 |
ARS Scientists Win Top Honors Today in Annual USDA Ceremony |
| June 1 |
Do Navajo Diets Build Better Bones? |
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| May 31 |
Researchers Test Yeast's Anti-Scab Mettle |
| May 30 |
Searching Exotic Corn Types to Improve Yields and Uses for U.S. Corn
Crop |
| May 29 |
Students May Have Answer for Faster-Healing Civil War Wounds that Glowed |
| May 25 |
Deer Feed, Ticks Drop in Maryland Control Program |
| May 24 |
Study Explores New Mothers' Mineral Needs |
| May 23 |
ARS Patents New Fruit Fly Lure and Trap |
| May 22 |
Biocontrol Beetles Set Free to Tackle Saltcedar |
| May 21 |
Building Wheats with Multiple Resistance to Leaf Rust |
| May 18 |
Plant Growth Facility Named for Famous Scientific Team |
| May 17 |
New Sweetpotatoes Make Great Chips, Fries |
| May 16 |
Researchers Develop Integrated Controls for Potato Pests |
| May 15 |
ARS Scientists Working to Reduce Poultry Crop Breaks |
| May 14 |
Bringing Back Native Soil Fungi |
| May 11 |
New Surveillance Device Uncovers Insects |
| May 10 |
Have You Taken Your Plant's Temperature Lately? |
| May 9 |
Managing Forage for Best Use of Manure |
| May 8 |
Formosan Termite Experts to Meet at New Orleans Conference |
| May 7 |
Tick Control Device is Tested in USDA Project to Reduce Lyme Disease |
| May 4 |
New "Science Without Boundaries" Web Site |
| May 3 |
ARS, Maryland Business Organizations Sign Technology Agreements |
| May 2 |
Satellites and Planes Scan Cornfields for Clues |
| May 1 |
Researchers Honored for Transferring Technology |
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| April 27 |
Selenium Deficiency Increases Severity of Flu Virus in Mice |
| April 26 |
Government, Industry Team up Against Exotic Water Weed |
| April 25 |
Dynamic Duo Found to Control Melaleuca |
| April 24 |
ARS Scientists and BASF Corporation Join Forces |
| April 23 |
Powerful New Microscope Probes Sex Glands of Worm Pest |
| April 20 |
Two New Corn Viruses Discovered |
| April 19 |
Research Expedition Yields Potential New Control Agents for U.S. Pests |
| April 18 |
High-Tech Research Spells Trouble for Soybean Nematodes |
| April 17 |
France-Based Lab Plays Key Role in U.S. Biocontrol Research |
| April 16 |
Scientists Lasso Computers to Help With Ranch Plans |
| April 13 |
Quick Evaluation Technique Finds New Applications in Food and
Agriculture |
| April 12 |
New Edible, Food-Grade Fruit Coating Has It Covered |
| April 11 |
New Issue of Healthy Animals Now Online |
| April 11 |
ARS Scientists Develop Phosphorus Index to Control Pasture Runoff |
| April 10 |
Collaboration Aids Moroccan, American Livestock Producers |
| April 9 |
Natural Fungicide May Blast Global Rice Disease |
| April 6 |
April ARS Food & Nutrition Research Briefs Posted |
| April 6 |
Protein Saves Bone in Elders |
| April 5 |
Reducing the Use of Organic Solvents |
| April 4 |
More Efficient Ethanol Production Closer to Reality |
| April 3 |
Soybean Hulls Eyed for Wastewater Filtering |
| April 2 |
Vegetative Mulch Reduces Pesticide and Soil Losses in Runoff |
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| March 30 |
B Vitamins Choline and Folate Scrutinized |
| March 29 |
ARS Posts Latest Edition of Quarterly Report of Research Progress |
| March 29 |
ARS Releases New Insect-Resistant Corn Germplasm Line |
| March 28 |
New Study Sheds Light on Plants' Nighttime Defense |
| March 27 |
Cherry Harvester Helps Kids Learn Mechanical Engineering |
| March 26 |
ARS and Industry Test New Vegetable Oils as Industrial Lubricants |
| March 23 |
How Well Do You Convert Beta-Carotene into Vitamin A? |
| March 22 |
Two Mississippi Lakes Revitalized As Fisheries |
| March 21 |
Stunt Nematodes--Everything You Need to Know to Identify These Pests |
| March 20 |
The New, Improved and Integrated Food Survey |
| March 19 |
Mineral Film Foils Cotton Pests |
| March 16 |
Magnesium--Minor Nutrient Has Major Importance |
| March 15 |
ARS Research Magazine Wins Award |
| March 15 |
Peppers Put the “Heat” on Pests |
| March 14 |
Genetic Study Aims to Protect Beans Against White Mold |
| March 13 |
The Latest on Bee Mite Resistance to Pesticides |
| March 12 |
Paper Mulch Coated with Vegetable Oil Offers Biodegradable Alternative
to Plastic |
| March 9 |
Crops and Conservation Tillage Glean Carbon for the Land |
| March 8 |
Mechanism of Tobacco Budworm Resistance to Bt Proposed |
| March 7 |
Insecticides Reduced in Runoff from Bt Cotton |
| March 5 |
Reducing Salmonella and E. coli 0157:H7 at the Farm |
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| February 9 |
From Corn-Bred Statistics to High-Tech Breeding |
| February 8 |
Scientists Honored for Moving Research Results to Market |
| February 7 |
Charles Bacon Tops ARS Scientist of the Year Award Winners |
| February 6 |
The Chihuahuan Desert Knows No Borders |
| February 5 |
Hungry, Helpful Insects Thrive on Special Fast-Food |
| February 2 |
Cooked-to-Brown Burgers May Not Tell the Truth |
| February 1 |
Watermelons Screened To Find Those That Resist Two Major Diseases |
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| January 31 |
Storytelling CD-ROM Documents Screwworm Eradication Science |
| January 30 |
Camphor Curbs Asian Lady Beetles |
| January 29 |
Starch-Water-Oil Mix Fit for Many Uses |
| January 26 |
ARS’ Research Timeline Updated |
| January 25 |
Biotech Advance May Revive U.S. Castor Oil Production |
| January 24 |
Bone Gains Fade When Elders Cease Supplements |
| January 23 |
Scientists Learning To Keep Tabs on Dioxin |
| January 22 |
January ARS Food and Nutrition Briefs Posted |
| January 22 |
New Catfish Line Released |
| January 19 |
Quirky Rice May Speed Breeding of New Varieties |
| January 18 |
U.S. and Mexico Cooperating To Control Water-Hyacinth Infestation |
| January 17 |
New Cottons Pack a Punch Against Fungi |
| January 16 |
New Kit to Identify Tissue-Invading Fly Maggots |
| January 12 |
Lichens: An Unexpected Source of New Herbicides |
| January 11 |
Lift Weights to Lift Aging Metabolism, Lower Weight Gain |
| January 10 |
Scientists Develop First Transgenic Cow Clone for Mastitis Disease
Resistance |
| January 10 |
Manipulating Plant Hormone May Help Crops |
| January 9 |
What Would Eli Whitney Think? |
| January 8 |
Superb Strawberries--Without Help From Methyl Bromide |
| January 5 |
Eavesdropping on Insects in Soil and Plants |
| January 4 |
USDA Scientists Complete Genetics Project |
| January 3 |
Alfalfa Meets Its Asian Relatives |
| January 2 |
Broccoli Varieties Differ in Potential Anticarcinogenic Activity |
