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IPM Targets Grasshoppers; pesticides; malathion; carbaryl; integrated pest management; Grasshopper IPM User Handbook; Jerome A. Onsager; Bozeman; MT; carbaryl; kestrels; biocontrol; Nosema locustae; a microscopic protozoan; and the fungus Beauveria bassiana; Douglas A. Streett; Elaine A. Oma; James R. Fisher; J. Ross Wight and Fred B. Pierson; Boise; ID; William P. Kemp; Bozeman MT; Tom Kalaris; global positioning system (GPS); geographic information system (GIS); 96Jan04

Sidebar; How To Get the Handbook and Software; Grasshopper IPM User Handbook (USDA; APHIS Technical Bulletin No. 1809) 96Jan08

Sidebar; Grasshoppers Frozen in Time; Knife Point glacier; Richard Nunamaker; Laramie; WY; DNA analysis; 96Jan10

Natural Product Outdoes Malathion; abamectin; Caribbean fruit fly; Streptomyces avermitilis; biocontrol; Michael K. Hennessey; Jimmie R. King; Miami; FL paralyzes the fly's nervous system; citrus rust mite; 96Jan11

Arboretum Leads Low-Chemical Landscape Movement; pesticide; IPM; integrated pest management; bonsai; Scott Aker; Washington; DC 96Jan12

Biologicals Hit the Marketplace; milky spore disease; bacterium; Bacillus popilliae; Japanese beetles; Integrated Pest Management (IPM); CRADA; Mycotech; fungus Beauveria bassiana; nematode; Steinernema riobravis; ASPIRE; yeast Candida oliophila; Bio-Save 11; biocontrol; bacterium Pseudomonas syringae; Ray Carruthers; Richard M. Parry; Jr.; Beltsville; MD Jimmy R. Raulston; Weslaco; TX Charles L. Wilson and Michael E. Wisniewski; Kearneysville; WV 96Jan16

Testing Diversified Orchard Ecosystems; integrated pest management (IPM); Mark Brown; D. Michael Glenn; Kearneysville; WV; biocontrol; Golden Delicious and Empire apple; rape; buckwheat; dill; and dwarf sorghum; apple scab; plant bugs; and leaf rollers; codling moth; sex pheromone dispensers; peach trees; 96Jan18

To Zap Medflies--Red Dye; Updated Traps; sun-activated insecticide; Mediterranean fruit fly; phloxine B; malathion; C&C trap; Merrill and McPhail traps; Roy T. Cunningham; Nicanor J. Liquido; Hilo; HI; Robert L. Mangan and Daniel S. Moreno; Weslaco; TX; 96Jan20

Soybean Enzyme Replacing Formaldehyde; in adhesives; abrasives; protective coatings; peroxidase; David J. Sessa; Peoria; IL 96Jan23

Kit To Detect Coccidiosis Drug; CRADA; Neogen Corp. of Lansing; MI; Salinomycin; broiler feed; protozoan; chickens; Larry H. Stanker; College Station; TX 96Jan23

ARS Taps Grain Bugs' Suppertime; CRADA; ALFID Acoustic Location Fixing Insect Detector; larvae; Dennis Shuman; Gainesville; FL 96Jan23

Gene Probe Unmasks Culprit in Soybean Sudden Death; DNA probes; Fusarium fungi; Kerry O'Donnell; Peoria; IL 96Jan23

Nature's Chemical Factory Yields a Kiwifruit Protector; biocontrol; extract from Trichoderma harzanium mold prevents Botrytis cinerea mold; Hank Cutler; Athens; GA 96Jan23

Keeping 'em Off the Farm; foodborne illnesses; Salmonella; E. coli; Campylobacter jejuni; Listeria monocytogenes; Mycobacterium paratuberculosis; polymerase chain reaction (PCR); brucellosis; Arcobacter; pigs; pork; Paula J. Cray; Tom Stabel; Irene V. Wesley; Karen Harmon; Mark A. Rasmussen; Brad T. Bosworth; William C. Cray; Jr.; Thomas Casey; Albert L. Baetz; Judith R. Stabel; Betsy J. Bricker; NADC, Ames, IA 96Feb04

The Cat/Pig Toxoplasmosis Connection; Toxoplasma gondii; cats; pork; pregnant women; Vaccine J.P. Dubey; Beltsville; MD 96Feb08

Breeding Oats for Rust Resistance; genetic engineering; Avena sativa; corn; Zea mays; biocontrol; resistant to a crown rust; fungus; haploid oat plants; Howard Rines; St. Paul; MN 96Feb10

Nematode Takes On Japanese Beetle Grubs; Steinernema glaseri; Popillia japonica; white grub; turf; biocontrol; Michael G. Klein; Wooster; OH 96Feb12

Foreign Genes for Domestic Cottons; Republic of Uzbekistan; Russia; National Cotton Germplasm Collection; Ed Percival and Russell J. Kohel; College Station; TX 96Feb14

Sugarcane for Cooler Climes; Benjamin L. Legendre and William H. White; Houma 96Feb17

From Barley--More Heart Benefits; cholesterol-lowering tocotrienol; oat bran; David M. Peterson; Madison; WI; Y. Victor Wu and George E. Inglett; Peoria; IL 96Feb20

Lower Fat French Fries Made From Rice; Ranjit Kadan; New Orleans; LA 96Feb21

Sexual Trichoderma Discovered; Fungus; BioFungicides; biocontrol; Amy Y. Rossman and Gary J. Samuels; Beltsville; MD 96Feb22

Toxin To Get Competition From a Nontoxic Cousin; CRADA; aflatoxin; peanuts; Aspergillus; biocontrol; Richard J. Cole; Dawson; GA 96Feb23

Eastern Europe Gets Demos of U.S. Biocontrols; Colorado potato beetle; beneficial bacteria; fungi; wasps; predator bugs; and nematodes; biocontrol; Richard Soper; Robert Schroder; Beltsville; MD 96Feb23

Follow-Up Trip to Kazakhstan Yields Potential Apple Bonanza; Plant explorers; Central Asia; germplasm Philip L. Forsline; Geneva; NY 96Feb23

Africanized Honey Bees--the March North Has Slowed; Hachiro Shimanuki; Beltsville; MD 96Mar02

Buzzing Across the Border; africanized honey bees; Mexico; pheromone-baited traps; varroa and trachael mites; DEET; William Wilson; Weslaco; TX Anita Collins; Beltsville; MD 96Mar04

Sampling With a Bee-Vac; africanized honey bees; Dust buster vacuum; William Wilson; Weslaco; TX 96Mar04

An Ounce of Prevention ... a Cure for Plum Pox Virus; virus; Sharka; aphids; grafting; peaches; apricots; transgenic plants; papaya ringspot; Ralph Scorza; Kearneysville; WV Vernon D. Damsteegt; Frederick; MD 96Mar11

A High-Tech Mosquito Barrier; Everglades; Key Island; salt marsh mosquito; octenol; carbon dioxide; Aedes taeniorhynchus; rotator surveillance trap; Dan Kline and Don Barnard; Gainesville; FL 96Mar12

Benign Mutant Bacterium Holds Down Brown Spot; green beans; Pseudomonas syringae; biocontrol; Christen D Upper and D. Kyle Willis; Madison; WI 96Mar15

Intercropping; for More Forage and Less Erosion; alfalfa; sweet sorghum; sorghum/Sudangrass hybrid; interseeding; Dwayne R. Buxton; Ames; IA 96Mar15

Banking on Bt; germplasm collection; Bacillus thuringiensis; biocontrol; 12;145 strains; Phyllis A Martin; Beltsville; MD 96Mar16

Reducing Airborne Dust Particles; PM-10; wind erosion; air quality; Keith Saxton; Ann Kennedy; Frank Young; Pullman; WA Lawrence J. Hagen; Manhattan; KS; Donald Fryrear; Big Spring; TX; 96Mar18

Algorithm Helps Hunt Jumping Genes; biotechnology; transposons; potato plants; Teruko Oosumi and William R. Belknap; Albany; CA; 96Mar23

Fungus Could Make Special Gene Deliveries; genetic engineering; biotechnology; Olpidium zoospore; genetic courier; virus; beans; lettuce; Lingyu Zhang and William Langenberg; Lincoln; NE; 96Mar23

Algae Show Promise Against Cancer; blue-green alga; beta carotene; carotenoids; Spirulina algae; vitamin A.; leukoplakia; Padmanabhan P. Nair; Beltsville; MD; 96Mar23

Plowing Uproots Carbon Dioxide; reduces soil fertility; CO2; microbes; wheatfields; Donald C. Reicosky; Morris; MN 96Mar23

Does Agriculture Compute; forum; Computers; models; precise control of machinery; record keeping; management scenarios; technology; Jan van Schilfgaarde; Beltsville; MD 96Apr02

From Cow Chips to Silicon Chips; computer-controlled Ag-Chem Terra Gator; potash; soil potassium; fertilizer; precision farming; Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites; yield monitor; cotton; center-pivot irrigation; thermal kinetic window; STEERISK; cattle; forage; genetic evaluations of dairy bulls; Net Merit; software FarmBook; FarmWin; Galen Hart; Duane Norman; and Paul VanRaden; Beltsville; MD; Sam Alessi; Morris; MN; Dan Upchurch; Don Wanjura; John Burke; and James Mahan; Lubbock; TX 96Apr04

Watering for Peanuts; sidebar; Tommy Bennett; Jim Davidson; Dawson; GA EXNUT; irrigation; computer modeling; 96Apr07

Computing Pollution; sidebar; nitrogen fertilizer; nitrates; NLEAP (Nitrate Leaching and Economic Analysis Package); Marvin J. Shaffer; Fort Collins; CO; 96Apr 11

Orbiting Eye Will See Where Crops Need Help; satellites; RESOURCE21; Inc.; video cameras remote sensing; maps; James H. Everitt; David Escobar; Weslaco; TX; 96Apr12

Smart Sprayer Selects Weeds for Elimination; computer chips; light; and infrared emitters; silicon photodetectors; herbicides; soybeans; cotton; James E. Hanks; Stoneville; MS; 96Apr15

Golden Nematodes Are Anything But; potato plant roots; Globodera rostochiensis; fumigants; Peconic; Wauseon; Atlantic; Allegheny; and Kanona; Bill B. Brodie; Ithaca; NY 96Apr16

Fingerprinting Parasitic Worms; nematodes; tapeworms to roundworms; synlophe; parasitologists; barber pole worm; J. Ralph Lichtenfels; Beltsville; MD; 96Apr18

A New Spin on Naturally Colored Cottons; Cotton Textile Engineering; yarns and fabrics; staple-core; filament-core spinning; Linda B. Kimmel; Craig L. Folk; New Orleans; LA 96Apr20

Melon Could Speed Soyoil Drying; green Chinese melon; bitter melon; enzymes; varnishes and coatings; conjugated fatty acid synthetase; eleostearic acid; Dorselyn Chapital; Min Kun Chang; New Orleans; LA 96Apr22

Fruit Flies May Hide--But May Not Arrive Alive; oxygen; nitrogen; and carbon dioxide; controlled temperatures; methyl bromide; CRADA; TransFRESH Corp. citrus; mango; avocado; Mediterranean; Mexican; Caribbean; grapefruit; Robert Mangan; Weslaco; TX; 96Apr23

Silky Weapon Against Worms; Cornsilk; CRADA; plant breeding techniques; pest resistance; Neil Widstrom; Tifton; GA; 96Apr23

Could Beans Clean Up After Pigs?; water pollution; soybean plants cleanse soil of nitrogen from swine waste; fertilizer; Dan Israel; Raleigh; NC; 96Apr23

Peanut Turns Out Finished Beef Cattle; Rhizoma; cow-calf; Gulf Coast; Andrew C. Hammond; Brooksville; FL 96Apr23

For Economical; Abundant; and Varied Fruits; forum; editorial; mangoes; papayas; carambolas; kiwi fruit; imported; ethylene dibromide; EDB; methyl bromide; hot-water treatment;Kenneth W. Vick; Beltsville; MD 95Jan02

Mayag´ez Lab Helps Farmers in the Tropics; Mayag´ez; banana; Heber Irizarry; plantains; sweetpotatoes; yams; cassava; beans; taniers; tanier; or taro root; drip irrigation; ratoons; Ivoire; forage sorghum; Cacao; Jackfruit; mangosteen; mango; avocado; lychee; mamey sapote; and carambola; Antonio Sotomayor-Rios; Heber Irizarry; Edmundo Rivera; Ricardo Goenaga; Francisco Vazquez; and Phillip Miklas Mayag´ez; PR 95Jan04

Satellite Link to Improved Farm Practices; Data Transmission Network of Omaha; NB; and FarmDayta2 of Des Moines; IA; Colorado; market and weather reports; irrigation; COAGMET; Harold R. Duke; Fort Collins; CO James R. Welsh; Fort Collins; CO 95Jan08

Peanut Flavor Traced to Oil Quality Factors; Timothy H. Sanders; Raleigh; NC 95Jan11

Microprocessor Improves Roller Ginning Efficiency; cotton; Marvis N. Gillum; 95Jan11

Detached Antennae Tell What an Aphid Can Smell; pea aphid; Wilant van Giessen; Charleston; SC; electroantennography; 95Jan12

Forgotten Hybrid Fills Forage Gap; Agritricum; Grazing; perennial wheatgrass; cattle; Jerry D. Volesky; El Reno; OK 95Jan13

Beyond Methyl Bromide; fumigation; kills weeds; insects; fungi; and bacteria; ozone layer; U.S. Clean Air Act; CATTS; controlled atmosphere/temperature treatment; Patrick V. Vail; Charles E. Curtis; Judy A. Johnson; Edwin L. Soderstrom; Fresno; CA Lisa G. Neven; Yakima; WA Scott R. Yates; Riverside; CA 95Jan14

Soy Ink's Superior Degradability; soybean; Newspaper Association of America (NAA); VOC emissions; Sevim Erhan and Marvin O. Bagby; Peoria; IL 95Jan19

Fungi-Fragment Pesticides; sclerotia; biological insecticides; corn earworm caterpillars; sap beetles; Shearinine B; Eupenicillium shearii; Donald T. Wicklow and Patrick F. Dowd; Peoria; IL 95Jan20

Getting Cadmium Out of Sunflower Seeds; Rufus L. Chaney; Beltsville; MD Jerry F. Miller; Fargo; ND 95Jan21

Calorie Slashing and Overexertion Can Stress the Immune System; U.S. Army Ranger training; T-cell response; interleukin 6 (IL-6); Tim R. Kramer; Beltsville; MD 95Jan22

Bees Take a Stroll for Biocontrol; talc and nuclear polyhedrosis virus; John Hamm; Ga; 95Jan23

Mysterious Pine Toxin Is Identified; ponderosa; cows; cattle; abort; isocupressic acid; Lynn F. James; Logan; Ut; 95Jan23

Computers Help Reap Bigger Soybean Yields; GLYCIM; Basil Acock; Beltsville; Md; 95Jan23

Citrus Acid Could Find Textile Role; dyed cotton fabric; wrinkle-resistant; Bombay Textile Research Association; Robert M. Reinhardt; New Orleans; La; 95Jan23

Corn Grows Digital Ears; computerized catalog; Corn-Base; breeding; GRIN; Peter K. Bretting; Ames; Iowa; 95Jan23

New Casaba Fights Off Mildew; mildew-resistant casaba melons; C931; Perry E. Nugent; Charleston; SC 95Jan23

Animal Health Programs in ARS; welfare; Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) Helene N. Guttman; Beltsville; MD 95Feb02

Animal Research and Care Go Hand-in-Hand; cattle; brucellosis; welfare; Cell culture; histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigens; cytokines; prion gene; scrapie; bovine babesiosis; polymerase chain reaction (PCR);Computer modeling; genome maps; Helene N. Guttman; Thomas E. Walton; Joan K. Lunney; Beltsville; MD Richard L. Witter; East Lansing; MI Katherine I. O'Rourke and Willard L. Goff; Pullman; WA Jonathan D. Hanson; Fort Collins; CO 95Feb04

Trading Wastewater for Crops; trout-farm; greenhouse; Freshwater Institute; hydroponic; plastic strawberry tree; D. Michael Glenn and Fumiomi Takeda; Kearneysville; WV 95Feb10

Growing Garlic From True Seed; Alium sativum; Philipp W. Simon; Madison; WI 95Feb09

Often-Requested Germplasm; sidebar; garlic; Western Regional Plant Introduction Station; Richard M. Hannan; Pullman; WA 95Feb09

DNA--Sequencing Is a New Tool for Insect Detectives; honey bees; genetic markers; fingerprint; Mediterranean fruit flies; medflies; mitochondria; mosquito; corn earworms; bluetongue virus; biting midges; sweetpotato whitefly; Indianmeal moth and lesser grain borer; potato leafhopper; Steve Sheppard; Hachiro Shimanuki; M. Christina Arias; Nathan Schiff; Beltsville; MD Alan Sylvester and Thomas E. Rinderer; Baton Rouge; LA Andrew F. Cockburn and Truls Jensen; Gainesville; FL S. Karl Narang; Fargo; ND Walter J. Tabachnick; Laramie; WY Alan C. Bartlett; Phoenix; AZ Bruce C. Campbell; Albany; CA Alan K. Dowdy; Manhattan; KS Daniel Z. Skinner; Manhattan; KS 95Feb12

New Farming System Catches On; dryland; soil erosion; wheat-sorghum-fallow rotation; corn; Randy L. Anderson; Akron; CO Ardell D. Halvorson; Mandan; ND 95Feb19

Built-in Rust Resistance Means Better Beans; rust fungus; Uromyces appendiculatus; or by bean common mosaic virus (BCMV); J. Rennie Stavely; Beltsville; MD Matt J. Silbernagel; Prosser; WA 95Feb20

Crisper Apples Sooner; controlled atmosphere (CA) storage; carbon dioxide (CO2); cold; Stephen R. Drake is at the USDA-ARS Tree Fruit Research Laboratory; 1104 North Western Ave.; Wenatchee; WA 95Feb21

AGNPS Tracks Pollutants to Their Source; watershed; Agricultural Non-Point-Source; runoff; rain or snowmelt or irrigation; pesticides; fertilizers; or sediment; Robert A. Young; Morris; MN 95Feb22

Faster Harvester May Save Soil; Water; Too; combine; stripper header; standing stubble; erosion; Dale Wilkins and Clyde Douglas; Pendleton; OR Joseph Pikul; Sidney; MT 95Feb22

Dye + Sun=Dead Fruit Flies; red and yellow dye; alternative to malathion; pesticide; insecticide; Robert Mangan; Weslaco; TX Roy Cunningham; Hilo; HI 95Feb23

Fly to Ant: Off With Your Head!; Pseudacteon flies; Sanford Porter; Gainesville; FL 95Feb23

Chickens Leaner With Amino Acid in Feed; N-methyl aspartic acid (NMA); John P. McMurtry; Beltsville; MD Claude R. Barb; Athens; GA Mark J. Estienne; 95Feb23

Aging Limits Bounceback From Weight Gain or Loss; fat; muscle; bone; Susan B. Roberts; Boston; MA 95Feb23

Biosystematics: Putting Pests in Their Places; biocontrol; James L. Krysan; Beltsville; MD 95Mar02

Gotcha! Lady Beetles Gobble Aphids; beneficial organisms; Biocontrol; parasitic wasps; Coccinella septempunctata; sevenspotted; Propylea quatuordecimpunctata; Coccinella undecimpunctata; Hippodamia variegata; Harmonia quadripunctata; and Harmonia axyridis; aggregation pheromone; William H. Day; Paul W. Schaefer; Newark; DE Louis Tedders; Jr.; Byron; GA Jeffrey R. Aldrich; Beltsville; MD 95MAR04

Averting Fishkill; catfish; Edwardsiella ictaluri; enteric septicemia; new diagnostic kit; bacterium; Phillip H. Klesius; Auburn; AL 95Mar09

Resuscitating Rice; germinate; germplasm collection; embryo rescue; Robert H. Dilday; Stuttgart; AR 95Mar10

Success Secrets of Desert Plants; water; drought; cacti; agaves; sagebrush; creosote bush; Jornada Experimental Range; geotropism; hydrotropism can actually override geotropism; mesquite; fungi; vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM); Jerry R. Barrow; Robert P. Gibbens; Kris M. Havstad; Las Cruces; NM 95Mar12

Natural Reseeding of the Desert; sidebar; Jornada Experimental Range; pole-mounted seeders; 95Mar15

Rhizobial Magic; nitrogen-fixing bacteria; clover; alfalfa; soybeans; beans; peanuts; and other legumes; Rhizobium Collection; Peter van Berkum ; Beltsville; MD 95Mar16

Supercritical Fluid Fat Extraction; hamburger; cholesterol; SFE; carbon dioxide (CO2) Jerry W. King; Peoria IL 95Mar18

A Good Pirate; beneficial bug; biocontrol of stored-product insects;Indianmeal moths; Mediterranean flour moths; almond moths; red flour beetles; sawtooth grain beetles; warehouse beetles; computer model; Thomas W. Phillips; Hilo; HI 95Mar19

Toward More Tender Beef; marbled; enzyme-inhibiting protein; calpastatin; calpain; calcium chloride; Calcium-Activated Tenderization (CAT); Dan Laster; Mohammad Koohmaraie; Larry V. Cundiff; Steven D. Shackelford; Tommy L. Wheeler; Clay Center; NE 95Mar20

Speeding Natural Rubber Production; Latex; goldenrod and guayule; Katrina Cornish and Deborah Siler; Albany; CA 95Mar22

Hey! Carambola; starfruit; Mediterranean; oriental fruit flies; melon flies; John W. Armstrong; Hilo; HI 95Mar22

Is Cottonseed a Good Choice for Bull Diet?; Beef; cattle; gossypol; infertility; testicular tissue damage; Chad C. Chase; Jr.; Brooksville; FL; 95Mar23

Why Melons Go Bland; cantaloupe; sugar; root stress; oxygen; Gene Lester; Weslaco; TX; Steven Huber; Raleigh; NC; 95Mar23

Apple Buds Snooze in Deep Freeze; liquid nitrogen; cryopreservation; germplasm repository; Philip L. Forsline; Geneva; NY; Leigh Towill; Fort Collins; CO; 95Mar23

Lupin: A Cool Alternative to Soybeans; legume; high protein; fiber William Clapham, Orono, ME 95Mar23

Carbon Dioxide and the Human Community; (CO2); global climate change; Gary R. Evans; Washington; DC 95Apr02

FACE-ing the Future; CO2; Water Conservation; Free Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment; global climate change; cotton; wheat; water; Bruce A. Kimball; Phoenix; AZ 95Apr04

Less Thirst--More Growth! Sidebar; carbon dioxide; CO2; water; rangeland brush; acacia; wheat; Herman S. Mayeux; and H. Wayne Polley; Temple; TX 95Apr06

Chickpea Growers Back in Business; Ascochyta blight; Dwelley; Sanford; kabuli; Myles; desi; Walter J. Kaiser; Frederick J. Muehlbauer; Pullman; WA; 95Apr08

Calcium Sprays: Better Fruit; Healthier Trees; apple; pear; chloride; nitrate; bitter pit; scald; internal breakdown; cork spot; Stephen R. Drake; J. Thomas Raese; Wenatchee; WA 95Apr09

Pepper Weevils: New Trap Aids IPM; bell and jalapeno; Anthonomus eugenii; pheromone trap; CRADA; Trece; Inc.; Donald A. Nordlund; Weslaco; TX Catolaccus hunteri; Robert J. Bartelt; Peoria; IL; Peoria; IL 95Apr10

News From the Aquatic Weed Front; Egeria densa; Brazil; Sacramento River; herbicide; Komeen; rhizomes; Sonar; Lars W. J. Anderson; Davis; CA 95Apr12

Growing the Living Daylights Out of Kleingrass; mesocotyl; coleoptile; grass; rangeland reseeding; auxin; Charles R. Tischler; Temple; TX 95Apr14

Salinas Stands Lettuce Industry on Its Head; tipburn disease; mosaic virus disease; Edward J. Ryder; Salinas; CA 95Apr14

Microbes Clean Up Cattle Dip; tick-killing coumaphos; carbon dioxide; cattle fever; Jeffrey S. Karns; Walter W. Mulbry; Daniel R. Shelton; Beltsville; MD 95Apr15

Palouse Revolution in the Making; 3-year crop rotation; IPM; erosion; crop diseases; and weeds; integrated pest management; winter wheat; spring barley; and spring peas; conservation tillage; herbicide; Frank L. Young; Pullman; WA 95Apr16

Anatomy of a Snowflake; scanning electron microscope (SEM);ice crystals; irrigation water; snowmelt models; SRM; William P. Wergin; Eric F. Erbe Albert Rango; Beltsville; MD 95Apr18

New Storage for Hazelnuts; liquid nitrogen; cryopreservation; germplasm; embryo tip; axis; Barbara M. Reed; Corvallis; OR 95Apr22

Onions Are Safe Sheep Feed; sulfides; Rick Estell and Ed Fredrickson; Las Cruces; NM 95Apr22

Our Survey Says: What America Eats; food; Alanna Moshfegh; Riverdale; MD 95Apr23

New Link to Artery Narrowing; amino acid; homocysteine; heart disease and stroke; folate (folic acid) and vitamin B6; Framingham Heart Study; Jacob Selhub; Boston; MA 95Apr23

Hormone Snippet to Kernel: Don't Sprout! wheat; abscisic acid; Kay Simmons; Pullman; WA 95Apr23

Tiber Thwarts Tipburn; iceberg lettuce; Edward J. Ryder; Salinas; CA 95Apr23

CRADA Targets New Bean Virus; cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) Silverleaf whiteflies; biotype B sweetpotato whiteflies; golden mosaic virus; Phillip N. Miklas; Mayag´ez; Puerto Rico; 95Apr23

Arboretum Deploys Good Mites Against Bad Ones; Phytoseiulus persimilis and Amblyseius californicus; bonsai; roses; integrated pest management (IPM); pesticide; Scott Aker; Washington; DC 95Apr23

Improving on Linnaeus; forum; editorial; systematics; taxonomy; database; U.S. National Fungus Collection; Mary Palm and David F. Farr; Beltsville; MD; 95May02

Reinventing Systematics; attines; parasol mushroom; leaf-cutter ants; mycologists; spores; DNA fingerprinting and expert systems; trichinosis; pigs; pork; hogs; swine; Amy Y. Rossman; Gary J. Samuels; Steve A. Rehner; J. Ralph Lichtenfels; Douglass R. Miller; Beltsville; MD 95May04

On Chalcid Corner; sidebar; parasitic wasps; Colorado potato beetle; Mexican bean beetle; expert system; Michael E. Schauff; Eric E. Grissell Beltsville; MD 95May08

Vetch Mulch Fetches More Veggies; tomato; plastic films; polyethylene; organic; nitrogen; Aref A. Abdul-Baki; John R. Stommel; John R. Teasdale; Beltsville MD 95May10

Bulletin Available; sidebar; Farmers' Bulletin 2279; Sustainable Production of Fresh-Market Tomatoes With Organic Mulches; Aref Abdul-Baki; Beltsville MD 95May11

Nutrient Accountants; food; diet; USDA Agriculture Handbook; Composition of Foods - Raw; Processed; Prepared; nationwide health and nutrition survey; NHANES; Ruth Matthews; Rena Cutrufelli ; Riverdale; MD Wayne R. Wolf; Beltsville; MD 95May12

Data You Can Trust; sidebar; food composition; human nutrition; carotenoid; expert system; INFOODS; Joanne M. Holden; Riverdale; MD 95May15

Whitefly Fungus on Its Way to Growers; sweetpotato whiteflies; melons; cucumbers; cole crops; tomatoes; Beauveria bassiana; GHA; Mycotrol-WP; IPM; Ray Carruthers is at the USDA-ARS Subtropical Agricultural Research Laboratory; Biological Control of Pests Research Unit; 2413 E. Highway 83; Weslaco; TX 95May16

Getting the Lowdown on Worms; formaldehyde; nightcrawlers; earthworms; atrazine; alachlor; herbicides; organic residue; no-till and conservation tillage; soil erosion; middens; Pheretima; grass hedges; Edwin C. Berry; Ames; IA Bill Edwards; Coshocton; OH Doral Kemper; Beltsville; MD 95May18

Insectary Workers Can Breathe Easier; moth scales; mass-rearing; ALERT; for Advanced Lepidoptera Environment Rearing Technology; filter; filtration system; Frank M. Davis and Johnnie N. Jenkins; Mississippi State; MS 95May22

Wheat Aphid Is Target of Biotech R&D; (CRADA) J. Troy Weeks; ; Albany; CA 95May23

ARS Designs Automated System To Aid Poultry Inspection; fiber optic probes; chicken; septicemia disease; Yud-Ren Chen; Beltsville; MD 95May23

When Alcohol Is Drunk; Calories Count; metabolism; William V. Rumpler; Beltsville; MD 95May23

With New Corn; Worms May Bite Off More Than They Can Chew; CRADA; southwestern corn borer; Bacillus thuringiensis bacteria; BT; armyworms; W. Paul Williams; Mississippi State; MS 95May23

California Is Cleared of Fungal Guilt-by-Association; wheat; Tilletia controversa fungus; dwarf bunt; U.S. National Fungus Collection; Amy Rossman; Beltsville; MD 95May23

Letting Go of Certain Myths; forum; editorial; rangeland; livestock; sheep; cattle; grazing; Taylor Grazing Act; R. Dennis Child; Beltsville; MD; 95Jun02

Sheep at Home on the Wild Summer Range; Centennial Mountains; grazing on Idaho fescue; cinquefoil; antelope bitterbrush; 1964 Wilderness Act; John W. Walker and Gary D. Snowder; Dubois; ID 95Jun04

Signs Along the Continental Divide; sidebar; sheep; John Walker; Dubois; ID 95Jun07

St. Croix Sheep Produce More Spring Lamb; heat-tolerant; hair instead of wool; Michael A. Brown; Booneville; AR 95Jun09

Fill Your Tank With Citrus; orange; ethanol; waste;Karel Grohmann; galacturonic acid; arabinose; E. coli KO11; Karel Grohmann; Winter Haven; FL 95Jun10

Monitoring Methane; greenhouse gases; carbon dioxide; nitrous oxide; emissions from cattle; sniffing corral; belching; rumen; animal waste lagoons; ammonia; Lowry A. Harper and Ronald R. Sharpe; Watkinsville; GA 95Jun12

Hiking Human Zinc Absorption; amino acid; methionine; lysine; William A. House and Ross M. Welch; Ithaca; NY 95Jun15

Good Earth; healthy smell; filamentous microbes; odor; soil; geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol; fungi and actinomycetes; Timothy B. Parkin and Peter D. Stahl; Ames; IA; 95Jun16

New Strain Slows Silage Spoilage; inoculant; U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center; alfalfa; corn; Lactobacillus buchneri; lactic acid; acetic acid; Cargill; Inc.; CRADA; Richard E. Muck; Madison; WI 95Jun17

Treating the Bees' Wheeze; Varroa mites; Golden Angels; honey bees; tracheal; pollination; fluvalinate; pyrethroid; thymol; eucalyptus oil; Nick Calderone; Beltsville; MD 95Jun18

Fruit Sorters Need More Light; cherries; fluorescent bulbs; eyestrain; Galen K. Brown; East Lansing; MI 95Jun19

The Next Bioherbicide?; fungus; hemp sesbania; weeds; Colletotrichum truncatum; liquid fermentation cultures; biocontrol; spores; microsclerotia;Mark A. Jackson and David A. Schisler; Peoria; IL C. Douglas Boyette; Stoneville; MS 95Jun20

Haute Cuisine for Lab Rodents; rats and mice; nutrition; diets; Philip G. Reeves; Grand Forks; ND 95Jun21

Computer Figures Stored-Grain Insect Risk; Stored Grain Advisor (SGA); aeration; fumigation; insecticide; rusty grain beetle; lesser grain borer; red flour beetle; sawtoothed grain beetle; Paul W. Flinn and David W. Hagstrum; Manhattan; KS 95Jun22

Space Flight Didn't Crack Moth's Adaptive Armor; gypsy moth; Robert A. Bell; Beltsville; MA; 95Jun23

EPA OK's Biofungicides from ARS Research; ASPIRE and BIO-SAVE-11; Candida oliophila yeast; Pseudomonas syringae; apple; pear; and citrus. Charles L. Wilson and Wojciech J. Janisiewicz; Kearneysville; WV; 95Jun23

ARS Research Summaries on the Internet; gopher.nalusda.gov.; 95Jun23

Bacterial Sugars Taste Sweet to Industry; (CRADA) ; Leuconostoc bacteria make dextrans; Michael R. Smith; Albany; CA 95Jun23

Hessian Fly Could Meet Its Match in Resistant Wheat; Roger Ratcliffe; West Lafayette; IN; 95Jun23

Spray-on Bugs for Biocontrol; CRADA; lacewings; aphids; whiteflies; leafhoppers; mites; and scales. W. Louis Tedders; Byron; GA 95Jun23

Food Security: New Tools and New Teamwork; pest control; pesticides; integrated pest management (IPM); codling moth; apples and pears; biocontrol; corn rootworm; cotton-damaging pink bollworm and tobacco budworm; and Colorado potato beetle; Bio-Save-11 and Aspire; Richard M. Parry; Beltsville; MD 95Jul02

IPM Goes Areawide; codling moth; integrated pest management; apple pear; Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) sterile male; biocontrol; pheromones; mating disruption; Carrol O. Calkins; Alan L. Knight; and Tom R. Unruh; Yakima; WA; Robert M. Faust; Beltsville; MD 95Jul04

Evolution of IPM; sidebar; integrated pest management; 95Jul08

Grappling With E. coli; foodborne disease; PCR polymerase chain reaction; E. coli 0157:H7 bacteria; National Animal Disease Center; NADC; cattle; calves; Brad T. Bosworth; Thomas Casey; William C. Cray; Jr.; and Mark A. Rasmussen; Ames; IA; 95Jul09

Decolorizing Textile Wastewater; dyes; cotton fabrics; quaternized cellulose; sugarcane bagasse; Remazol Brilliant Red F3B; Joseph A. Laszlo; Peoria; IL 95Jul10

Southwest Runner Peanut Resists Blight; Sclerotinia minor fungus; biocontrol; Hassan A. Melouk; Stillwater; OK; 95Jul10

Tissue-Culturing Plants on Cornstarch; gelling mixture; apples; pears; and raspberries; Gelrite; agar; Ingrid M. Fordham; Beltsville; MD; 95Jul11

Subtle Larceny: Too Little Protein in Elders; Recommended Dietary Allowance RDA; adductor pollicis muscle; Marilyn C. Crim and Carmen Castaneda; Boston; MA 95Jul12

Fine-Tuning Elders' Protein Needs; RDA Recommended Dietary Allowance; muscle; Janet R. Hunt; Grand Forks; ND 95Jul13

Fruits and Veggies; Good for Our Good Cholesterol; HDL; LDL; oxidizers; artery-clogging plaque; vitamin C; ascorbic acid; antioxidants; Paul Jacques; Boston; MA; Robert Jacob; Presidio of San Francisco; CA 95Jul15

Cleaner Well Water; vegetable oils; groundwater; nitrogen fertilizers; organic filter; pollution; nitrate; irrigation; cattle manure; William J. Hunter; Fort Collins; CO; Ronald F. Follett; Fort Collins; CO; 95Jul16

Where's the Fat?; hogs; magnetic resonance imaging; MRI; body composition; fat-to-lean meat ratio; Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry; DEXA; Al D. Mitchell; Beltsville; MD 95Jul18

Bioengineered Tomatoes Taste Great; Endless Summer; gene; DNA Plant Technology Corporation (DNAP) of Oakland; California; ethylene; Athanasios Theologis; Albany; CA 95Jul20

New Anti-Inflammatory Drug From Ag Products; lipid; nonsteroidal drugs; inflammation; aspirin; acetaminophen; and ibuprofen; leukotriene biosynthesis and lipoxin biosynthesis; Robert A. Moreau; Philadelphia; PA 95Jul22

Cotton Ginner's Handbook Revised; rotary-knife roller gin; Stanley Anthony; Stoneville; MS; 95Jul22

Avian Flu: A Weak Strain Takes Deadly Shape; influenza; virus; Mexican poultry; hemagglutinin; respiratory tract or gut cells; Michael L. Perdue and David E. Swayne; Athens; GA 95July23

New Bean Rots Not; Probst soybean; disease-resistant variety; Phytophthora sojae; fungus; Jim Wilcox; West Lafayette; IN 95July23

U.S. Holsteins Still World Champs in Gene Competition; milk production; bulls; Rex L. Powell; Beltsville; MD 95July23

Y Not? --Virus-Resistant Biotech Potato Has Wild Genes; PVY; Solanum etuberosum; John P. Helgeson; Madison; WI 95July23

Getting to the Root of Wheat Take-All; forum; editorial; biocontrol; antibiotic; fungus; R. James Cook; Pullman; WA 95Aug02

Tackling Wheat Take-All; beneficial bacteria; fungus; biocontrol; fermentation; Pseudomonas fluorescens ; PCA; Pythium root rot; Rhizoctonia root rot; R. James Cook; David M. Weller; and Linda S. Thomashow; Pullman; WA Rodney J. Bothast; Patricia J. Slininger; and David A. Schisler; Peoria; IL 95Aug04

STEEP Solutions to Soil Erosion; Solutions to Environmental and Economic Problems; Palouse; soft white wheat; barley; peas; and lentils; freezes; thaws; Chinooks; strawbreaker foot rot; fungus; Madsen; Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE); RUSLE; downy brome; Russian thistle; herbicides; rhizoctonia; Alex G. Ogg; Jr.; Pullman; WA 95Aug08

New Forage Grasses Stand Up to Grazing; drought-tolerant; wildlife and cattle; Douglas and Vavilov crested wheatgrass; Kay H. Asay; Kevin B. Jensen; W. Howard Horton; Douglas A. Johnson; and Jerry Chatterton; Logan; UT 95Aug13

Gamagrass Genes Could Protect Corn; rootworm resistance; Tripsacum dactyloides; exotic maize; B. Dean Barry; Bruce E. Hibbard; Larry L. Darrah; and Edward H. Coe; Jr.; Columbia; MO 95Aug13

Weight Loss: A Sex-Linked Trait; burn fat; exercise; American College of Sports Medicine; heart rate; Nancy L. Keim; Teresa F. Barbieri; Presidio of San Francisco; CA 95Aug14

Quest for Best Cover Crop; winter hardiness; erosion; organic residues; legumes; crimson clover; southern spotted burclover; Medicago ; tropical corn; white lupin; Lupinus albus L.; Seth M. Dabney; Oxford; MS D. Wayne Reeves; Auburn; AL 95Aug16

Biotech Vaccine Protects Peanuts; viruses; genetically engineer; Peanut stripe and tomato spotted wilt; USDA National Research Initiative; Robert Jarret; Griffin; GA 95Aug18

Seed Imaging--New Tool in Germplasm Preservation; National Seed Storage Laboratory; NSSL; M. Scott Howarth; germination; root length measurements; Phillip C. Stanwood; Fort Collins; CO 95Aug19

A Volatile Idea for a Better Mexfly Trap; citrus; bacterial perfume volatiles;Staphylococcus aureus; polydimethylsiloxane; gas chromatograph; David C. Robacker; Weslaco; TX Robert A. Flath; Albany; CA 95Aug20

Phomopsis Eludes Postive I.D.--Until Now; soybeans; citrus; blueberries; apples; and cucumbers; fungus; Smithsonian-ARS National Fungus Collections; Martin M. Kulik; Beltsville; MD; Steve Rehner; Beltsville; MD; 95Aug21

Citrus Bitterness; Begone! limonin and nomilin; limonoid glucosides; genetically engineered navel orange; Shin Hasegawa and Wan Jean Hsu ; Albany; CA 95Aug22

Virus Makes Moths Too Sick for Sex; corn earworms; gonad-specific virus; Ashok K. Raina; Beltsville; MD; 95Aug23

Computers Put Weevils; Woodpeckers on the Map; boll weevils; computer-generated maps; Mississippi wildlife refuge; Glenn Wiygul and John Reinecke; Mississippi State; MS; 95Aug23

ARS Kit Checks Fruits and Vegetables for Fungicide Residues; thiabendazole; potatoes; apples; bananas; lemons; oranges; monoclonal antibodies; David L. Brandon; Albany; CA; 95Aug23

Threesome Is Berry Good News; strawberry; Mohawk; Northeaster; and Delmarvel; Gene J. Galletta; Beltsville; MD; 95Aug23

Cooperation Crosses Our Southern Border; Mexico; winter fruits and vegetables such as oranges; strawberries; melons; cucumbers; and tomatoes; agricultural imports; North American Free Trade Agreement; NAFTA; plant germplasm; biocontrol; Floyd P. Horn; Washington; DC 95Sep02

Joint Venture Pays Ag Dividends; biocontrol; Africanized bees; Cotton; boll weevil; wasp; Catolaccus grandis;Helicoverpa zea; corn earworm; cotton bollworm; soybean podworm; or tomato fruitworm; satellite images; soil salinity; irrigated land; Mexflies; citrus; avocados; mangos; guavas; and other tropical fruits; southern cattle tick; Boophilus microplus; coumaphos; cattle-dipping vats; Edgar G. King; Jr.; Robert L. Mangan; Juan A. Morales-Ramos; Jimmy R. Raulston; Craig L. Wiegand; Antonio A. Guerra; Anita M. Collins; and William T. Wilson; Weslaco; TX; Leonard J. Lane; Tucson; AZ; John E. George; Kerrville; TX 95Sep04

A Diet As Good As the Real Thing; sidebar; insect mass-rearing; boll weevils; Catolaccus grandis wasp; 95Sep05

Newest Soil Erosion Formula Goes Commercial; RUSLE--Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation; George R. Foster; Oxford; MS 95Sep11

A Fantesk-tic Starch-Oil Combo; corn and soybeans; Kenneth Eskins and George F. Fanta; Peoria; IL 95Sep12

Rangeland Can Improve With Grazing; sagebrush steppe of eastern Oregon; bunchgrasses; environmentally compatible;experimental range; wild horses; cattle; and sheep; Sandberg's bluegrass; larkspur; Tony Svejcar; Burns; OR 95Sep15

More Milk With Less Feed; cattle; cows; indirect calorimetry; digestibility of feedstuffs; methane gas; manure; dairy producer; Energy Metabolism Unit; Barbara Glenn; Randy Baldwin; Kyle McLeod; and Vic Wilkerson; Beltsville; MD 95Sep16

Boosting Plants' Virus Resistance; genetic engineering; tobacco mosaic virus; or TMV; tomato; hypersensitive response; gene shuttle; Arabidopsis thaliana; bacterium; Pseudomonas syringae; TMV-resistance gene; transposons; CSIRO; Barbara J. Baker and Steven A. Whitham; 95Sep18

Fatal Cherry Disease Is Treed; buckskin disease; X-disease; mycoplasmalike microorganism; leafhoppers; Flor's leafhoppers; Fieberiella florii; mahaleb rootstock; Jerry K. Uyemoto; Davis; CA 95Sep21

Better Beans From ARS Breeders; dry and snap beans; USDA germplasm; Matt J. Silbernagel; Prosser; WA 95Sep22

Proteins Protect Insects From Cold; freezing temperatures; common house fly; fruit fly; cryoprotection; Culicoides variipennis sonorensis; no-see-em; bluetongue virus; Richard A. Nunamaker; Laramie; WY 95Sep22

Ag Waste Takes On Toxic Metal ; granular-activated carbons; or GACs; byproducts; hulls of soybeans; cottonseed; and rice; blackstrap molasses; zinc; copper; nickel; wastewater; New Orleans; LA; 95Sep23

ARS and France Agree on Insect Gene Transfer; Medflies and malaria; oysters; mosquitoes; Alfred M. Handler; Max Bergoin; Ruxton Villet; Beltsville; MD; 95Sep23

Bacteria Dine on Weed Killers; pesticide-gobbling microbe; Klebsiella terragena ; chemicals; contaminated rinse water; herbicides; atrazine; cyanazine; and simazine; alachlor; metolachlor; and 2;4-D. Cathleen Hapeman; Beltsville; MD; 95Sep23

New Blueberry Is Pick-Your-Own Bonanza; Chandler; highbush; Bluecrop; Chad Finn; Corvallis; OR; 95Sep23

Forming a Global Plant Genetics Insurance Policy; plant diversity; germplasm; The Food and Agriculture Organization; FAO; plant exploration; wheat; China; Phytophthora root rot resistance genes; Henry L. Shands; Beltsville; MD; 95Oct02

Genebanks: Treasure Houses of Uncommon Foods; kiwi; bok choy; germplasm; repositories; Beans; Cherimoya; soursop; and sugar apple; Gooseberries; Pummelo; papaya; Tomatillo; Wampee; Scarlett runner beans; Tepary beans; 95Oct04

The National Plant Germplasm System; Sidebar; repository locations in the U.S. 95Oct08

Bacteria Break Kidney Stone-Oxalate Link; Spinach; rhubarb; Oxalobacter formigenes; halogeton; Milton J. Allison and Albert L. Baetz; Ames; IA 95Oct09

Nitrogen Needs Assessed More Accurately; phosphorous; potassium; fertilizers; inorganic nitrogen; microbial degradation; MINIMO; Mineralization and Immobilization; CERES-Maize; Merle F. Vigil; Akron; CO 95Oct09

Dairy Science to the Defense; reconstituted powdered milk; lactose; lactase enzyme; glucose and galactose; LACTAID products; Aspergillus oryzae; spray-dried; free-flowing dehydrated butter powder; Virginia H. Holsinger; Philadelphia; PA 95Oct10

WISE Awards to ARS Women; SIDEBAR; Women in Science and Engineering; Virginia H. Holsinger; Antoinette A. Betschart; Phyllis E. Johnson; Elizabeth L. Klepper; Janice M. Miller; Frances M. Latterell; 95Oct12

New Rice Survives Extended Flooding; flood-resistance trait; rice breeding; Japonica; David J. Mackill; Davis; CA 95Oct13

Managing Change in Irrigated Agriculture; water; cotton; Eduardo Bautista; Albert J. Clemmens; Allen R. Dedrick; and Shirley A. Rish; Phoenix; AZ 95Oct14

High Selenium Leads to Weight Gain; slower metabolism; thyroid hormones; T3; or triiodothyronine; Nancy L. Keim and Wayne Chris Hawkes; Presidio of San Francisco; CA; 95Oct18

Selenium Can Lift the Spirits; moods; antioxidant; good sources are fish; shellfish; meat; poultry; eggs; breads; many cereals; sunflower seeds; cashews; Brazil nuts; James G. Penland and Lori Matthys ; Grand Forks; ND 95Oct19

Soil Secrets Probed; state-of-the-art controlled-environment growth chambers; rhizotrons; root growth; root/soil interactions; soil columns; Jerry L. Hatfield and Thomas C. Kaspar; Ames; IA 95Oct20

Charleston Hot Sizzles to Market; pepper; Carolina Cayenne; habanero; root knot nematode resistance; Philip D. Dukes and Richard L. Fery; Charleston; SC 95Oct22

Cotton Bollworm Virus in Final ARS Field Test; Wild geraniums; bollworm nuclear polyhedrosis virus; budworms; Marion R. Bell; Stoneville; MS 95Oct23

ARS Signs 500TH R&D Agreement; Cooperative Research and Development Agreement; CRADA; Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986; Mycotech; silverleaf whiteflies; Mark A. Jackson; Peoria; IL 95Oct23

Researchers Explore Rain Forest Chemicals; CRADA; biopesticides; pharmaceuticals; Pharmacognetics; Inc.; Hank Cutler; Athens; GA 95Oct23

Lake Getting Cleaner Water; runoff; pollution; Arkansas' Lake Chicot; cotton; soybeans; and rice; Charlie Cooper; Oxford; MS; Frank Schiebe; Durant; OK 95Oct23

An Island Fortress for Biosecurity; Plum Island; foreign animal diseases; foot-and-mouth disease (FMD); biotechnology; APHIS; K.D. Murrell; Lonnie J. King; Washington; DC 95Dec02

Alcatraz for Animal Disease; foot-and-mouth disease; (FMD); biotechnology; Plum Island; APHIS; vesicular stomatitis; swine vesicular disease; and vesicular exanthema; Cecelia A. Whetstone; Fred Brown; Juan Lubroth; John F.E. Newman; vaccine; Barry Baxt; A. Elizabeth Reider; Thomas St. C. McKenna; Peter Mason; Marvin J. Grubman; Maria E. Piccone; Charles A. Mebus; cattle; Jim House; Alfonso Torres; Harley W. Moon; Orient Point; NY; 95Dec04

Nightmare in Tilling Fields--a Horror for Weed Pests; farming in darkness; light requirements; dormancy; military-issue night goggles; farmer Doug Alert; common lambsquarters; common ragweed; black nightshade; pigweed; smartweed; and wild mustard; herbicide; velvetleaf and cocklebur; barnyard grass and green; yellow; and giant foxtail; corn and soybean; Douglas D. Buhler; Ames; IA 95Dec10

The Grinch That Spoils Christmas Trees; pine shoot beetles; Tomicus piniperda; predatory beetle; Thanasimus formicarius; biocontrol; Richard Dysart; Montpellier; France Robert Haack; East Lansing; MI 95Dec12

Boosting Built-In Immunity; apple; polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein (PGIP); Botrytis cinerea; fungus; biocontrol; William S. Conway and Chenglin Yao; Beltsville; MD 95Dec14

Sex Pheromone To Foil Cranberry Fruitworm; Acrobasis vaccinii Riley; blueberries; integrated pest management; (IPM); insecticide; patent No. 08/432;923; Leslie M. McDonough and Constance L. Smithhisler; Wapato; WA 95Dec15

Fall-Seeding Alfalfa Can Be Risky Business; Sclerotinia trifoliorum fungus; Mississippi Sclerotinia-Resistant; MSR; germplasm; Robert G. Pratt and Dennis E. Rowe; Mississippi State; MS 95Dec16

New Electronics Guide Seeds to Water; moisture-sensing planter attachment; patent application 08/352;650; Lyle M. Carter; Shafter; CA 95Dec17

Resetting Sorghum's Internal Clock; Sorghum Conversion Program; day length; or photoperiod; germplasm; Joseph C. Stephens; Keith F. Schertz; Harry B. Warmke; George F. Sprague and Darrell T. Rosenow; College Station; TX Jeffery A. Dahlberg; Mayag´ez; PR 95Dec18

Lean Genes More Weighty Than Fat Genes; Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging; inheritance and lifestyle; bone density; DEXA; or dual energy x-ray absorptiometry; body fat and lean tissue; Elizabeth A. Krall and Bess Dawson-Hughes; Boston; MA 95Dec20

Black Females Absorb Calcium More Efficiently; women; girls; Steven Abrams; Houston; TX 95Dec21

Jasmine Blocks Sprouting of Stored Potatoes; fragrance; jasmonates; Edward C. Lulai; East Grand Forks; MN 95Dec21

ARS Method Wins OK to Ship Florida Carambola to Japan; Arkin cultivar; Caribbean fruit flies; cold treatment; Brooks Tropicals; Inc.; Walter P. Gould; Miami; FL 95Dec21

Red Yeast Could Put Salmon in the Pink; Farm-raised; carotenoids; vitamin A-like compounds; ethanol; thin stillage; condensed distiller's solubles; and corn gluten feed; Phaffia rhodozyma; astaxanthin; pigment; shrimp byproduct meal; Timothy D. Leathers; Peoria; IL 95Dec21

Green Remediation: Letting the Earth Heal Itself; Alpine pennycress; herb; phytoremediation; green remediation; toxic waste sites; zinc; cadmium; hyperaccumulator gene; contaminated soils; heavy metals; Rufus Chaney; Yin Li; Jan van Schilfgaarde; Beltsville; MD; 95NOV02

Metal-Scavenging Plants To Cleanse the Soil; heavy metals; contaminated soils; smelter and mining sites; landfills; nuclear waste dumps; lead; cadmium; zinc; nickel; or radioactive isotopes such as uranium or cobalt; hyperaccumulators; green remediation; ragweed and Thlaspi rotundifolium; Alpine pennycress; Thlaspi caerulescens; uranium; cesium; strontium; Arabidopsis; Rufus L. Chaney; Yin Li; Donald D. Bills; Beltsville; MD 95NOV04

Irradiation Helps Keep Meat Safe; Escherichia coli; E. coli 0157:H7; kiloGrays; chicken breasts; pork chops; Donald W. Thayer; Jay B. Fox; Jr.; Leon Lakritz; and Jeffrey D. Brewster; Arthur J. Miller; Philadelphia; PA 95NOV10

New Cukes Boast Higher Beta Carotene; orange pickle; cucumbers; carrots; Carotenoids; Philipp W. Simon; Madison; WI 95NOV13

Biological Basis for Broodiness; turkey eggs; hormone; prolactin; vasoactive intestinal peptide; or VIP; lactotrophs; somatotrophs; John A. Proudman; Beltsville; MD 95NOV14

Carrying New Vaccines to Newcastle; CRADA's; virus; Henry D. Stone; Athens; GA 95NOV16

A Curator Minds His Peas; ARS national pea collection; isolated DNA; germplasm; Marx Genetic Stocks Collection; Charles J. Simon; Pullman; WA 95NOV18

Resistant Cotton Stymies Pests; boll weevil eradication; bait tubes; pheromone; parasitic wasps; Jack C. McCarty; Paul A. Hedin; and Johnie N. Jenkins; Mississippi State; MS 95NOV20

Shedding Light on Mystery Pig Disease; diagnosis; virus; PRRS--porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome; alveolar macrophages; William L. Mengeling and Kelly M. Lager; Ames; IA 95NOV22

Preventing Deformed Snouts in Pigs; Atrophic rhinitis; bacterial disease; Pasteurella multocida; Bordetella bronchiseptica; Mark R. Ackermann; Ames; IA 95NOV22

Toxin Arrests Essential Fat; fumonisin; corn; sphingolipids; sphinganine; Ronald Riley and Kenneth Voss; Athens; GA 95NOV23

Landscapers; Birds To Get Cold-Hardy Viburnum rhytidophyllum; Cree; Ruth Dix; Washington; DC 95NOV23

'Net Gains New Resource on Pesticides; Water pollution; agrichemicals; Internet; ARS Pesticide Database; Basil Acock; Beltsville; MD 95NOV23

Modeling the Effect of Climate Change on Western Hydropower; snowmelt water; Albert Rango; Beltsville; MD 95NOV23

Solving Problems; Meeting Needs; response to action agencies; Jesse W. Goble; Beltsville; MD 94Jan02

Fighting the Fire Ant; Brazilian Trip; Envira; Logic; Ciba-Geigy; David Williams; Danel Haile; Gainesville; FL 94Jan04

Oat Chromosomes on Display! computers; video; Avena sativa; cameras; C-banding; crown rust; Howard W. Rines; St. Paul; MN 94Jan10

Detecting Poultry Drug Residues; chicken; coccidiosis; Larry H. Stanker; Ross C. Beier; Marcel H. Elissalde; Jr.; and Loyd D. Rowe; Jr. College Station; TX ionophores; monensin; salinomycin; lasalocid; narisin; 94Jan11

Jumping Genes Make Genetic Leaps; chromosomes; transposable elements; glossy-15; wax and leaf hairs in corn; Paul H. Sisco; Raleigh; NC 94Jan12

An Ancient Crop; Updated; corn; George F. Sprague; open pollination; hybrid; 94Jan15

It's Over for Clover When Gnat Larvae Strike; Tim Springer; Booneville; AR; legumes; dark-winged fungus gnats; 94Jan15

Super Slurper--Two Decades and Still Growing; absorbent; saponified starch-graft polyacrylonitrile copolymers; Sta-Wet; William M. Doane; George F. Fanta; Edward B. Bagley; Peoria; IL 94Jan16

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do; subsoil layers; fragipans; erosion; Fred Rhoton; Dave Lindbo; Oxford; MS 94Jan18

Pheromone Monitoring Tracks Borers; mint root borer; sugarbeet crown borer; patent; Harry G. Davis; Leslie M. McDonough; Yakima; WA 94Jan20

Powerful Promoter Speeds Genetic Engineering Tests; corn gene;Ubiquitin-1; marker; Mycogen Corporation; Peter H. Quail; Albany; CA 94Jan21

New Seed Separator Gets the Goatgrass Out; wheat; Richard A. Caskey; Corvallis; OR David E. Zimmer; Athens; GA 94Jan22

Scientists Putting Chickens on the DNA Map; gene segments; markers; Hans H. Cheng; East Lansing; MI 94Jan23

Soil Bacteria Guard Wheat From Its Worst Weed Enemy; jointed goatgrass; Pseudomonas; Ann C. Kennedy; Pullman; WA 94Jan23

Electrical Engineering for Genes?; British Technology Group USA; Inc.; licensed to use electroporation; genetic engineering; pollen; James A. Saunders; Beltsville; MD 94Jan23

New Garbanzos Resist Blight; fungus; Frederick J. Muehlbauer; Walter J. Kaiser; Pullman; WA 94Jan23

Corn Plants Gang Up To Shade Out Weeds; no-till; double plants per acre; atrazine; metolachlor; John R. Teasdale; Beltsville; MD 94Jan23

Beneficial Wasp May Tolerate Insecticide; sweetpotato whiteflies; Eretmocerus mundus; cypermethrin; thiodicarb; Walker A. Jones; Weslaco; TX 94Jan23

ARS/Industry R&D Takes Aim With Bio-Based Pest Solutions ; Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADA's); biosys of Palo Alto; CA genetic engineering; biocontrol; sugarbeet root maggot; Steinernema and Heterorhabditis nematodes; Garry A. Smith; Fargo; ND 94Jan23

CRADA; Pioneer Hi-Bred International; Inc.; Johnston; IA; corn; genetic engineering; resists beetle and moth damage during storage; Karl J. Kramer; Manhattan; KS; 94Jan23

CRADA; EcoScience Corp.; Worcester; MA; beneficial yeasts that protect post harvest apples; pears; and other fruits from molds and rots; fungicides; Cryptococcus laurentii; Mucor rot.; Rodney G. Roberts; Wenatchee; WA 94Jan23

CRADA; Nippon Zeon Co.; Ltd.; Tokyo; Japan; genetic engineering vaccine against poultry coccidiosis. Mark C. Jenkins; Beltsville; MD 94Jan23

From Apples to Zucchini--Biotechnology for Agriculture; genetic engineering; DNA; Plant Gene Expression Center; Gerald G. Still; Albany; CA 94Feb02

Can Better Barley Be Bred? California biotech consortium seeks to increase barley's commercial value; Plant Gene Expression Center; barley yellow dwarf virus; tomato trichomes; CRADA; gene gun; Phil Bregitzer; Aberdeen; ID Peggy G. Lemaux; Yuechun Wan; Anthony C. Waiss; Jr.; and Sheila M. Colby Albany; CA 94Feb04

Developing CRADA's; sidebar; Cooperative Research and Development AgreementsWillard J. Phelps; Beltsville; MD 94Feb06

Corn Genetic Engineering Expanded ; sidebar; Yuechun Wan; University of California; Berkeley; CA 94Feb05

The Busiest of Bees; wild bees; crop pollination; native pollen bees; Blueberry bee;osmia ribifloris; Giant carpenter bee; xylocopa; honey bee; apis mellifera; Hornfaced bee; osmia cornifrons; Native bumblebee; bombus sonorus; Oxaeid bee; ptiloglossa arizonensis;Polyester bees; colletes thoracicus; Shaggy fuzzyfoot; anthophora pilipes villosula; Suzanne Batra; Beltsville; MD; Stephen L. Buchmann; Tucson; AZ; Philip F. Torchio and Vincent J. Tepedino; Logan; UT 94Feb08

Chemical Messengers Addle Insect Brains; neuropeptides; corn earworm pheromones; Ronald J. Nachman and G. Mark Holman; College Station; TX 94Feb13

Harmonizing Rangeland Interests; ranchers; environmentalists; and U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Malheur Lakes Basin Working Group; Steens Mountain; cattle; bighorn sheep; pronghorn antelope; and sage grouse; grasses; juniper; Tony Svejcar; Burns; OR 94Feb14

A Working Vision For Steens Mountain; sidebar; Malheur Lakes Basin Working Group; Burns; Oregon. 94Feb15

Seven-Foot Soybeans for Sustainable Silage; tall; experimental legumes; Thomas Devine; Beltsville, MD 94Feb17

Riobravis: Nematode the Magnificent; Steinernema riobravis; corn earworms; fall armyworms; or pink bollworms; biosys; Ecogen; Jimmy R. Raulston and Enrique Cabanillas; Weslaco; TX Thomas J. Henneberry; Phoenix; AZ 85040; 94Feb18

Tomatoes/Potatoes: More in Common Than Meets the Eye; Solanum; Lycopersicon; David M. Spooner; Madison; WI 94Feb20

A Better Amylose Test? Thank the Guy Down the Hall! corn millers; Clarence A. Knutson; Peoria; IL 94Feb20

Senepols Keep Their Cool; beef cattle that thrive in hot; humid regions; Andrew C. Hammond; Brooksville; FL 94Feb21

Lysimeters Bridge Lab and Field Tests; groundwater pollution; chemicals; fertilizers; arsenic; molybdenum; boron; soil; Dennis L. Corwin and James D. Rhoades; Riverside; CA 94Feb22

Fungus May Defang Medusahead; western range weed; Fusarium culmorum; Paul Quimby; Jr.; Bozeman; MT 94Feb23

Cattle Make Rangeland Safer for Sheep; coyotes; lambs; bonding; Dean M. Anderson; Las Cruces; NM; 94Feb23

Flea Debris Can Trigger Allergy Flare-ups; Richard J. Brenner; Gainesville; FL 94Feb23

Overfishing Can Deplete Immune System; omega-3 fatty acids; Simin N. Meydani; Boston; MA; 94Feb23

Bean Beetles Have Little Use for New Soybean; HC83-193; Richard L. Cooper; Wooster; Ohio; phone (216) 263-3875. 94Feb23

New Diagnostic Test for Foreign Swine Disease; VESV; vesicular exanthema; pigs; hogs; Roger D. Woods; Ames; IA Science Update 94Feb23

Augmenting Natural Pest Controls; parasitic Catolaccus grandis wasp Edgar G. King; Weslaco; TX ; 94Mar02

Evicting the Boll Weevil; cotton; Catolaccus Wasp; Beauveria bassiana; bait tubes; bait sticks; pheromone; Jon Roberson; James W. Smith; Glenn Wiygul; Gerald H. McKibben; Joseph C. Dickens; Mississippi State; MS; James E. Wright; Antonio Guerra; Juan Morales-Ramos and Guadelupe Rojas; K. Rod Summy; Arthur Richardson; Weslaco 94Mar04

Rearing Weevils as Fodder for Parasitic Wasps; Catolaccus grandis; flash sterilizer to cook boll weevil diet; Jon L. Roberson; Mississippi State; MS; 94Mar06

Banishing the Boll Weevil; Boll Weevil Eradication Program; cotton; big-eyed bugs; pirate bugs; and parasitic wasps; beneficials 94Mar08

Building Terraces--Naturally; soil erosion; perennial tall wheatgrass; barriers; J. Kristian Aase; Sidney; MT; 94Mar11

Better Traps Mean Fewer Flies; house fly; stable fly; parasitic wasps; Calves; dairy farmers; Dora K. Hayes; Richard W. Miller; Lawrence G. Pickens; and Edward T. Schmidtmann; Beltsville; MD 94Mar12

Flies: Nebraska Cattle Have a Big Beef; sidebar; feedlots; sticky traps; Gustave D. Thomas; Lincoln; NE 94Mar14

Cloud-Making Mix May Boost Beverage Appeal; citrus pectin and purified soy protein; orange or lemon juice; patent application No. 07/965;308; Jerome A. Klavons; Raymond D. Bennett; Pasadena; CA; 94Mar16

A Pest That's a Chinch To Return; chinch bug; corn; Frank M. Davis; W. Paul Williams; Mississippi State; MS; 94Mar16

Storms Increase Cattle Poisoning; larkspur; James A. Pfister; Michael H. Ralphs; Lynn F. James; Logan; UT; 94Mar17

Portable Water Gauge Patented; irrigation; weirs; flumes; patent No. 5;156;489; John A. Replogle; Phoenix; AZ; 94Mar18

Older People May Need More B Vitamins; homocysteine; Jacob Selhub; Boston; MA; Science Update 94Mar19

Kale: Gourmet Fare for the Nutrition-Conscious? beta carotene; carotenoids; Frederick Khachik; Beltsville; MD; Science Update 94Mar19

Veg-Oil Ink Licensed to Oklahoma Firm; soyink; soyoil; biodegradable; Marvin O. Bagby; Peoria; IL; Science Update 94Mar19

No Yield Boost From Methanol; wood alcohol; John Radin; Beltsville; MD; Science Update 94Mar19

Biocontrol-in-a-Bag Delivers the Good Bugs; braconid wasps; Caribbean fruit flies; John N. Sivinski; Gainesville; FL; Science Update 94Mar19

New Southern Soybean Wards Off Nematodes; Other Pests; Lyon; race 3 soybean cyst nematodes; stem canker; root knot nematodes; leaf-feeding insects; bacterial pustule; phytophthora rot; Edgar E. Hartwig; Stoneville; MS; Science Update 94Mar19

USDA; Military Continue War on Insects; forum; editorial; mosquitos; ticks; flies; pesticides; repellents; deet; Desert Storm; Somalia; Ralph Bram; Beltsville; MD 94Apr02

TICKED OFF! arthropods;Lyme disease; cattle; deer tick; Lone Star tick; LYMESIM; John E. George; J. Mathews Pound; J. Allen Miller; and Craig A. LeMeilleur; Kerrville; TX; Edward T. Schmidtmann; Beltsville; MD Gary A. Mount; Danel G. Haile; and Eric Daniels; Gainesville; FL 94Apr04

Cattle Take a Dip at the U.S. Border; organophosphate pesticide; coumaphos; cattle fever ticks; Mexico; John E. George and L. Carmen Soileau; and Felix Guerrero; Kerrville; TX Ronald Davey and Elmer Ahrens; Mission; TX; Jeffrey S. Karns and Daniel R. Shelton; Beltsville; MD 94Apr07

Small Is Beautiful When It Comes to Apple Trees; dwarf; tissue culture; Golden Delicious; Miklos Faust; Beltsville; MD 94Apr10

Eastern Gamagrass. Corn's Comeback Cousin; dual-purpose forage-grain crop; methionine; embryo rescue; Chester L. Dewald and Bryan K. Kindiger; Woodward; OK C. Ann Blakey; Columbia; MO; Robert Becker; Albany; CA 94Apr12

High BUN Level a Sign of Protein Waste; beef; cattle; blood urea nitrogen test; Andrew C. Hammond; Brooksville; FL 94Apr16

Toward Retrovirus-Resistant Sheep; Genetically engineered sheep; ovine progressive pneumonia; visna virus; encephalitis; pneumonia; arthritis; Caird E. Rexroad; Beltsville; MD 94Apr17

Cotton Advice You Can Bank On; computer program; GOSSYM/COMAX rbWHIMS; or rule-based (W)Holistic Insect Management; James M. McKinion; Mississippi State; MS 94Apr18

Leafy Spurge Is Reunited With Old Enemy; range weed; copper leafy spurge flea beetle; Aphthona flava; A. nigriscutis; Paul C. Quimby; Jr.; Anthony J. Caesar; and Norman E. Rees; Bozeman; MT Neal A. Spencer; Sidney; MT Luca Fornisari; Montpellier; France; James H. Everitt and Gerry L. Anderson; Weslaco; TX 94Apr20

Science Update on Whiteflies; (Bemisia tabaci); silverleaf whitefly; Robert Faust or James Coppedge; Beltsville; MD 94Apr23

One Potato; Two Potato; forum; editorial; Phytophthora infestans; 94May02

Potato Blight; What Was Around Comes Around; Phytophthora infestans; fungus types A1 and A2; metalaxyl; somatic hybrids; Kenneth Deahl; Robert Goth; and Kathleen Haynes; Beltsville; MD John P. Helgeson; Madison; WI Paul W. Tooley; Frederick; MD 94May04

Yeasts and Bacteria Battle Decay; molds; fungicides; apples; peaches; flowers; Sporobolomyces roseus; pyrrolnitrin; Pseudomonas syringae; EcoScience; Wojciech J. Janisiewicz; Charles L. Wilson; and Ahmed El Ghaouth; Kearneysville; WV 94May08

A Cleanup for Poultry Litter; Alum; chickens; fertilizer; nitrogen; phosphorus; Ammonia Philip A. Moore;Jr.; Fayetteville; AR 94May10

Rooftop Greenhouse Provides Nutrition Answers; vitamins; minerals; amino acids; food crops; calcium; iron; or nitrogen mutant pea plants; hydroponics; osteoporosis; iron reductase Michael A. Grusak and Steven A. Abrams; Houston; TX 94May12

It Pays To Irrigate Plantains and Bananas; Puerto Rico; first-ratoon; Heber Irizarry; Ricardo Goenaga; Mayaguez; Puerto Rico 94May15

Insect I.D.'s Now at Your Fingertips; Mediterranean fruit fly; Tephritidae; BIOTA--Electronic Identification and Classification; F. Christian Thompson and Allen L. Norrbom; Washington; DC 94May16

Deer Scents May Guide Ticks to Hosts; Lyme disease; Ixodes scapularis; John F. Carroll; Edward T. Schmidtmann and Jerome A. Klum; Beltsville; MD 94May19

After the Flood--Satellites Show Damage to Midwest Farmlands; satellite images; color maps; NOAA-AVHRR; Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer; sensor EROS Earth Resources Observation Service Paul C. Doraiswamy; Beltsville; MD 94May20

Fish Fed Corn Byproducts Taste Good; ethanol; Tilapia; corn gluten meal; corn distillers grain and soy flour; Kathleen Warner; David J. Sessa; Peoria; IL; 94May22

ARS Develops First Livestock Gene Maps; DNA; chromosomes of cattle and swine; Craig W. Beattie; Clay Center; NE 94May23

Florida Citrus Company Licenses A-Peeling Process from ARS; enzyme; oranges; grapefruit; albedo; pectinase; Robert A. Baker; Winter Haven; FL 94May23

Yugoslavian Plants Adapt to Midwest Landscape; trees and shrubs; European cranberry bush; Austrian pine; Scotch pine; and hedge maple. Mark P. Widrlechner; Ames; IA 94May23

New Southern Soybean Wards Off Nematodes; Other Pests; Lyon; cyst; stem canker; Edgar E. Hartwig; Stoneville; MS 94May23

New Pink Phlox and Red Raspberry; Gerald E. Schuman; Cheyenne; WY 94May23

Two Faces of Wind; solar power; pumping water; energy; R. Nolan Clark; Bushland; TX 94Jun02

Wind Power Where You Want It; water; cattle; solar; windmill; turbines; electricity; energy; R. Nolan Clark; Bushland; TX 94Jun04

The Conservation and Production Research Laboratory; wind turbines; sidebar; 94Jun05

Stemming Wind Erosion; dust storms; Dust Bowl; topsoil; sandblast seedlings; Revised Wind Erosion Equation; RWEQ; WEPS; Wind Erosion Prediction System; Lawrence Hagen; Manhattan; KS Donald Fryrear; Big Spring; TX 94Jun08

Very Fine Dust Contributes to City Problems; PM-10; sidebar; 94Jun12

Scientists Redesign White Wheat; Klasic; flour; C. James Peterson; Lincoln; NE Craig F. Morris; Pullman; WA Thomas (Stan) Cox; Manhattan; KS 94Jun16

Lipsticks to LubricantsLesquerella; desert shrub; hydroxy fatty acid; water-soluble gum; Thomas P. Abbott; Peoria; IL 94Jun17

New Soybeans Open the Planting Window; juvenile trait; Kuell Hinson; Gainesville; FL 94Jun18

Neem Locks Out Spores; Oil; powdery mildew and rust; margosa; James C. Locke; Beltsville; MD 94Jun20

Spot-Checking for Successful Aerial Spray; pesticide applications; computer image analysis; Ivan W. Kirk; College Station; TX 94Jun21

Computer Custom-Designs Flumes; flow-measuring devices; irrigation; water; FLUME 3.0; weirs; Albert J. Clemmens; Phoenix; AZ 94Jun21

MODWht3 for Modern Wheat Planning; PLANTEMP; MODCROP; Ronald Rickman and Sue Waldman; Pendleton; OR 94Jun22

Producing Beef Cattle: Two Head Are Better Than One; twins; Keith E. Gregory; Clay Center; NE; science update; 94Jun23

New Test Detects Lily Virus; tissue blot immunoassay; Hei-ti Hsu; Washington; DC; science update; 94Jun23

Ag Byproducts Could Clean Wastewater; soybean and rice hulls; rice bran; and sugar beet pulp; Joseph A. Laszlo; Peoria; IL science update; 94Jun23

Catch More Rain; Grow More Cotton in the Rye; winter cover crop; Philip J. Bauer; Florence; SC science update; 94Jun23

New Partnership Addresses Chemical Spray Drift; environment; Spray Drift Task Force; Richard M. Parry; Beltsville; MD science update; 94Jun23

New Kenaf Shrugs Off Root Pest; root-knot nematodes; Charles G. Cook; Weslaco; TX science update; 94Jun23

IPM--Integrating the Best of Current Knowledge; biocontrol; sustainable means of managing pests; James R. Coppedge; Beltsville; MD 94Jul02

Assault on the Senses; pheromones; biocontrol of diamondback moth; Plutella xylostella; Bt insecticide; Bacillus thuringiensis; IPM; cabbage; Cotesia plutellae; parasitic wasp; Everett Mitchell; Gainesville; FL John McLaughlin; Shafter; CA 94Jul04

Narrower Rows; Higher Planting Density Cut Corn Herbicide Use; leaf canopy John R. Teasdale; Beltsville; MD 94Jul08

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Melons and Cucumbers; computer database; Cucumis; Joseph H. Kirkbride; Jr.; Beltsville; MD 94Jul09

Streambed Erosion; channel; sediment; National Sedimentation Laboratory (NSL); erosion; SedBed Monitor; acoustic technique Roger Kuhnle; John Cox; and Joe Willis; Oxford; MS 94Jul10

Russian Wheat Aphids Leave Glowing Tracks; barley; punctures; genetic resistance; David R. Porter; Stillwater; OK 94Jul12

Insect Drafted To Fight Fungus It Spreads; dusky sap beetles; corn; Aspergillus flavus; fungus; aflatoxin; Aspergillus parasiticus; Patrick F. Dowd and Fernando E. Vega; Peoria; IL 94Jul13

Putting the Bite on Caribbean Fruit Flies; maggots; chewing sounds; parasitic wasps; Diachasmimorpha longicaudata; citrus; fumigant ethylene dibromide (EDB); John Sivinski; Gainesville; FL 94Jul14

Developing Plants' Own Self-Defenses Through Biotechnology; chitin; citrus; enzymes; gibberellic acid; methyl bromide; fumigant; chitinase genes; Richard T. Mayer; Jeff Shapiro; Greg McCollum and molecular biologists Hamed Doostdar; Joseph Nairn; Randall P. Niedz; Roy McDonald; Orlando; FL 94Jul16

Twin-Screw Extruder Transforms Cornstarch; resins; adhesives; packing materials; starch-based plastic; biopolymers; Merle E. Carr; Bill Doane; Robert E. Wing; Edward B. Bagley; Peoria; IL 94Jul18

Extruder Speeds Bean Flourmaking; sidebar; twin-screw; Richard H. Edwards; Robert Becker; Albert P. Mossman; Gregory M. Gray; and Linda C. Whitehand; Albany; CA 94Jul20

Improved Vaccine for Cattle Shipping Fever; pneumonic pasteurellosis; sheep; goats; Pasteurella haemolytica; Kim A. Brogden; Ames; IA; 94Jul21

Reduced Tillage Helps Build Soil Carbon; conservation; Patrick G. Hunt; Florence; Terry A. Matheny; SC Douglas L. Karlen Ames; IA; 94Jul21

Forestalling Citrus Shrinkage; oranges; coating; grapefruit; wax; Robert D. Hagenmaier; Winter Haven; FL 94Jul22

Mineral Supplements Could Strengthen Preemies' Bones; calcium phosphorus; infants; mineral-fortified milk; Richard J. Schanler; Houston; TX; 94Jul23

Legume Finds Fall Niche in Florida; Stylosanthes giuanensis; winter pastures; cattle; Mimi J. Williams; Brooksville; FL; 94Jul23

Grazer Ryegrass Grows Winter Forage for the South; cattle; beef; bermudagrasses; Grazer ryegrass; Wayne W. Hanna; Tifton; GA; 94Jul23

Bacteria Could Guard Potato Bins from Fungi; Fusarium sambucinum; David A. Schisler; Peoria; IL; 94Jul23

ARS Releases Breeding Line of Pummelo; Exotic Citrus; Herb C. Barrett or Randall E. Driggers; Orlando; FL; 94Jul23

Improving Animal Disease Diagnosis; cattle; swine; and sheep; malignant catarrhal fever; anaplasmosis; babesiosis; bovine spongiform encephalopathy; scrapie; John Gorham; Pullman; WA 94Aug02

Diagnosing the Tough Ones; animal disease; ticks; flies; malignant catarrhal fever; anaplasmosis; babesiosis; bovine spongiform encephalopathy; (BSE); scrapie; CI-ELISA; major surface protein 5; MSP-5; monoclonal antibody; gamma-interferon; John Gorham; David Shen; Don Knowles; Will Goff; Katherine O'Rourke; Mark Robinson; Pullman; WA David Stiller and Michael Coan; Moscow; ID 94Aug04

Wingbeat Counter Fingers Invading Bees; Africanized honey; Hayward G. Spangler; Tucson; AZ 94Aug09

Biotech Probes Identify Food Yeasts; DNA matching; Douglas King; Jr.; Albany; CA 94Aug09

Bringing Idled Land Back Into Production; CRP; Conservation Reserve Program; water and air quality wildlife habitat; runoff; erosion; flooding; sedimentation; W. Doral Kemper; Beltsville; MD 94Aug10

An End to Dirty Days; sidebar; Conservation Reserve Program; CRP; John Stulp farm; 94Aug10

Nutrient Deficiency Unleashes Jekyll-Hyde Virus; heart muscle; Orville A. Levander; Beltsville; MD; Melinda A. Beck; Chapel Hill; NC; antioxidants; selenium or vitamin E; Coxsackievirus; 94Aug14

Exploring the Secret Life of Seeds; native plants; germination; Indian ricegrass; crested wheatgrass; cheatgrass; Jim Young and Debby Palmquist; Reno; NV 94Aug16

Friendly Flier--Gypsy Moth Biocontrol Readied; Korea; Germany; Blepharipa schineri fly; Cotesia melanoscelus wasp; Parasetigena silvestris fly; oak trees; Robert W. Pemberton; Fort Lauderdale; FL Jang-Hoon Lee; Stillwater; OK Roger W. Fuester; Newark; DE Franck HÇrard; Montpellier; Cedex 5; France 94Aug18

Extrafloral Nectaries May Help Plant Defense; sidebar; nectar; poplar; viburnum; black locust; wild cherry; Cotesia melanoscelus wasp; Parasitigena silvestris fly; Blepharipa schineri fly; Robert W. Pemberton; Fort Lauderdale; FL 94Aug21

MLO's--Invisible Crop Destroyers; mycoplasmalike organisms; new test; Robert E. Davis and Ing-Ming Lee; Beltsville; MD 94Aug22

More on Envira's Fire Ants; Brazil; Logic; Ciba-Geigy; Danel Haile; Gainesville; FL 94Aug23

First Artificial Wasp Diet Released; Catolaccus grandis wasp; boll weevil; Edgar G. King; Weslaco; TX 94Aug23

Crossbred Cattle Less Affected by Fescue Fungus; endophyte; Angus; Brahman. Polled Hereford; Michael A. Brown; Booneville; AR 94Aug23

Inactive Microorganism Breaks Down Milk Sugar; bacteria; cheese; yogurt; lactose; dairy; Streptococcus thermophilus; enzyme; George A. Somkuti; Philadelphia; PA 94Aug23

ARS and Biotech Firm Tackle Postharvest Rot in Potatoes; Tomatoes; bacterial soft rot; ring rot; blackleg; gene fragment; William Belknap; Albany; CA 94Aug23

Who Owns the World's Plant Genes? vegetables; seeds; germplasm; Convention on Biological Diversity; Henry L. Shands; Beltsville; MD 94Sep02

New Flower Power! floral crops; U.S. National Arboretum; nursery plants; poinsettias; kangaroo paw; Cupressus; Geraldton Wax flower; Eucrosia; Erica; Sinningia; gesneriads; Exacum (Persian Violet); Correa Mannii Australian fuchsia; Clematis; Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum); Eustoma (lisianthus); Roger Lawson; Mark Roh; and Robert Griesbach; Beltsville; MD 94Sep04

Gene Gun Technique May Broaden Color Range of Orchids and Other Flowers; sidebar; DNA; Robert Griesbach; Beltsville; MD 94Sep06

Erosion Study Crosses the Border; NAFTA; erosion; Desarrollo de los Recursos Naturales de Sonora (CIDESON); Conservation; sustainability; Walnut Gulch; rainfall simulator; Simulator for Water Resources on Rural Basins-Water Quality; SWRRBWQ; Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation; RUSLE; Water Erosion Prediction Project; WEPP; Leonard J. Lane; Mary H. Nichols; John R. Simanton; Howard D. Larsen; Tucson; AZ 94Sep10

Cheese Pizza--Hold the Fat; mozzarella; proteolytic process Edyth L. Malin; Michael H. Tunick; Virginia H. Holsinger; and Philip W. Smith; Philadelphia; PA 94Sep14

Onward; Vernonia! Vernonia galamensis; Africa; petitiana; Mayaguez; Puerto Rico; oilseed; drying agent; paints; plastics; interpenetrating polymer networks David A. Dierig; Phoenix; AZ 94Sep16

Technology Tattles on Mastitis; dairy cow mammary glands; milk; bacteria; cells; proteins alpha and beta casein; alpha-lactalbumin; and lactoferrin; epithelial cells; Albert J. Guidry; Beltsville; MD 94Sep18

Cleaner Chicken Ahead; Sanitizing Poultry chiller Water; cross-contamination; chlorine dioxide; Salmonella; Listeria; E. coli (Escherichia coli); Campylobacter; Entobacteriaceae; turkeys; Lee-Shin Tsai; Albany; CA Huda S. Lillard; Athens; GA 94Sep20

Monitoring Water Gain During Pregnancy; bioimpedance spectroscopy; BIS; Marta D. Van Loan and Patrick L. Mayclin; Presidio of San Francisco; CA William W. Wong; Houston; TX 94Sep22

Beneficial Bacteria Crowd Out the Bad Guys in Poultry; campylobacter; salmonella; food poisoning; chicken intestines; Norman J. Stern; Athens; GA; 94Sep23

Cholesterol Cousin Could Be New Piece of Heart Disease PuAlbany) 94Seple; blood lipid; Lp(a); Ernst J. Schaefer; Boston; MA; 94Sep23

Will Leafminer Pest Cave In to Biocontrols? citrus; Paecilomyces and Metarhizium fungi; Bacillus thuringiensis bacteria; nuclearpolyhedrosis virus; and Steinernema carpocapsae; S. riobravis nematodes; Jeffrey P. Shapiro and William J. Schroeder; Orlando; FL; 94Sep23

Gene Found To Control Tomato Sugar; sucr; John R. Stommel; Beltsville; MD; 94Sep23

Hairy Vetch Mulch Covers the Tomato Patch; legume; sustainable agricultural; erosion; fertilizer; herbicides; Aref Abdul-Baki; Beltsville; MD; 94Sep23

Breeding and Good Taste; apples; pear-breeding; Plant Genome Mapping; Howard J. Brooks; Beltsville; MD 94Oct02

More Luscious Fruits; plums; Black Emerald and Flame Seedless grapes; Castlebrite and Helena apricots; Friar and Blackamber plums; Fantasia nectarine; Flavorcrest; Redglobe; Coronet; Springcrest; Juneprince; Sunbrite; Sunprince; Goldprince; Sentry and Bounty peaches; embryo culture; Peach Tree Short Life; PTSL; David W. Ramming and Craig A. Ledbetter; Fresno; CA Ralph Scorza; Kearneysville; WV Dick Okie and Tom Beckman; Byron; GA 94Oct04

Black Emerald Seedless Grapes: A New Late Spring Taste Treat; sidebar; David W. Ramming and Ronald Tarailo; Fresno; CA 94Oct08

Breeding a Better Beer; malting barley; ARS National Small Grains Germplasm Research Facility; Klages; Russell; Crystal; Darrell Wesenberg; Aberdeen; ID Berne Jones; Madison; WI 94Oct09

Citrus That's Clearly Superior; Sunburst; Fallglo; and Ortanique tangerines; Ambersweet; Midsweet; Gardner; and Sunstar oranges; Flame grapefruit; C. Jack Hearn; Orlando; FL 94Oct10

With Soybeans and Wheat--Good Breeding Has Made All the Difference; Vernal; Padre; Lee and Forrest soybeans; soybean cyst nematodes; long-juvenile genotype; Gaines semidwarf wheat; Charles F. Murphy;Beltsville; MD 94Oct12

USDA Bolsters Science at 1890 Schools; McMinnville; TN; Centers of Excellence; R. Dean Plowman; Korona Prince; Washington; DC 94Oct14

Small Fruits Make It Big; blueberries; Earliglow; Lester; Allstar; Tribute and Tristar; strawberries; thornless blackberries; Gene J. Galletta; John L. Maas; and Lisa J. Rowland; Beltsville; MD James Spiers; Barbara J. Smith; and Creighton L. Gupton; Poplarville; MS 94Oct16

Chipeta! A New Chipping Potato; Dennis L. Corsini and Joseph J. Pavek; Aberdeen; ID 94Oct19

RICE--Thicker Stems; Fatter Yields; semidwarf rice; Lemont; Gulfmont; Maybelle; Rosemont; Texmont; Dellmont; Magnolia; Sunbonnet; Doro; Lacrosse; Nato; Saturn; Della; Calrose 76; Anna M. McClung; Beaumont; TX J. Neil Rutger; Stuttgart; AR 94Oct20

That Gray Melon From Charleston; watermelons; Charleston Hot Cayenne Pepper; Provider and Contender snap beans; Wando pea; Bettersnap; Bettergro; and Bettergreen southern pea; Homestead tomato; Carolina Bunch sweetpotato; Richard L. Fery and Philip D. Dukes; Charleston; SC 94Oct23

Cataloguing the Seed Catalogs; sidebar; Garden Seed Inventory; published by Seed Saver Publications of Decorah; Iowa. 94Oct25

Sweetening America's Sugarcane Industry; Jimmy D. Miller; Canal Point; FL Benjamin L. Legendre; Houma; LA Paul H. Moore; Aiea; HI 94Oct26

Science in Your Salad; carrots; onions; cucumbers; and garlic; vegetable seed; Philipp W. Simon; Michael J. Havey; and Jack E. Staub; Madison; WI 94Oct28

Infrared Bug-Counter Goes to Disney World; Opius dissitus wasps; leafminers; biocontrol; Dennis Shuman; Gainesville; FL 94Oct31

New Apples; Nectarine for the Southeast; Hardy Cumberland and Early Thompson apples; Sunsplash nectarine; Ann Amis; Byron; GA 94Oct31

Company To Market New ARS Bacterium for Soybeans; Bradyrhizobia bacteria; nitrogen; David Kuykendall; Beltsville; MD William J. Hunter; Fort Collins; CO 94Oct31

Promising Biotech Vaccine To Be Tested; Japanese encephalitis; swine; pigs; poxviruses; vaccinia virus and canarypox; Peter W. Mason; Orient Point; NY 94Oct31

Rating Rangeland Health; forum editorial; cattle; grasslands; savannas; shrublands; deserts; tundras; marshes; meadows; Dennis Child; Beltsville; MD; Mark Weltz; Tucson; AZ; Walter Heck; Raleigh; NC; Jim Young; Reno; NV 94Nov02

Science at Home on the Range; buffalo; bison; grass; rangeland; cattle; sheep; prairie; forage; SPUR (Simulation of Production and Utilization of Rangelands); SMART (Simple Model to Assess Range Technology); STEERISK; Jornada Experimental Range; grazing; lysimeters; rain-out shelters; drought; Rodney K. Heitschmidt; Miles City; MT; Kris M. Havstad; Las Cruces; NM; Gerald E. Schuman and Richard H. Hart; Cheyenne; WY Jonathan D. Hanson; Fort Collins; CO 94Nov04

Planting With a Feather-Light Touch; seeds; tractor tool bar frame; Patent. No. 5;234;060; Lyle M. Carter; Shafter; CA 94Nov09

Genome Mapping Points the Way; genetic engineering; databases; cattle; swine; sheep; chromosomes; DNA; polymerase chain reaction (PCR); electrophoresis; alleles; markers; Beattie; Dan Laster; Larry V. Cundiff; Clay Center; NE; 94Nov10

Walking for Exercise; bone loss; calcium; Bess Dawson-Hughes; osteoporosis; Elizabeth Krall; Boston; MA 94Nov13

Probing the Soils of the Frozen North; underground weather observers; Frost Crew; snow; frost/thaw cycle; erosion; Brenton S. Sharratt; James A. Staricka; Morris; MN John Daniel; Durant; OK; 94Nov14

What Makes Tortillas and Tacos Taste So Good?; 2-aminoacetophenone; yellow corn flour; Ronald G. Buttery and Louisa C. Ling; Albany; CA 94Nov17

ROOTS: Returning to the Apple's Birthplace; germplasm; plant exploration; genetic resistance; Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan; Central Asia; pistachios; Johnny Appleseed; Phillip L. Forsline; Geneva; NY; 94Nov18

Natural Microbes Curb Salmonella; CF-3; beneficial bacterial blend; chickens; ceca; lactose; mannose; Pollo Pic´; Coamo; Puerto Rico; Tony Oyofo; Don Corrier; John DeLoach; David J. Nisbet; Clayton J. Myers; James D. Snodgrass; Albert G. Hollister; Robert E. Drolesky; College Station; TX; 94Nov22

The Search for Alternatives; Sidebar; lactose; milk sugar; Milk Specialties Co. 94Nov26

Lure Sought for Tiger Mosquito; Asian tiger mosquitoes; Aedes albopictus; Daniel L. Kline; Gainesville; FL; 94Nov27

Natural Chemicals Hit Pesky Weeds and Fungi; Bacillus subtilis; Fusarium and Aspergillus fungi. Alternaria alternata; johnsongrass; tentoxin; soybean; corn; Alan Lax; New Orleans; LA; 94Nov27

Pumping Iron at 80 and Up; exercise; weight training; muscle weakness; physical frailty; Maria Fiatarone; Boston; MA; 94Nov27

Test for Saline or Sodic Soils To Be Commercialized; soil conductivity; James D. Rhoades; Riverside; CA; 94Nov27

Mite Makes Right for the Gorse; gorse spider mites; Tetranychus lintearius; Charles E. Turner; Albany; CA; 94Nov27

Forum; Taking an Areawide Offensive; editorial; pest management; IPM; codling moth; corn rootworm; insect migration; James R. Coppedge; College Station; TX 94Dec02

Migratory Pests: Hit 'Em With All We've Got; radar; weather balloons; and aircraft;Heliocoverpa zea;corn earworm; cotton bollworm; or tomato fruitworm; insect migration; pollen grains; cornfields; Peter D. Lingren; Ted N. Shaver; Kenneth R. Beerwinkle; Juan D. Lopez; Jr.; John K. Westbrook; Wayne W. Wolf; Jesus F. Esquivel; and Gretchen D. Jones; College Station; TX Jimmy R. Raulston; Weslaco; TX 94Dec04

Sweetpotatoes: Not Just for the Holidays; beta carotene; cellulose texturizing agents; frozen; William M. Walter; Raleigh; NC; 94Dec09

Enlisting the Help of Soil-Searching Wasps; corn earworm and fall armyworm pupae; tobacco budworm; parasitic; kairomones; Diapetimorpha introita; Cryptus albitarsus; Ichneumon promissorius; Jim Carpenter; Tifton; GA Sam Pair; Lane; OK Pat Greany; Gainesville; FL William Schlotzhauer; Athens; GA 94Dec10

Native Americans Fight Weeds To Keep Their Land; Canada thistle; bindweed; leafy spurge; Indian reservations; BIA; Aphthona flava; A. nigriscutis; and A. cyparissiae; Chrysolina beetles; St. Johnswort; Anthony J. Caesar and Norman E. Rees; Bozeman; MT 94Dec12

Weeds Imperil Buffalo Herd; sidebar; National Bison Range; 94Dec14

Fungus and Nematode Pesta; pesticides; wheat-flour dough; fungi; hemp sesbania; Colletotrichum truncatum; William R. Nickle; Beltsville; MD William J. Connick; Jr.; and Kelley S. Williams; New Orleans; LA C. Douglas Boyette; Stoneville; MS 94Dec16

A Dual Citrus Threat; brown citrus aphid; Toxoptera citricida; tristeza virus (CTV) Stephen M. Garnsey; Tim R. Gottwald; Raymond K. Yokomi; and Herb C. Barrett; Orlando; FL Vernon D. Damsteegt; Frederick; MD 94Dec19

Citrus Groves in Maryland; citrus tristeza virus (CTV); brown citrus aphid 94Dec20

Very Fine Dust Contributes to City Problems; PM-10; sidebar; 94Jun12

Forum; editorial; A Milestone for Agricultural Research; fifth decade; January 1953; 93Jan02

Taking Apart and Rebuilding Plant Genes; Plant Molecular Biology Laboratory; soybeans; tomatoes; peaches; rice; potatoes; sugarbeets; cecropin and lysozyme genes; rubisco; William Belknap; Albany; CA; Reid Palmer; Ames; IA; Thomas Devine; Eliot Herman; Benjamin Matthews; Peter Ueng; Lowell Owens; Ann Smigocki; Autar Mattoo; Mark Tucker; Gideon Schaeffer; Freddi Hammerschlag; Beltsville; MD 93Jan04

Prescription Farming: Fine-Tuning Agricultural Inputs; managing fertilizer; herbicides; and irrigation water; combine harvester; Global Positioning System (GPS); AGMED; near-infrared reflectance soil sensor; Kenneth A. Sudduth; Columbia; MO; John W. Hummel; Urbana; IL; 93Jan16

Popcorn Heads West; resistance to corn earworm and European corn borer; maysin; Zapalote Chico; Richard L. Wilson; Ames; IA; Billy R. Wiseman; and Maurice E. Snook; Tifton; GA; 93Jan19

Salmonella Carriers Worry Scientists; pigs; swine; carriers; Salmonella typhimurium ; bacteria; Paula J. Cray and Thomas J. Stable; Ames; IA; 93Jan 20

Stopping Jointed Goatgrass in Wheat; weed in winter wheat; Randy L. Anderson; Akron; CO; Alex G. Ogg; Jr.; Pullman; WA; 93Jan21

Seasonal Seesaw in Body Composition; fat and lean mass; women; Bess Dawson-Hughes; Boston; MA. 93Jan21

Off-Season Cover Crops Control Erosion; frost; wind; soil; James D. Bilbro; Jr.; Big Spring; TX; 93Jan21

Gene Predicts Lamb Leanness; breeding lambs with less fat; sheep; Gary D. Snowder.; Dubois; ID; 93Jan21

Vitamin A's Relative Benefits; beta carotene; cancer; retinoic acid; Xiang-Dong Wang; Boston; MA 93Jan21

Two Nitrogens Better Than One; fertilizer; water pollution; ammonium and nitrate; Sterling R. Olsen; Fort Collins; CO 93Jan21

Maternal Gene Means Life or Death for Red Flour Beetle; natural population-control gene; MEDEA factor; maternal self-selection; Richard W. Beeman; Manhattan; KS 93Jan 21

forum editorial; ARS Plans Now for Future Scientists; 1890 Initiative.; historically black land-grant colleges and universities; William H. Tallent; Washington; DC 93Feb02

ARS Helps Science Flourish at 1890 Schools; Morrill Act ; Historically Black Land-Grant Institutions; 1866 - Lincoln University; Missouri; 1871 - Alcorn University; Mississippi; 1872 - South Carolina State University; 1873 - University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff; 1875 - Alabama A&M University; 1876 - Prairie View A&M University; Texas; 1880 - Southern University; Louisiana; 1881 - Tuskegee University; Alabama; 1882 - Virginia State University; 1886 - Kentucky State University; 1886 - University of Maryland--Eastern Shore; 1887 - Florida A&M University; 1891 - Delaware State College; 1891 - North Carolina A&T State University; 1895 - Fort Valley State College; Georgia; 1897 - Langston University; Oklahoma; 1912 - Tennessee State University; 93Feb04

Farmer-Friendly Herbicide Applicator; ultra low volume (ULV) of water; T-miser; weeds; johnsongrass; barnyardgrass; Chester McWhorter and James Hanks; Stoneville; MS; 93Feb11

Climate Change on the Great Plains; carbon dioxide (CO2); computer models; SPUR (Simulation of Production and Utilization of Rangeland) and CBCPM (Colorado Beef Cattle Production Model); Barry B. Baker and Jon D. Hanson; Fort Collins; CO 93Feb12

Tougher Peel Repels Fruit Flies; grapefruit; gibberellic acid (GA); natural plant growth-regulating hormone; Patrick D. Greany; Gainesville; FL Philip E. Shaw; Winter Haven; FL; Roy E. McDonald; Orlando; FL 93Feb14

Rock Phosphate--An Rx for Poor Soils; phosphorus; fertilizer and lime; Robert J. Wright; Beltsville; MD; V.C. Baligar; Beckley; WV 93Feb19

New Cayenne Pepper Available; high-yielding variety; Charleston Hot; southern root knot nematode; Philip D. Dukes and Richard L. Fery; Charleston; SC 93Feb19

Beneficials Are Money in the Bank; Boll Weevil Eradication Program; corn earworms; cotton bollworm; tomato fruitworm; parasitic waspsCotesia marginiventris and Microplitis croceipes; W. Joe Lewis Tifton; GA. James Tumlinson and Ted Turlings; Gainesville; FL 93Feb20

Soviet botanist Nikolai I. Vavilov; germplasm bank; Henry Shands; Beltsville; MD. 93Feb23

Russian wheat aphid resistant wheat line; Cheryl A. Baker; Stillwater; OK. 93Feb23

Hydroponic lettuce and strawberries with waste water from rainbow-trout ponds; aquaculture; Fumiomi Takeda; Kearneysville; WV. 93Feb23

Biotechnology Research and Development Corp. of Peoria; Ilinois; cornstarch-encapsulated pesticides; corn borers; CRADA; Michael R. McGuire; Peoria; IL. 93Feb23

Weevil from Australia; melaleuca tree; biocontrol; Ted Center; Fort Lauderdale; FL. 93Feb23

Steinernemario bravis nematode uses bacterial chefs; biocontrol for Helicoverpa zea caterpillars; Jimmy R. Raulston; Weslaco; TX. 93Feb23

Fast field test for cattle ticks that resist organophosphate pesticides. John E. George; Kerrville; TX. 93Feb23

Northern fowl mites prevented from feeding by peppermint; John F. Carroll; Beltsville; MD. 93Feb23

Forum; editorial Aquaculture--Netting Bigger Profits fish farming; trout; catfish; Lewis W. Smith; Beltsville; MD 93Mar02

Aquaculture Springs Up in West Virginia; fish farming; Morgan's Spring; rainbow trout; purify wastewater; Paul Adler; Kearneysville; WV Freshwater Institute; Shepherdstown; WV Peter B. Johnsen; New Orleans; LA 93Mar04

Fat; Lean; and the Role of Diet; beef cattle; Angus steers; forage or grain; Robert H. Gallavan; Samuel W. Coleman; El Reno; OK; 93Mar09

Meat Tenderness Enhanced With Calcium Process; steak; beef; cattle; Brahman; Mohammad Koohmaraie; Clay Center; NE. 93Mar11

Cutting the Use of Laboratory Solvents; supercritical fluid extraction; SFE; NCAUR; carbon dioxide (CO2) or nitrous oxide; Jerry W. King; Peoria; IL. 93Mar12

Fighting for Survival Against Bee Mites; honeybee; varroa; tracheal; Acarapis woodi; Varroa jacobsoni; Menthol; Amitraz; Fluvalinate;Hachiro Shimanuki; Beltsville; MD; William Wilson; Weslaco; TX; 93Mar14

Breeding Bees for Mite Resistance; Yugoslavian; Buckfast; varroa; tracheal; Thomas Rinderer and Robert Danka; Baton Rouge; LA; Ralph Bram; Beltsville; MD 93Mar16

Ramifications of Sheep Breeding Behavior; sexual behavior; James A. Fitzgerald; Dubois; ID; 93Mar18

Ceramic Microfilters Clean Up Brine; hams; sausages; cured meats; cuts water pollution; Marcus R. Hart; Albany; CA; 93Mar20

Hammocks Reduce Harvest Rough and Tumble; vegetable; carrots; cucumbers; onions; and potatoes; Dale Marshall; East Lansing; MI; 93Mar22

Science Update; flowerhead weevils; musk thistle; Paul E. Boldt; Temple; TX 93Mar23

Science Update; carbohydrates can boost the endurance of marathoners; Joan M. Conway; Beltsville; MD 93MAR23

Science Update; confused sap beetles; traps baited with feeding attractant; Robert J. Bartelt; Peoria; IL 93Mar23

Science Update; new plum varieties; William R. Okie; Byron; GA 93Mar23

Science Update; burning old grass from Old World bluestem reduces subsequent yields; William A. Berg; Woodward; OK 93Mar23

Science Update; reniform nematodes; cotton; Gary L. Windham; Mississippi State; MI 93Mar23

Science Update; Irrigated soybeans; extra nitrogen; managed the water table; Richard L. Cooper; Wooster; OH 93Mar23

Science Update; grain sorghum's ancestral African roots could lead to new varieties that tolerate acid soils. Ralph Clark; Beckley; WV 93Mar23

Science Update; nematode resistance in soybean line J87-233; Lawrence D. Young; Jackson; TN 93Mar23

Forum or editorial; Looking for Watershed Answers; lakes; ponds; rivers; streams; 93Apr02

Protecting;--and Taming--Watersheds; streams; creeks; rivers; rain; snow; pollution; SHAW (Simultaneous Heat and Water); USCLIMAT.BAS; weather; Little Washita; Kenneth C. Stone and Patrick G. Hunt; Florence; SC; Keith R. Cooley; Gerald N. Flerchinger; Clayton L. Hanson; and Kirk Cumming; Boise; ID; George W. Langdale; Watkinsville; GA. William M. Edwards and Lloyd B. Owens; OH; Larry A. Kramer; Council Bluffs; IA; Leonard J. Lane and Kenneth G. Renard; Tucson; AZ; Frank R. Schiebe; Durant; OK 93Apr04

Bottom Ash Boosts Poor Soil; calcium; gypsum; fluidized bed bottom ash; sulfur; limestone; Ronald F. Korcak; Beltsville; MD 93Apr12

How Parasites Hamper Livestock Growth; tapeworms; cytokines; Sarcocystis; hormone; somatostatin; Ronald Fayer and Theodore H. Elsasser; Beltsville; MD 93Apr14

Have You Had Your Molybdenum Today? beans; peas; and whole grains; sulfite oxidase; Judith R. Turnlund; Presidio of San Francisco; CA 93Apr16

With Tomatoes Looking Good Isn't Enough; flavor volatiles; hexenals; Elizabeth A. Baldwin; Winter Haven; FL; 93Apr17

Apomixis: It Could Revolutionize Plant Breeding; buffelgrass; asexual reproduction; strawberries; mangos; pearl millet; corn; and wheat. Wayne Hanna; Tifton; GA 93Apr18

Weather Network Helps Protect Crops; Cut Irrigation; Colorado onion growers; fungus control; Harold R. Duke; Fort Collins; CO 93Apr22

Testing Fumosin Activity; mycotoxins; molds Fusarium moniliforme and F. proliferatum; turkey blood donors; John L. Richard and Mary Ann Dombrink-Kurtzman; Peoria; IL; 93Apr22

Science Update; American students got a bug's eye view of biological pest control; Educational Resource Network; Inc.; Richard S. Soper; Beltsville; MD 93Apr23

Science Update; In Washington State last January; two children died and more than 250 other people got sick after eating beef patties tainted with a bacterium; Escherichia coli 0157:H7. Donald W. Thayer; Philadelphia; PA 93Apr23

Science Update; cigarette; breast-feeding; milk calories; Judy M. Hopkinson; Houston; TX 93Apr23

Science Update; Ambersweet; hybrid; processed orange juice; C. Jack Hearn; Winter Haven; FL 93Apr23

Science Update; phone books; mulch; recycle to the soil; James Edwards; Auburn; AL 93Apr23

Science Update; dairy cow; radio; mastitis; Alan M. Lefcourt; Beltsville; MD 93Apr23

Science Update; Oat plants; gene-engineered; Howard W. Rines; St. Paul; MN 93Apr23

Forum; editorial; Everyday Products Based on Ag Research; orange juice; newspaper ink; penicillin or a similar antibiotic; potato flakes; R.D. Plowman; Washington; DC 93May02

Industry Consorts With Science; Biotechnology Research and Development Corp. (BRDC) technology transfer; Michael R. McGuire; Baruch S. Shasha; Gregory L. Cote; Richard V. Greene; and Richard L. Dunkle; Peoria; IL; 93May04

Preserving Georgia's Peach Pride; brown rot; biocontrol; ultraviolet (UV) light; radiation hormesis; gummosis; (PTSL); ring nematodes; William R. Okie; P. Lawrence Pusey; Carroll E. Yonce; and Andrew P. Nyczepir; Byron; GA 93May10

Tall Whitetop's Crowding Out the Natives; weed; perennial pepperweed; poisonous to farm animals; James Young and Robert R. Blank; Reno; NV; Lynn James; Logan; UT 93May16

Lab-Grown Pinkies Cotton to New Fast Food; extruders for preparing diet for sterile pink bollworm moths; Richard H. Edwards; Albany; CA 93May17

Rumen Bacteria Rob Cattle of Nutrients; wasting up to 25 percent of protein in cattle diets; ionophores; antibiotics; James B. Russell; Ithaca; NY 93May18

Where Do Chemicals Go When It Rains? atrazine and alachlor; runoff; herbicides; simulated rainfall; fenamiphos; chlorpyrifos; a copper fungicide; nitrogen; phosphorus; zinc fertilizers; potassium bromide; Don Wauchope; Tifton; GA; ; 93May20

Not Too Sweet; and Not Too Tart; currants; germplasm repository; Kim E. Hummer; Corvallis; OR; 93May22

Add-on Speedometer Cuts Costs; Helps Environment; for tractors; helps farmers more accurately apply fertilizer and herbicides; Steven E. Hinkle; Akron; CO 93May22

Science Update; Why Not Guayule? latex from guayule (why-YOU-lee); a southwestern desert shrub; could be used to make allergen-free surgical gloves; condoms; elastic for clothing; toys; and other products. Katrina Cornish; Albany; CA 93May23

Science Update; Lupin Makes Good Food; Feed; and Fertilizer; Wayne Reeves; Auburn; AL 93May23

Science Update; Get Your Goat! Roasted or broiled chevon is a lower-fat way to put red meat on the dinner menu. Morse B. Solomon; Beltsville; MD 93May23

Science Update; Cross-Species Immunity in Poultry; coccidiosis; turkeys; Patricia C. Augustine; Beltsville; MD 93May23

Science Update; African Sorghums May Improve U.S. Varieties; World Collection of Sorghum in Griffin; Georgia; Ralph Clark; Beckley; WV 93May23

Science Update; Teen Overweight Can Lead to Adult Health Problems; Aviva Must; Boston; MA 93May23

Science Update; Cretans Tested for U.S. Whitefly Control; biocontrol wasps; beetles; and fungi from six countries. Alan A. Kirk and Lawrence A. Lacey; Montpellier; France. 93May23

Atwater's Vision Still Guides Us; human nutrition; vitalimins; Forum; editorial; Jacqueline Dupont; Beltsville; MD 93Jun02

Wilbur O. Atwater--Father of American Nutrition Studies; human; Centenial story by with contributions from nutrition research center directors Buford Nichols; Forrest Nielsen; Joseph Spence; and Judith Turnland. 93Jun04

The Calorimeter Today: Atwater's Copper Box Revisited; human numtrition; 93Jun12

Complex Interactions Frustrate Nutrition Researchers; iron; copper; zinc; heart disease; rats; high-fructose;free radicals Meira Fields; Beltsville; MD 93Jun14

Discovering Plants' Master Genes; corn; homeobox; mutations; tomatoes; barley; peas; and rice. Sarah C. Hake; Albany; CA 93Junxx16

Flightless Wasp a Step Ahead in Biocontrol; cotton bollworm; Microplitis croceipes; William W. M. Steiner; Columbia; MO 93Junxx17

Research Links Zinc; Vitamin A Status; Thailand; James C. Smith and Tim R. Kramer; Beltsville; MD 93Junxx18

Wasps; Computers Used Against Cotton Pest; Mexican; boll weevils; Catolaccus grandis; Edgar G. King; K.R. Summy; and J. A. Morales-Ramos; Weslaco; TX 93Jun19

To Lose Calories; Better To Burn 'Em Than Spurn 'Em; weight; diet; body-fat; Susan B. Roberts; Boston; MA 93Jun19

Kenaf Has Alfalfa Beat On Protein; William A. Phillips; El Reno; OK 93Jun19

Licensee Named for Food and Water Bacterial Test; Yersinia enterocolitica; Saumya Bhaduri; Philadelphia; PA 93Jun19

New Test Monitors Soy Oil Quality; phospholipids; soybean; Timothy L. Mounts; Peoria; IL 93Jun19

Diversity Is Key to Biocontrol Success; forum; editorial; R. James Cook; Pullman; WA 93Jul02

Manhattan Lab Seeks Total Quality Wheat; bread; flour; proteins; classification; singulator; mechanized nose; Virgil W. Smail; Okkyung Kim Chung; George L. Lookhart; James L. Steele; Charles R. Martin; Robert Rousser; Daniel L. Brabec; Inna Y. Zayas; Donald B. Bechtel; Larry M. Seitz; David B. Sauer; Manhattan; KS 93Jul04

Acoustic Sensors Detect Insects Deep Inside Grain Bins; sidebar; beetles; David W. Hagstrum; Manhattan; KS Dennis Shuman; Gainesville; FL 93Jul06

Pest Arrest in Manhattan; Kansas; stored grain pests; Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt); red flour beetle; MDEA factor; William H. McGaughey; Karl J. Kramer; Brenda Oppert; Thomas D. Morgan; Richard W. Beeman; Cheng S. Chang; Paul W. Flinn; David W. Hagstrum; Merle G. Eversmeyer; J.H. Hatchett; Thomas (Stan) Cox; Ralph W. Howard; 93Jul07

Weed-Eating Insects Take the Starthistle Challenge; Charles E. Turner; Albany; CA Bangasternus orientalis; 93Jul10

Watching Out For Honey Bees; diseases; mites; identification lab; chalkbrood; foulbrood; Hachiro Shimanuki; David A. Knox; Mark F. Feldlaufer; William R. Lusby; Beltsville; MD 93Jul12

COP1 Protein May Spur Sprouting; light; phytochrome; genes; Arabidopsis thaliana; Peter H. Quail; Albany; CA 93Jul14

Cotton Yields Linked to Heat Tolerance; shortcut to breeding superior Pima; John W. Radin; Phoenix; AZ Richard G. Percy; Maricopa; AZ ; 93Jul15

Keeping Tabs on Plant Viruses and Viroids; plum pox virus (PPV); peaches; plums; apricots; . reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction; PCR; prunus-latent virus; Potyviruses; Ahmed Hadidi; Laurene Levy; Roger Lawson; Ramon Jordan; John Hammond; Ed Podleckis; Beltsville; MD 93Jul16

Making Plants Immune to Viruses; Sidebar; antisense genetic engineering; RNA; John Hammond; Beltsville; MD 93Jul19

Will Salty Water Sabotage Almonds? irrigation; boron; selenium; Robert B. Hutmacher; Fresno; CA 93Jul20

Cows Can Be Pretty Picky Eaters; cattle; pasture; dead crested wheatgrass; wolf plants; Ganskopp; Burns; OR; 93Jul22

Key Enzyme Linked for First Time to Corn Growth; invertase; Prem S. Chourey; Gainesville; FL 93Jul22

'Charleston Hot' Ignites Pepper Passions cayenne; seeds; Philip D. Dukes; Charleston; SC. 93Jul23

Women's Energy Use Jumps During Ovulation Juliette Howe; Beltsville; MD 93Jul23

New Grass for Cattle Means More Seed for Growers; Bison; buffalograss; Texoka; Timothy L. Springer; Booneville; AR 93Jul23

Bacteria To Make Egg-Stopping Hormone in Mosquitoes? oostatic hormone; David A. Carlson; Gainesville; FL 93Jul23

Fungi Among the Whitefly; fungus; sweetpotato whiteflies; Paecilomyces farinosus; Raymond I. Carruthers; Weslaco; TX 93Jul23

ARS Finishes New Erosion Yardstick; Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation; RUSLE; Kenneth G. Renard; Tucson; AZ 93Jul23

ARS; NIH Join To Gather Data on Carotenoids; Anticancer value of beta carotene; Gary R. Beecher and Joanne M. Holden; Beltsville; MD 93Jul23

The Rhizosphere--A Great Unknown; forum; editorial; soil; rhizotron; minirhizotron; Richard W. Zobel; Ithaca; NY 93Aug02

Scientists Go Underground To Check Water Quality; caves; groundwater; pollution; USDA Water Quality Initiative; fertilizers; manure; pesticides; Appalachian Karst; Doug Boyer; Beckley; WV 93Aug04

GRENZWURZELN? basal roots; adventitious; tap; lateral; radicle; primary root; boundary; Leon V. Kochian; Richard W. Zobel; Ithaca; NY 93Aug10

Subterranean Fixation; soil nitrogen; alfalfa and soybeans; roots;Michael P. Russelle; St. Paul; MN 93Aug13

Fighting Fruit Decay Nature's Way; grapefruit; fruit flies; yeast; Candida guilliermondii; wax; Penicillium; green mold; Raymond G. McGuire; Miami; FL 93Aug14

Protective Yeast Is Patented; sidebar; Candida guilliermondii; Charles L. Wilson; Kearneysville; WV 93Aug15

Sugarbeets: Controlling Pests in the Next Century; sugarbeet root maggot; Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt); Xanthomonas maltophilia; Steinernema nematodes; Cercospora leaf spot; World Beta Network; Rhizomania; Garry A. Smith; Chris A. Wozniak; John D. Eide; Larry G. Campbell; Fargo; ND 93Aug16

Defining Mineral Needs of Pregnant Cows; William A. House; dairy calves; cattle; fetus; Ithaca; NY 93Aug20

Fighting the Insect Enemy in Somalia; malaria; mosquitoes; ticks; flies; permethrin; deet; Carl E. Schreck and Danel G. Haile; Gainesville; FL; 93Aug21

Berry Delightful! strawberry; Redgem and Bountiful; Francis J. Lawrence; retired; Corvallis; OR 93Aug22

Medflies Prefer Less-Acidic Bait; Mediterranean fruit flies; NuLure; traps; Robert Heath; Gainesville; FL 93Aug22

New Low-Fat Mozzarella for Pizza; cheese; Edyth L. Malin; Philadelphia; PA 93Aug23

ARS Helps Grape Growers with Vineyard Viruses; wine; raisin; Deborah Golino; Davis; CA 93Aug23

Stain Removers from Oilseed Crops; peanuts and soybeans; motor oil; ketchup; mustard; ink; lipstick; and mascara. Remon F. Joubran; Philadelphia; PA 93Aug23

New Peppers Have Ornamental Pizzazz; Tabasco-like; John R. Stommel; Robert J. Griesbach; Beltsville; MD 93Aug23

When a Disease Gets Sick; Will Melons Stay Healthy? Viruses; phage; Erwinia ananas bacteria; honeydews and cantaloupes; Cynthia G. Eayre; Weslaco; TX 93Aug23

Jojoba Toxin Disarmed by Bacteria; cattle feed; Lactobacillus arizoniae; James L. Swezey; Peoria; IL 93Aug23

Pear Pest Falls to Fungi; psylla; aphids; biocontrol; Beauveria; Verticillium; and Paecilomyces. Gary J. Puterka; Kearneysville; WV 93Aug23

The MSEA Water Quality Research Program; forum; Management Systems Evaluation Area; Dale A. Bucks; Beltsville; MD 93Sep02

Midwest Water Quality Project Matures; MSEA; groundwater; surface runoff; pesticides; nitrates; fertilizer; pollution; environment; USDA Water Quality Initiative; herbicides; atrazine; Dale Bucks; Beltsville; MD Norm Fausey and Steve Workman; Columbus; OH Jerry Hatfield; Ames; IA Gene Alberts; Columbia; MO Robert W. Dowdy and William C. Koskinen; St. Paul; MN Jim Schepers; Lincoln; NE 93Sep04

A Dip-Stick Test for Soil Nitrogen; sidebar; pre-sidedress soil nitrate test (PSNT); fertilizer; Jack Meisinger; Beltsville; MD; Jim Schepers; Lincoln; NE 93Sep07

Shrinking Screwworm's Domain; Caribbean Eradication Effort; Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); biocontrol; fly trap in the Tropics; SWFSIM (Screwworm Fly Simulation Model); Ralph Bram; Beltsville; MD Frank D. Parker; Tuxtla Gutierrez; Mexico; Danel G. Haile Gainesville; FL David Taylor; Lincoln; NE 93Sep12

Erosion Takes a Powder; polyacrylamide (PAM); soil particles; irrigation; water; Robert E. Sojka and Rick D. Lentz; Kimberly; ID 93Sep16

The Cleanest Little Chicken House in America; germ-free; poultry; broilers; eggs; Charles W. Beard; retired; Athens; GA FAPP (filtered-air positive pressure) 93Sep18

Getting Cholesterol in A-1 Condition; HDL; LDL; apos; apolipoproteins; identical and fraternal twins; Stefania Lamon-Fava; Boston; MA 93Sep19

Hydrogenated Fat's Role in Cholesterol-Lowering Diets; margarine; HDL; LDL; Alice Lichtenstein; Boston; MA 93Sep19

Mapping Blueberry Genes; genome; chromosomes; Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA; RAPD; chilling requirement; Lisa J. Rowland; Beltsville; MD 93Sep20

Natural Compounds Inhibit Decay Fungi; raspberries; strawberries; aroma; Alternaria alternata; Botrytis cinerea; and Colletotrichum gloeosporioides; aldehydes; alcohols; ketones; and esters; biocontrol; Baruch S. Shasha; Steven F. Vaughn; Gayland F. Spencer; Peoria; IL 93Sep21

Peanut's Flavor Source Revealed; low-fat; aromas; Gary R. Takeoka; Ron G. Buttery; Albany; CA 93Sep22

Irrigation Delivers Biocontrol; Along With Water; water; nuclear polyhedrosis virus; Helicoverpa (Heliothis); John J. Hamm and Laurence D. Chandler; Tifton; GA 93Sep22

Gravity Table Separates Low-and High-Protein Wheat; protein; Dale E. Wilkins; Pendleton; OR 93Sep23

Insulator Keeps Genetic Wires From Touching; matrix attachment site; chromosome; Robert J. Wall; Beltsville; MD 93Sep23

Remote Data Gives Environmental Close-Ups; satellite imagery; low-altitude video; black mangroves; ocelot; Northern Aplomado falcon; James H. Everitt; Weslaco; TX 93Sep23

Cornstarch R&D With Illinois Firm; food additives; natural gums; fat substitutes; food thickeners; xanthan and guar George F. Fanta; Peoria; IL 93Sep23

The Case of the Disappearing Beachgrass; nematode; Meloidogne; Zafar Handoo and Morgan Golden; Beltsville; MD 93Sep23

Forum; The Miracle Crop Just Keeps on Growing; soybeans; 93oct02

To Build a Better Soybean; protein; nitrogen fixation; soyoil; breeding; nodules; restricted index selection; genome maps; phytophthora rot; soybean cyst nematode (SCN); subirrigation; Howard J. Brooks; David Kuykendall; Beltsville; MD Thomas C. Kilen; Lavone Lambert; Larry G. Heatherly; Reid Smeda; Edgar E. Hartwig; Stoneville; MS; Joseph Burton; Raleigh; NC; Randy C. Shoemaker; Ames; IA; Gregory R. Noel; James E. Harper; Urbana; IL; Lawrence D. Young; Jackson; TN; W. James Hunter; Fort Collins; CO; Richard Cooper; Wooster; OH; Norman Fausey; Columbus; OH; 93oct04

The USDA Soybean Germplasm Collection; curator; Randall L. Nelson; Urbana; IL 93oct11

Streams of Conscientiousness; Demonstration Erosion Control project (DEC); sediment; environment; watersheds; Yazoo River basin; fish; Doug Shields; George Foster; Charlie Cooper; Scott Knight; Sam Testa; Earl Grissinger; Bill Blackmarr; Joe Murphey; Oxford; MS; 93oct12

Filming a Bird's-Eye View; National Sedimentation Laboratory; videotape; LANDSAT; DEC project; Earl Grissinger; Oxford; MS; 93oct15

Trash to Treasure: Recycling Waste Paper; Jim Edwards; Auburn; AL; pelletizing newspapers; phone books; landfills; wind erosion; Donald Fryrear; Big Spring; TX; Donald D. Kaufman; Kutztown; PA; Patricia D. Millner; James F. Parr; Beltsville; MD; 93oct18

Catfish Fillets Checked for Flavor; rancidity; Donald W. Freeman; Tishomingo; OK; 93oct22

Workout Tones Up More Than Muscles; aerobic exercise; glucose tolerance; diabetes; insulin; Virginia A. Hughes; Boston; MA 93oct23

Genetic Sunscreen for Crops; leaf protein; D1; photosynthesis; Autar Mattoo; Beltsville; MD 93oct23

Dairy Model Available; DAFOSYM; computer; Richard E. Muck; Madison; WI; C. Alan Rotz; East Lansing; MI 93oct23

Bait Makes Pests Bearers of Bad News; cockroaches; ants; insecticides; fluorosulfonates; Robert K. Vander Meer; Gainesville; FL 93oct23

Computer Model To Help Save Streams' Sparkle; Opus; water quality; Roger E. Smith; Fort Collins; CO 93oct23

Test-Tube Livestock Finding Safer Berth in the Lab; growth medium; eggs; embryos; genes; Ross A. Waterman; Beltsville; MD 93oct23

Forum; For a Stronger Fruit Industry; apples; strawberries; pears; Stephen S. Miller; Kearneysville; WV 93Nov02

Scientists Seek Limits on Pear Pests; psylla; MARYBLYT; fire blight control; Tom van der Zwet; Richard L. Bell; Gary W. Lightner; Gary J. Puterka; 93Nov04

Soy! It's No Ordinary Bean; soy ink; tofu; soybeans James F. Cavins; Gary R. List; Herbert J. Dutton; Kathleen Warner; Timothy L. Mounts; Sevim Erhan; Marvin O. Bagby; Loyd M. Wax; Chester G. McWhorter; Floyd Fulgham; James Hanks; David J. Sessa; David L. Brandon; Anne H. Bates; Charles R. Cremeens; Mendel Friedman; Walter J. Wolf; John A. Rothfus; Frederick F. Shih; Niels Nielsen; Tsung Min Kuo; all at various locations 93Nov11

Heat-Processing Soybeans for Ruminants; dairy cows; Larry D. Satter; Richard G. Koegel; and Timothy J. Kraus; Madison; WI 93Nov17

Gynogenesis: Shortcut to Superior Catfish; single-sex reproduction; Cheryl Goudie; Stoneville; MS 93Nov18

Getting Research to Users--a Coordinated Approach; technology transfer; James R. Welsh; Fort Collins; CO 93Nov20

Strategic Weed Control for the 90's; herbicides; cultivation/cultivators; Edward E. Schweizer; Fort Collins; CO 93Nov22

Sex-selection; method licensed; Lawrence A. Johnson; Beltsville; MD 93Nov23

Wheat; MoreCrop computer model; Roland F. Line; Pullman; WA 93Nov23

Pasture; alternative crops for; Donald J. Makus; Booneville; AR 93Nov23

Orange; juice flavor components; Philip E. Shaw; Winter Haven; FL 93Nov23

Wine; new test for quality; Roger F. McFeeters; Raleigh; NC 93Nov23

Food safety; test for salmonella; J. Stan Bailey and Nelson A. Cox; Athens; GA 93Nov23

Two Thumbs Up for Oatrim; fat replacer; fat substitute; cholesterol-lowering; beta glucan; improved glucose tolerance; insulin; fiber; R&D 100 Judith Hallfrisch; Kay Behall; and Daniel Scholfield Beltsville; MD; George Inglett; Peoria; IL 93Dec04

Genetic Fingerprinting Helps Sort Out Look-Alikes; DNA; diversity; germplasm; brassicas; canola; microsatellites; Steve Kresovich; Griffin; GA Sharon Bliek; Phil Forsline; Warren Lamboy; Jim McFerson; Win Phippen; and Amy Szewc-McFadden Geneva; NY 93Dec08

Exotic Lettuces Enliven Tomorrow's Salads; Edward Ryder and William Waycott; Salinas; CA 93Dec12

Great-Tasting Peanuts? Try Hairy!; hirsuta; hairy leaves defend against pests; super