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2022-01-11

Device Sniffs Out the "Smell-fingerprints" of Pestered Plants

A team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and university scientists has developed an electronic nose to sniff out whitefly infestations of tomato plants. Read more

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2022-01-11

What can we really learn from sex-disaggregated data?

Parsing sometimes contradictory responses in household surveys. Read more

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2022-01-11

What can we really learn from sex-disaggregated data?

Parsing sometimes contradictory responses in household surveys. Read more

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2022-01-10

Readying Wheat with Climate Resiliency

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are practicing "tough love" when it comes to preparing wheat for the climate challenges ahead. Read more

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2022-01-05

USDA's Systematic Entomology Laboratory Leads Acquisition For One of the World's Largest Private Beetle Collections

Researchers within the Agricultural Research Service's (ARS)
Systematic Entomology Laboratory (SEL) are currently preparing for more intense study of beetles in the genus
Agrilus, thanks to their... Read more

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2022-01-04

John Deere unveils fully autonomous 8R tractor

“The autonomous 8R tractor is doing something that was once thought impossible,” says Julian Sanchez, director, emerging technology for John Deere. Read more

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2022-01-04