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ARS News Service
USDA Agricultural Research Service
September 3, 2010

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Cleaning the Chesapeake Bay-from space:
ARS scientists are playing a key role in a pilot test of an innovative use of new remote sensing technologies to aid the Chesapeake Bay cleanup that begins this year in Talbot County, Md., on the Bay's Eastern Shore. (8/30)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2010/100830.htm

Ornamental edibles:
A new exhibit that will tickle visitors' taste buds has been added this year at the U.S. National Arboretum operated by ARS in Washington, D.C. (8/31)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2010/100831.htm

Helping corn-based plastics take more heat:
Current containers made from corn-based plastics literally can't take the heat of "hot-filling" with just-pasteurized products in food processing plants, but an ARS scientist and his industry collaborators are working to make corn-based plastics more heat-tolerant. (9/1)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2010/100901.htm

New corn lines that resist fungal toxins:
Corn germplasm lines developed by ARS scientists are scoring high marks in field trials for resistance to aflatoxin produced by Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus fungi. (9/2)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2010/100902.htm

Double-duty for an ARS-developed product:
Afla-Guard(r), a biological control used to thwart the growth of fungi on peanuts, can be used on corn as well, according to a study by the ARS scientists who helped develop it. (9/3)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2010/100903.htm

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