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Technologies
Newly Designed Bee-Box Boosts Pollinators' Readiness
Hardworking
blue orchard bees can be coaxed out of their snug winter cocoons just
in time to pollinate the year's earliest and best blossoms, thanks to a
newly designed box for these slumbering pollinators.
Jan 22, 2008 - 6:13:37 PM
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Veggie Soybeans About to Get Even Sweeter
Sweeter
edamame soybean varieties for organic farmers are being developed by
Virginia State University (VSU) and Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
scientists.
Dec 10, 2007 - 5:32:57 AM
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Technologies
Likeable Legume Snacks from ARS Research
Garbanzos, lentils, and dry peas and beans can now make crunchy, great-tasting snacks that are also good for you.
Dec 6, 2007 - 9:04:32 PM
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Orange-Fleshed Honeydews Evaluated
A
team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists has evaluated
the merits of melons that combine the best attributes of cantaloupes
and honeydew melons.
Dec 6, 2007 - 8:55:54 PM
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Scientists Developing Bread Rich in Beta-Glucan
Guests
visiting the laboratory of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) chemist
Abdellatif Mohamed might be surprised by the smell of fresh-baked
bread, rather than chemicals.
Dec 6, 2007 - 8:53:46 PM
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Technologies
Village Wheats May Fend Off Stem Rust
Traditional wheats, grown by
village farmers on the other side of the world, could hold genes that
resist attack by stem rust. Killer races of that formidable fungal
disease pose a threat to America's wheat, according to Agricultural
Research Service (ARS) plant pathologist J. Michael Bonman.
Dec 2, 2007 - 3:22:21 PM
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Technologies
Orange-Fleshed Honeydews Evaluated
A team of Agricultural
Research Service (ARS) scientists has evaluated the merits of melons
that combine the best attributes of cantaloupes and honeydew melons.
Dec 2, 2007 - 3:17:57 PM
Food & Health
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Technologies
Scientists Developing Bread Rich in Beta-Glucan
Guests visiting the
laboratory of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) chemist Abdellatif
Mohamed might be surprised by the smell of fresh-baked bread, rather
than chemicals.
Dec 2, 2007 - 3:15:55 PM
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Technologies
Company Research on Genetically Modified Foods is Rigged
In 2004, four advocates of genetically modified (GM) foods published a study in the
British Food Journal that was sure to boost their cause
[1] According to the peer-reviewed paper, when shoppers
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a Canadian farm store were confronted with an informed and unbiased
choice between GM corn and non-GM corn, most purchased the GM variety.
Nov 21, 2007 - 7:02:14 PM
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Data on Food Antioxidants Aid Research
Measures of the antioxidant capacities of 277 selected foods were released today by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists. The new database provides easy access to antioxidant values for a wide variety of foods, many of which may be excellent sources of healthful compounds.
Nov 7, 2007 - 6:19:44 PM
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Technologies
New High-Yielding Pecan is Right for Many Regions
A new pecan called "Lakota" is now available to nurserymen, thanks to scientists in the Agricultural Research Service's (ARS) Crop Germplasm Research Unit at College Station, Texas, and a collaborator at Kansas State University (KSU). Lakota is notable for its high yield potential, the early maturity and quality of its nuts, and excellent tree strength.
Oct 24, 2007 - 9:12:35 PM
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Fermentation improves bioavailability of calcium in soymilk
Soymilk with calcium after fermented with probiotics has a better solubility of fortified calcium, which in turn boosts the bioavailability of the mineral, according to a new study published in a recent issue of Journal of Food Science.
Oct 7, 2007 - 4:58:46 PM
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Study shows vitamin C is essential for plant growth
Scientists from the
University of Exeter and Shimane University in Japan have proved for
the first time that vitamin C is essential for plant growth. This
discovery could have implications for agriculture and for the
production of vitamin C dietary supplements.
Sep 23, 2007 - 8:03:25 PM
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Technologies
Exposing Wheat's Genetic Secrets
Every day, bakers from coast to coast make fresh, fragrant loaves of bread for us to enjoy. Wheat flour, of course, is a star ingredient in many of the most popular breads.
Sep 22, 2007 - 10:06:13 PM
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Fortifying Feed with Biodiesel Co-products
Biofuel research isn’t just a matter of finding the right type of biomass--corn grain, soybean oil, animal fat, wood or other material--and converting it into fuel. Scientists must also find environmentally and economically sound uses for the by-products of biofuel production. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists Brian Kerr and William Dozier have done just that.
Sep 20, 2007 - 5:50:13 PM
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Dry Pea, Sunflower and Spring Wheat Excel in Northern Plains Cropping
The dry pea is a “must” in the Northern Plains. Used in rotations, it has a good effect on many subsequent crop yields and is a consistent efficient user of precipitation, regardless of how dry or wet the growing season is.
Aug 27, 2007 - 4:51:54 PM
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Sugar a new power source for batteries
Sony Corp announced that it has developed a new battery based on sugar solution, which can produce 50 milliwatts, the highest level for a small bio-battery.
Aug 24, 2007 - 5:41:48 PM
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Study advances vCJD prion detection
Scientists have made significant advances towards the development of a technique that could be used to confirm whether someone is infected with variant CJD
Jul 5, 2007 - 10:33:58 PM
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Rutgers: GM/GMO/Biotech crop containment strategy
New Brunswick, N.J. – Plant geneticists at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, may have solved one of the fundamental problems in genetically engineered or modified (GM or GMO) crop agriculture: genes leaking into the environment.
Jun 6, 2007 - 9:37:01 PM
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Leading the fight against food poisoning
University of Nottingham experts have joined forces with Canadian biotech company GangaGen Life Sciences Inc to develop new weapons in the fight against food poisoning.
May 23, 2007 - 8:33:21 PM
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Technologies
The Powers of Peanut Flours
New Agricultural Research Service
(ARS) findings about the thickening
capacity of various forms of peanut flour will help scientists improve food
textures.
Apr 15, 2007 - 8:21:38 AM
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Technologies
WILD Resolver® Technology Leads to Great Taste
Excellent taste is essential for the success of food and beverages. However,
sweeteners and functional ingredients have an undesired off-note that
interferes the sensory experience of the product. The WILD Resolver®
Technology optimizes the taste of foods, beverages, and other single
ingredients. The effectiveness of the WILD Resolver® has been approved in
numerous products.
Mar 12, 2007 - 1:25:36 PM
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Technologies
Isolated tomato fiber useful for meat and bakery products
AZTI-Tecnalia have isolated a vegetable fibre from tomato which can be used in making functional meat and bakery foods.
Mar 4, 2007 - 6:54:03 PM
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Technologies
Advice for Hurricane-Harassed Sugarcane Growers
In
2005, Louisiana's sugar farmers had more than their usual share of
challenges, which typically include pesky insects, weeds and diseases.
On August 29, Hurricane Katrina made landfall, hurling 75-mile-per-hour
winds over cane-growing parishes across the southern part of the state
and bringing new problems to already-challenged sugarcane producers.
Feb 21, 2007 - 6:56:54 AM
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Pectin Extraction From Citrus and Sugar Beets
At ARS’s
Eastern Regional Research Center (ERRC) in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania,
researchers in the Crop Conversion Science and Engineering Research
Unit are at work on pectin, a polysaccharide component in the cell
walls of fruits and vegetables.
Feb 11, 2007 - 7:02:14 PM
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High-tech microbes could bolster production of natural sweetener
Genetically engineered bacteria that eat hemicellulose in corn fiber
and other sources could set the stage for a new, biobased method of making
xylitol, a mint-flavored sweetener used in chewing gum, toothpaste, mouthwash
and other products.
Feb 11, 2007 - 6:57:49 PM
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Peanut Flours and Food Texture
New
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) findings about the thickening
capacity of various forms of peanut flour will help scientists improve
food textures.
Jan 25, 2007 - 9:49:55 AM
Food & Health
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Technologies
Bovine Genetics and Mad Cow Disease
Do
genes affect bovine spongiform encephalopathy--also known as BSE, or
"mad cow" disease? Are some cattle more susceptible than others?
Jan 22, 2007 - 10:49:16 AM
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Biotech Crops Bringing Benefits to Health and the Environment
News Release Issued by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
High Level Policy Dialogue for Agricultural Biotechnology
Jan 20, 2007 - 9:25:15 PM
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Potato Popular with Growers
Delicious
and versatile, Alturas potatoes are also highly popular with
knowledgeable growers. This tuber, from Agricultural Research Service
scientists and their university colleagues, rates as the fifth most
commonly planted potato in Idaho--the state that produces more potatoes
than any other.
Jan 18, 2007 - 7:22:31 AM
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