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

      Agricultural Research Magazine· 2 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. 52, No. 1

      Agricultural Research Magazine· 2 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. 43, No. 12

      Agricultural Research Magazine· 2 days ago

      Program 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. 5

      Agricultural Research Magazine· 2 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 < ...

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

      Agricultural Research Magazine· 2 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. 50, No. 7

      Agricultural Research Magazine· 2 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. 49, No. 10

      Agricultural Research Magazine· 2 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 ...