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    • USDA ARS Online Magazine Vol. 52, No. 1

      Agricultural Research Magazine· 4 days ago

      Fruit from micropagated Laie Gold, a new papaya variety developed by plant physiologist Maureen Fitch and patented by ARS, is noted for its sweet mango-and-coconut flavor, thick orange-yellow flesh, attractive globular shape, and higher market

    • USDA ARS Online Magazine Vol. 50, No. 11

      Agricultural Research Magazine· 4 days ago

      The research also opens the door to new strategies that could help crop plants sidestep the unwanted, climate-driven influences on rubisco activase and the negative impacts on rubisco and photosynthesis ...

    • USDA ARS Online Magazine Vol. 47, No. 5

      Agricultural Research Magazine· 4 days ago

      For more than a decade, it has been our goal to provide livestock producers the opportunity to predetermine the sex of offspring to increase reproductive efficiency, says ARS animal physiologist ...

    • USDA ARS Online Magazine Vol. 49, No. 10

      Agricultural Research Magazine· 4 days ago

      Additionally, "algal blooms resulting from eutrophication clog filters at water treatment plants and reduce the recreational value of lakes and marinas," notes Sharpley. In a recent ARS article ...

    • USDA ARS Online Magazine Vol. 46, No. 7

      Agricultural Research Magazine· 4 days ago

      Four years ago, it was found lurking on soybeans growing on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. At a 1995 workshop convened to propose a plan for controlling a possible invasion of P. pachyrhizi, U.S ...

    • USDA ARS Online Magazine Vol. 46, No. 5

      Agricultural Research Magazine· 4 days ago

      TifEagle, a new bermudagrass for putting greens, will debut this summer on golf courses in Florida, Georgia, and other southern states. It is the latest product of Agricultural Research Service ...

    • USDA ARS Online Magazine Vol. 50, No. 7

      Agricultural Research Magazine· 4 days ago

      To create an industrial crop, Samac has added genes that have made alfalfa into a plastics factory, manufacturing beads of a raw, biodegradable plastic in its leaves. Samac is looking for research ...

    • USDA ARS Online Magazine Vol. 57, No. 2

      Agricultural Research Magazine· 4 days ago

      The invention of durable press helped the cotton fabric industry reinvent itself after World War II. Ruth Benerito is not a household name, but her chemistry is. This, in turn, gave rise to ...

    • USDA ARS Online Magazine Vol. 53, No. 2

      Agricultural Research Magazine· 4 days ago

      In the future, that may happen thanks to work by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists to make steaks consistently tender. "Tenderness is the most important trait to consumers," animal ...