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December 30 |
Top Scientists Point to Research Past, Present and Future |
December 29 |
Tracking the Spread of the Russian Wheat Aphid Goes High-Tech |
December 28 |
Gene Marker for Flood-Tolerant Soybeans |
December 27 |
Time Tunnel Points to Future in High CO2 World |
December 23 |
Meeting Crop Research Challenges in the Next Century |
December 22 |
Natural Product Helps Insects Bite the Dust |
December 21 |
Johne's Disease Tool Now Patented |
December 20 |
Collaboration to Help Thwart Food-borne Pathogens |
December 17 |
Genetic Map for Bt Resistance Is Top ARS Postdoc Award |
December 16 |
New Biofungicide Treats Apples and Oranges Alike |
December 15 |
New Process Boosts Uses for Fats, Oils |
December 14 |
Redesigned Barley Has Potential to Thwart Scab Disease |
December 13 |
Scientists to Caterpillar Pests: Chew on This |
December 10 |
Digging, Burning Thwart Soda Apple Weed |
December 9 |
Researchers Help Cattle Breeders Optimize Profit and Desired Beef Traits |
December 8 |
Preparing Farmers for Possible Longer-Term Weather Forecasts in Future |
December 7 |
Scientists Comb Hives for Mite-Resistant Honey Bees |
December 6 |
Midwest Farmers Get a New Crop for a New Millennium |
December 3 |
Managing Rosette in Blackberries Helps Small Farmers |
December 2 |
Genetically Improving U.S. Cattle--The Future Builds on the Past |
December 1 |
ARS Research Accomplishments: the Past Is Prelude to the Future |
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November 30 |
Methyl Bromide Alternative Boosts Citrus Trade |
November 29 |
Keeping E. Coli, Parasites Out of Drinking Water |
November 26 |
Japanese Honeysuckle Fragrances Could Help Control Moth Pests |
November 24 |
USDA Picks Vegetables for the Hungry |
November 23 |
Bromelain--Health Food for Bossie, Too |
November 22 |
Shrub-Derived Latex Products Block Viruses, Bacteria |
November 22 |
New Issue of Healthy Animals Now Online |
November 19 |
Cattle Have a Hankering for Tropical Corn |
November 18 |
Lesquerella Scrutinized as Oil, Gum, Meal Source |
November 17 |
With Green Beans, Less Water Means More Calcium |
November 16 |
Scientists Take Guesswork Out of Assessing Beef Tenderness |
November 15 |
Potato Gene Engineering Research Should Benefit Andes Farmers |
November 12 |
Ag Library Improves Access to Farming History Collection |
November 10 |
New Model Saves Farmers Costs of Fertilizer, Soil Tests |
November 9 |
Scientists Find Abundant Moldy Treasures, Including Penicillia |
November 8 |
A Holistic Approach to Crop Rotations for the Central Plains |
November 5 |
Walnut Pests Foiled by Fumigant, Studies Show |
November 4 |
Nutrition Studies Get Psyched Over the Internet |
November 3 |
To Zap Strawberry Foes, Scientists Seek Methyl Bromide Alternatives |
November 2 |
Future Wheat Varieties May Be Tailor-Made for Foreign Markets |
November 1 |
New Device Measures Quality in Single Grain Kernels |
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October 29 |
Publication Describes Scientific Needs for Developing Health-Enhancing Foods |
October 28 |
Lost Tribe of Leafhoppers Found, May Lead to Better Controls |
October 27 |
Wee Wasps Vanquish Big Bad Beetles |
October 26 |
Developing New Vaccines to Prevent Fish Kills |
October 25 |
Potential Chocolate Shortage May Be Foiled by Beneficial Fungi |
October 22 |
ARS, CGIAR Sign Research Agreement |
October 21 |
Lab Test For Prions May Yield Diagnostic Tool For TSE Diseases |
October 20 |
Organic Growers Join With ARS to Retain Crop Diversity |
October 19 |
Tracking Down Newcastle Virus |
October 18 |
Rare Breeding Line to Develop Waxy Wheat Released |
October 15 |
Seed for New Roadside Grass Now on Sale |
October 14 |
Sun May Rise As Methyl Bromide Sets |
October 13 |
Researchers Seek Key to Increased Lycopene in Tomato |
October 12 |
New Bait May Prove to Be Fatal Last Meal For Pest Termite |
October 8 |
Is the Grass Really Greener? Researchers Aim to Find Out |
October 7 |
What Americans of Hispanic Origin Eat |
October 6 |
Researchers to Help Restore Burned Nevada Lands |
October 5 |
USDA Aims to Find Market Niches for Appalachian Small Farms |
October 4 |
Areawide IPM Project a Success for Northwest Orchards |
October 1 |
New Uses for Milkweed |
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September 30 |
These Genes Might Let You Grow Pesticide-Free Veggies |
September 29 |
New Lure May Help Foil Fruit Fly Pest |
September 28 |
Scientists Sleuth Forage Secrets |
September 27 |
Pollinating Sunflowers: Big Job Is a Good Fit for the Right Bee |
September 24 |
Hawaii's Banana Growers Can Now Target New Markets |
September 23 |
Measuring Waste on the Run |
September 22 |
Research to Pasteurize Manure Featured at Chesapeake Bay Day |
September 21 |
Red Imported Fire Ants Still Going |
September 20 |
Building a Better Berry |
September 17 |
Three Scientists Introduced into ARS Hall of Fame |
September 16 |
Appetite Hormone Puts Pigs on Faster Growth Track |
September 15 |
Chromium Critical for Glucose Tolerance |
September 14 |
Nonfattening Food Additive Made From Sugar |
September 13 |
Nut Shells on Tap for Industrial Clean Up |
September 10 |
BARC-18 Gives Farmers Many Choices for Vegetable Soybeans |
September 10 |
Blueberries May Restore Some Memory, Coordination and Balance Lost with Age |
September 9 |
Arctic and Arid-Land Plants Have New Homes |
September 8 |
Insect UFO's Identified at Marine Corps Air Station |
September 7 |
Fungi Thwart Two Major Insect Pests |
September 3 |
Weather, Research Bring Relief from New Barley Disease |
September 2 |
Deer Collar Could Help Harness Lyme Ticks |
September 1 |
Louisiana and Texas Cooperate to Prevent Spread of Mexican Rice Borer |
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August 31 |
Scientists Adapt DNA Test to Sugarbeet Fungal Pathogens |
August 30 |
Online Information to Help Identify and Track $100 Billion Worm Pests |
August 27 |
Green Pixie--Not Just Another New Green Pea |
August 26 |
ARS Releases New Soybean Disease Defenses |
August 25 |
Vegetative Mulch Cuts Pesticide Losses in Runoff |
August 24 |
USDA Researchers Help Farmers Preserve Tennessee Valley Soils |
August 23 |
New Gauze, Coatings Improve Medical Uses of Cotton |
August 20 |
Is There a Copper-Aging Connection? |
August 19 |
New Clue About Plants' Sunlight Sensors Revealed |
August 18 |
New Test Pinpoints Animal Antibiotic |
August 17 |
Athletes Need Enough Zinc |
August 16 |
New R and D Agreement Aims at Natural Controls for Plant Fungi |
August 13 |
Simulated Gut Measures Iron Available From Food |
August 12 |
High CO2 Stimulates Soil-Building "Glue" |
August 11 |
So Far, This Corn Defies the Drought |
August 10 |
Senator Byrd Plants Bluebyrd Plum Celebrating 20 Years of ARS Research Station |
August 9 |
Antioxidant Power of Natural Product Supplements Highly Variable |
August 6 |
Agricultural Research Service Hosts International Conference |
August 5 |
Breeder Readies Russian Honey Bees for American Hives |
August 4 |
A Better Way to Measure Catfish Feed Intake, Growth |
August 3 |
Villain Fungus Transformed Into Hero |
August 2 |
Technology Spurs Alfalfa Genome Mapping |
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July 30 |
Seed Catalogs Offer Glimpse of Yesterday |
July 29 |
New Tests Quickly Diagnose Bluetongue, Related Diseases |
July 28 |
New Grass on Menu for Western Cattle and Wildlife |
July 27 |
New Pecan Tree Bears Fruit Every Year |
July 26 |
New Barrier Blocks Pesky Beetles |
July 23 |
Attacking Heart Disease at Its Genes |
July 22 |
Glickman Announces USDA Testing of New Lure to Help Combat Asian Longhorned Beetle |
July 21 |
Project Underway to Battle Cotton Pest in Delta |
July 20 |
New Vaccine Could Cut Shipping Fever in Cattle |
July 19 |
Attention Wasps: Uncle Sam Wants You |
July 16 |
Cutting Phosphorus in Dairy Cattle Feed Will Save Money, Help Environment |
July 15 |
In Barns, Measuring Air Movement Is a Breeze With FANS |
July 14 |
Biotech Bouquet in the Works |
July 13 |
New Mosquito Trap in Time for Summer |
July 12 |
A Ratio Process Makes It Easier To Detect Aflatoxin Levels |
July 9 |
Bacteria, Fungi May Be Crucial in Weed Biocontrol by Insects |
July 8 |
First Biological Control Agent For Saltcedar Released |
July 7 |
Orange Cauliflower May Help Crop Scientists Boost Nutrition |
July 6 |
New Test Could Help Breed Edema-Resistant Pigs |
July 2 |
A Dwarf Pear Tree: Another Genetic Engineering First |
July 1 |
Weevil May Help Fight Invasive Water Weed |
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June 30 |
Corn Farmers May Enlist Bacteria Against Toxin |
June 29 |
Transforming Pollen for Better Plants for the "Pharm" |
June 28 |
Seed To Fight Scab Epidemic Keeps Rolling In |
June 25 |
Researchers Find Internal Hiding Place of New Turkey Ailment |
June 24 |
Chicory Is a Biological Plow and Sponge, All in One |
June 23 |
Spurgefest Will Offer Flea Beetles a Feast |
June 22 |
Genetic Testing Helps Single Out Leanness Gene |
June 21 |
Good News on Mississippi Groundwater |
June 18 |
Trio of New Seedless Grapes on the Way to Consumers |
June 17 |
Cedarwood Oil: Making It More Aromatic, More Available |
June 16 |
Vanadium: Nature's Junk Food For Plants |
June 15 |
NIR Helps Turn Vegetable Oil into High-Quality Biofuel |
June 14 |
In Plants, Calling All Cells Means Busy Electrical Circuits |
June 11 |
Computer to Help Overcome Yield Constraints in the Tropics |
June 10 |
New Liquid Epoxies Created from Cane Sugar |
June 9 |
ARS Employees Receive 1999 Honor Awards |
June 8 |
Textile Treatment Keeps Microbes at Bay |
June 7 |
New Web Resource on Farm Animal Health |
June 4 |
Algae and Bacteria Influence Herbicide Fate |
June 3 |
Pectin Plays Key Role in Fiber Quality |
June 2 |
Center of Excellence and Seafood Safety Lab Dedicated at Delaware State University |
June 1 |
Food Irradiation and Chlorine Team Up to Kill E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella |
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May 28 |
Iron for Premature Infants--Is Formula the Best Way? |
May 27 |
Waste Gypsum Could Help Boost Crop Yields |
May 26 |
Plants with Allergen-Free Latex Now Easier to Genetically Engineer |
May 25 |
Friendly Fungus With Dirty Name Takes on Southern Menace |
May 24 |
High-Tech Surveillance Nabs Water Weeds |
May 21 |
Researchers Explore Possible Changes in Body Composition of Future Pigs |
May 20 |
Making Harvests More Nutritious |
May 19 |
New Attractant and Repellent to Target Pest Ants |
May 18 |
USDA Research Yields New Wheat Variety to Help Farmers Fight Scab |
May 17 |
Farmers Now Part of the Global Warming Solution as U.S. Agriculture Becomes Net Carbon Sink |
May 14 |
Iron-Hungry Compound Can Glow as Satisfaction Grows |
May 13 |
Women's Depression Unlikely to Be Linked to Iron-Poor Blood |
May 12 |
For Real: A Store-Bought Tomato with Vine-Ripened Taste |
May 11 |
Labs Play Key Role in Developing Tomorrow's Wheats |
May 10 |
USDA and LSU Embark on New Sugarcane Drainage Research |
May 7 |
National Agricultural Library Publishes Guide to Animal Handling, Transport |
May 6 |
Cattle Fill Ecological Niche Where Buffalo No Longer Roam |
May 5 |
Bats Enlisted to Gobble Up Earworm Pests |
May 4 |
Improved Sex-Sorting of Livestock Sperm |
May 3 |
Mining Health Treasures from Soybeans |
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April 30 |
New Plant May Help Thwart Grass Tetany |
April 29 |
Research Helps Midwest Farmers Expand into New Markets |
April 28 |
Plant Explorers Seek Wild Lesquerella |
April 27 |
New Peanut Types Could Mean Trouble for Nematodes |
April 26 |
Genetic Help on the Way for Flood-Prone Corn |
April 23 |
ScaleNet: For All You Want to Know About Scale Insects |
April 22 |
Human Genome Project Aids Soybean Genome Mapping |
April 21 |
Ag Scientists Garner Federal Tech-Transfer Awards |
April 20 |
License Granted for Aerial Electrostatic Spray System |
April 19 |
Microbes Help Scientists Sucker Sap Beetles |
April 16 |
Scientists Eye Farm Uses of Landsat 7 Imagery |
April 15 |
Corn Spills the Beans |
April 14 |
Alfalfa Plants Vacuum Up Fertilizer Spill |
April 13 |
Wandering Gypsy Moths Get Nasty Surprise |
April 12 |
Recycled Tire Fluff and Crumb Help the Environment |
April 9 |
One Book -- 10,000 Plants |
April 8 |
Scientists Alter Insects Using Special Genetic Element |
April 7 |
USDA Launches Database of Beneficial Compounds in Soy Foods |
April 6 |
Restrained Eating May Put Bones at Risk |
April 5 |
This Library Has Deep Roots on the Farm |
April 2 |
TOPAZ is a Software Gem |
April 1 |
Three New Peaches on the Way |
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March 31 |
Compost, Mulch and Microbes May Protect Strawberries |
March 30 |
Production of Anti-cancer Drug, Taxol, Could Get a Boost |
March 29 |
Sunflower Stalks Trap More Snow |
March 26 |
Agency Develops and Licenses New Catfish Vaccine |
March 25 |
Growers' Group to Work With USDA Seed Banks |
March 24 |
Historic Cherry Trees from Japan Given New Life |
March 23 |
Symposium Highlights Potential Benefits of Citrus Compounds |
March 22 |
Soapstock Waste May Yield New Products |
March 19 |
Study Suggests It's Wise to Consume Adequate Copper During Pregnancy |
March 18 |
USDA Researchers Create Highly Aflatoxin-Resistant Corn |
March 17 |
Green-Plant Enzyme Puts a Red Light on Porphyrins |
March 16 |
A Salad That Diamondback Moths Can't Resist |
March 15 |
Snapshot of U.S. Homocysteine Levels |
March 12 |
Durum Doubles for Bread and Pasta |
March 11 |
Goat Farmers Could Profit From Peanuts |
March 10 |
New Research Explains Signaling System for Plant Nutrients |
March 9 |
New Capsules: "Kiss of Death" or "Breath of Life" for Insects |
March 8 |
Glickman Announces $3 Million Boost For Research to Combat Wheat Scab |
March 5 |
Timing of Vaccination Critical To Saving Eggs |
March 4 |
Fungi, Sex Drive Could Help Thwart Costly Nematode Worms |
March 3 |
Natural Plant Extracts Could Be Methyl Bromide Substitute |
March 2 |
Researchers, Farmers Team Up To Revive Mississippi Lakes |
March 1 |
Some Starchy Foods May Contribute to Overeating |
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February 26 |
Topsoil: Keeping It Fresh |
February 25 |
Hot on the Tail of Poultry Killer |
February 24 |
Calcium Bath Keeps Melons Fresh Longer |
February 23 |
Helping Girls with Rett Syndrome Improve Growth |
February 22 |
Progress in Yellow Starthistle Biological Control |
February 19 |
Making Coccidia Less Cocky |
February 18 |
New Plants Put a Hurt on Pests |
February 17 |
New Test Readied for Pig Disease |
February 16 |
New Tests Nab Toxins |
February 12 |
Kids Get Science Project Ideas from NAL |
February 11 |
A Farewell Party for Corn Earworm Pests |
February 10 |
Safer Salad In The Bag |
February 9 |
When it Comes to Soybeans--Dig Deep |
February 8 |
High-ORAC Foods May Slow Aging |
February 5 |
Scientists Find New Clue to Treat Lethal Horse Disease |
February 4 |
Field Studies Begin on New, Improved Tests to Identify Major Bacterial Food Pathogens |
February 3 |
Agency Scientists Win Top Research Awards |
February 2 |
USDA Research Agency Honors Scientists for Technology Transfer |
February 1 |
Compounds in Horseradish May Keep Food Fresher |
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January 29 |
A Healthy Change for the Delta |
January 28 |
Researchers Warm to the Chilly Truth About Winterfat Seeds |
January 27 |
New Edible Coating Helps Pecans Stay Fresh Longer |
January 26 |
Coal Burning Byproduct Gives Ol’ Bossy a Leg Up on Mud |
January 25 |
Sleuthing of Plant Genes Speeds Ahead of Schedule |
January 22 |
One-Stop Web Shop to Find Collections of Biological Specimens |
January 21 |
Triple Whammy Makes Nuisance Flies Flee the Coop |
January 20 |
Glickman Announces New Rapid Test For Antibiotic-Resistant Salmonella |
January 19 |
Scientists Steal Parasite’s Digestive Secrets |
January 17 |
USDA: New Gene Data Center and Gene-Analyzing Machines Will Speed Discoveries |
January 15 |
USDA, Universities to Establish New Corn Genetics Center |
January 14 |
Electronic Pulses Zap Hitchhikers on Citrus |
January 13 |
New Red Raspberry Variety Available |
January 12 |
A New Use for Old Grass |
January 11 |
Partnership Could Yield New Attract-and-Kill Lures for Bad Bugs |
January 8 |
Model Bioinsecticide Aimed at High-Value Crops |
January 7 |
Scientists Confirm Leptin Link to Sexual Maturity in Swine |
January 6 |
New Web Tool for Finding Info on Dietary Supplements |
January 5 |
Animal Study Sheds Light on Link Between Cancer and High Doses of Beta Carotene Supplements |
January 4 |
Setting the Bait for Pecan Orchard Pests |