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New ARS Food and Nutrition Research Briefs Issued

By Kim Kaplan
July 16, 2020

An odd kernel trait that sidelined a brown rice variety's commercial prospects and its link to increased vitamin E levels could give it a new commercial lease on life. This finding is part of the latest issue of the Agricultural Research Service's (ARS) Food and Nutrition Research Briefs.

The latest issue, which reports discoveries from researchers at ARS laboratories nationwide, can be found at: https://www.ars.usda.gov/oc/fnrb/2020/fnrb0720/

Among other findings, the current issue reports:

ARS Food and Nutrition Research Briefs is available on the web. Readers can sign up for either of two email options: They can receive the full text of the newsletter by email or simply an advisory when a new issue has been posted online.

For more information contact Kim Kaplan, ARS Office of Communications.

The Agricultural Research Service is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief scientific in-house research agency. Daily, ARS focuses on solutions to agricultural problems affecting America. Each dollar invested in agricultural research results in $20 of economic impact.