Upgrading America’s underground drainage network
Dale Bucks
There is a revolution or revamping going on that could dramatically cha…
Category: Agricultural Research
Just a sprinkle makes the selenium go down
Donald L. Suarez
While selenium is an essential nutrient for humans and other animals, a…
Twice as nice: breeding versatile vegetables: the all-America. selection winner Black Pearl is the latest cultivar to be developed and released …
Parasites: the problems persist
K. Darwin Murrell
In the mid-1800’s, public health concerns about pork infested with a particular pa…
Insecticides From Sugar? – Brief Article
Sugar esters tested by ARS and university entomologists around the country could find use as env…
Industry consorts with science – commercializing technology
Bruce Kinzel
On paper, corporate restructuring is a sound business move…
New plants shrug off salinity
Marcia Wood
Two new lines of salt-tolerant plants from ARS researchers may someday prove to be a boon…
That gray melon from Charleston – South Carolina
Sean Adams
It’s one of a continuing string of successes from the U.S. Vegetable Lab…
Testing two corn rootworm controls
Don Comis
Corn rootworms are the number-one pest of corn, costing farmers hundreds of millions o…
Detecting stress in animals – Brief Article
Sharon Durham
When people get stressed, they seek relief in many ways. Some exercise, s…