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USDA Agricultural Research Service
February 22, 2013
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Studying plant roots:
A USDA scientist and his colleague at Cornell University have developed a new tool for studying how roots take shape in the soil. The three-dimensional imaging system and software package allows scientists to collect data on root systems faster than ever before, and to study root architecture in unprecedented detail. (2/19) http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2013/130219.htm

Tracking soil microbes in manure:
As part of ongoing efforts to improve food safety, USDA scientists are studying the microbes that dwell in cattle manure--what these microbes are, where they thrive, where they struggle, and where they can end up. (2/22) http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2013/130222.htm

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