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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 |
New Issue of Healthy Animals Now Online (2) |
| December 19 |
Hybrid Bell Pepper Is Latest Bad News for Nematodes |
| 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 |
Papaya Research Garners Alexander von Humboldt Award |
| November 4 |
Leptin Targeted in Research on Obesity, Pregnancy |
| 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 |
Latest ARS Food & Nutrition Research Briefs Posted (3) |
| October 29 |
Zinc's Antioxidant Potential Probed |
| 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 |
| October 18 |
Ground Broken Today for New Poisonous Plant Research Lab |
| 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 |
Web Site Available on Bt Corn |
| October 2 |
Greenbug-Resistant Wheat Now Available |
| 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 |
September Issue of Healthy Animals Now Online |
| September 24 |
New Genus and Five New Species of Moths Discovered in Colorado |
| September 23 |
SALSA Science Helps Water-Scarce Southwest |
| 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 |
Latest ARS Food & Nutrition Research Briefs Posted (2) |
| August 26 |
Smart Weed Whacker Takes Guesswork Out of Spraying |
| 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 |
USDA Seeks Comments on National Agricultural Library Report |
| August 16 |
Pre-Conditioning for Hot Weather May Aid Birds |
| August 15 |
USDA Updates Core Nutrient Database |
| August 15 |
Gene Jockeys Fight Fusarium |
| 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 |
July 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 |
Presidential Award for ARS Veterinary Medical Officer |
| July 12 |
Post-Harvest Orchard Cleanup May Deter Mexican Fruit Flies |
| 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 |
Scientists 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 |
Historical Maryland Wye Oak Photos Featured on NAL Web Site |
| June 13 |
Dietary Habits Associated With Esophageal Cancer |
| June 12 |
Friendly Bacteria Help Fight Potato Rot Fungi |
| June 11 |
Arboretum Awards Medal to Lady Bird Johnson |
| June 10 |
E-mail Lists Tell What's New for Kids at Science Web Sites |
| June 10 |
Bugs Behind the Scenes at Natural History Museum |
| 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 |
Latest ARS Food & Nutrition Research Briefs Posted (1) |
| May 20 |
Protecting Cotton Seedlings From Fungal Attack |
| May 17 |
Another Grape Compound Shows Promise as Cancer-Preventing Agent |
| May 17 |
In Its 75th Anniversary Year, Arboretum Hosts International Bonsai Symposium |
| May 16 |
Homocysteine Still Incriminated in Heart Disease |
| May 15 |
Spray Weeds With Vinegar? |
| May 14 |
Spinning System Produces Core-Wrapped Yarn in a Single Step |
| May 13 |
Insect Remains Are Better 'Suited' for Fight Against Pests |
| May 10 |
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 |
| 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 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 |
New Issue of Healthy Animals Now Online |
| February 12 |
Herbs Can Spice Up Your Antioxidant Protection |
| 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 |
ARS News in Spanish Now Available on the Internet |
| February 5 |
New 'Virtual Laboratory' Connects Researchers, Industry to Microbial Models |
| 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 |
