Study clarifies U.S. beef's resource use and greenhouse gas emissions
A fuller picture is emerging of the environmental footprint of beef in the United States.
Environment
Mar 12, 2019
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One tiny step for a nematode, one big step toward sustainable agriculture in space
An exciting collaboration between the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Pheronym (Alachua, FL), will send nematodes (small round worms) into space to the International Space Station ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 21, 2019
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ARS cotton advance helps launch wound dressing
A new, nonwoven cotton gauze that quickly stanches bleeding and promotes wound healing is now commercially available, thanks to the efforts of a multidisciplinary team that includes scientists with USDA's Agricultural Research ...
Materials Science
Feb 1, 2019
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Coconut oil compounds repel insects better than DEET
Compounds derived from coconut oil are better than DEET at repelling blood-sucking insects, according to a new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) study.
Biochemistry
Nov 1, 2018
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Transferring sorghum's weed-killing power to rice
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have transferred a biochemical pathway found in sorghum, which produces a weed-killing compound, into rice plants.
Biotechnology
Aug 28, 2018
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Species shifts in the honey bee microbiome differ with age and hive role
The makeup of microbial species—the microbiome—in a honey bee queen's gut changes slowly as she ages, while a worker bee's microbiome changes much more rapidly, according to a new study published by Agricultural Research ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 3, 2018
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Scientists refine 'Profile' of a fungal tree killer
A team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and university scientists has identified two new species of fungi as the puzzling killer of hundreds of thousands of Hawaii's beloved 'ōhi'a trees.
Environment
Jun 15, 2018
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Previously unknown rice blast resistance isolated
A never-before-described gene that gives rice resistance to a disease that has been costing about $66 billion a year in global damage has been isolated by a team of scientists led by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) plant ...
Biotechnology
May 24, 2018
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Tick control program reveals high level of infection in white-footed mice
A surprisingly high percent of the white-footed mice collected last summer in Howard County, Maryland, in an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Areawide Integrated Tick Management Project turned out to be infected with the ...
Ecology
Apr 25, 2018
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New trap better at snaring stable flies
A new stable fly trap, now on the market, catches more flies than the standard trap, according to a recent Agricultural Research Service (ARS) study.
Other
Apr 5, 2018
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