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ARS and cooperators study cotton gin dust emissions

July 5, 2011
This release is available in Spanish . The last of seven cotton gins is being tested this year as the fieldwork for a major 4-year cotton gin dust sampling project draws to a close. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists organized the project to intensively ...

Bolder BioTechnology receives $600,000 NIH SBIR grant to study long-acting IL-11 analog in ARS

August 19, 2010
Bolder BioTechnology, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant totaling $600,000 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of The National Institutes of Health (NIH). The grant will be used to demonstrate the feasibility of using ...

ARS Study Helps Farmers Make Best Use of Fertilizers

June 10, 2010
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new way to make topographic maps with radar can help farmers divert more of their resources to the highest-yielding parts of their fields, according to an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist.

ARS scientists seek blight-resistant spuds

June 3, 2010
Potatoes offering elevated levels of phytonutrients thought to promote health could add a new dimension to the consumer diet. But the journey from farm to fork can be a perilous one fraught with sundry microorganisms ready to attack the spuds, either while they're still in the ground or during ...

ARS scientists seek blight-resistant spuds

June 3, 2010
Agricultural Research Service scientists in Idaho are coordinating a unique program to develop new potato lines that resist different biotypes of the late-blight fungus, Phytophthora infestans, best known for its role in the Irish potato famine of 1845.

ARS scientists in North Dakota help improve potato storage capabilities

May 20, 2010
This release is available in Spanish . Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in North Dakota are evaluating the storage properties of promising new potato varieties that could greatly improve potato quality for growers throughout the United States. Seventy ...

ARS scientists in North Dakota help improve potato storage capabilities

May 6, 2010
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in North Dakota are evaluating the storage properties of promising new potato varieties that could greatly improve potato quality for growers throughout the United States.

ARS scientists in North Dakota help improve potato storage capabilities

May 6, 2010
Agricultural Research Service scientists in North Dakota are evaluating the storage properties of promising new potato varieties that could greatly improve potato quality for growers throughout the United States.

ARS scientists identify genetic resistance to rice sheath blight

May 4, 2010
This release is available in Spanish . Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have identified sources of genetic resistance to sheath blight, a major disease affecting rice production worldwide. Sheath blight, caused by the fungus Rhizoctonia solani , is a major disease ...

ARS scientists identify genetic resistance to rice sheath blight

May 4, 2010
Agricultural Research Service scientists have identified sources of genetic resistance to sheath blight, a major disease affecting rice production worldwide.

ARS scientists study effects of grazing on grouse habitat

April 30, 2010
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists at the Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center in Burns, Ore., are taking a careful look at how grazing cattle affect sage-grouse habitat on high desert rangelands.

ARS scientists study effects of grazing on grouse habitat

April 30, 2010
This release is available in Spanish . Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists at the Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center in Burns, Ore., are taking a careful look at how grazing cattle affect sage-grouse habitat on high desert rangelands. Cattle share this habitat ...