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ARS News Service
USDA Agricultural Research Service
April 1, 2011
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Calculating livestock numbers:
Ranchers in the central Great Plains may be using some of their winter downtime in the future to rehearse the upcoming production season--all from the warmth of their homes. (3/29) http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2011/110329.htm

Battling Dutch elm disease:
Two ARS scientists may have discovered "the map to El Dorado" for the American elm--a previously hidden population of elms that carry genes for resistance to Dutch elm disease. (3/30) http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2011/110330.htm

Controlling garden pests:
ARS scientists have found strains of bacteria that could one day be used as environmentally friendly treatments to keep caterpillars and other pests out of gardens and cultivated fields.
(3/31)
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2011/110331.htm

Studying E. coli in plants:
A technique developed by ARS scientists for tracking pathogens has helped confirm that Escherichia coli is not likely to contaminate the internal vascular structure of field-grown leafy greens. (4/1) http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2011/110401.htm
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