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USDA ARS Online Magazine Vol. 56, No. 10
Agricultural Research Magazine· 2 days agoProp roots, a juvenile characteristic, are normally found in the first few nodes of the plant, serving the purpose of propping the plant upright in the soil. Corngrass—a somewhat grassier-looking ...
USDA ARS Online Magazine Vol. 43, No. 12
Agricultural Research Magazine· 2 days agoProgram to convert tropical plants is unique among crops. As a boy, Fred Miller noticed that the chrysanthemums dotting the farms and homesteads of Central Texas where he grew up flowered in ...
USDA ARS Online Magazine Vol. 46, No. 7
Agricultural Research Magazine· 2 days agoFour 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. 53, No. 2
Agricultural Research Magazine· 2 days agoIn 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 ...
USDA ARS Online Magazine Vol. 46, No. 5
Agricultural Research Magazine· 2 days agoTifEagle, 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. 57, No. 2
Agricultural Research Magazine· 2 days agoThe 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. 47, No. 5
Agricultural Research Magazine· 2 days agoFor 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. 56, No. 4
Agricultural Research Magazine· 2 days agoThe tobacco hornworm larva on the left was inoculated with P. fluorescens Pf-5 bacteria and has lost body rigidity as a result. On the right is a healthy larva not inoculated with bacteria. Each larva is about 2 inches long.
USDA ARS Online Magazine Vol. 49, No. 10
Agricultural Research Magazine· 2 days agoAdditionally, "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. 49, No. 6
Agricultural Research Magazine· 2 days agoIceland's poultry industry could be seen as a smaller version of the industry in the United States, since they operate in similar ways. "There is a thousandfold difference in the size of the ...
