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ARS News Service
USDA Agricultural Research Service
March 22, 2013
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Using chemical trickery to control potato pest:
USDA scientists are evaluating new ways to control a potato pest called the pale cyst nematode using naturally occurring chemicals that trick nematode eggs into hatching at the wrong time--when there is no food source available to them. (3/18) http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2013/130318.htm

Heating with switchgrass in the Northeast:
USDA studies have provided a complete cost-benefit breakdown of using switchgrass pellets, which are potentially a cheaper source of energy, instead of fuel oil to heat homes and businesses in the Northeast. (3/21) http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2013/130321.htm

Discovery could lead to more heat-tolerant crops:
A USDA scientist and his colleagues have opened the door to development of more heat-tolerant crops by crystallizing a plant protein that plays a key role in photosynthesis. (3/22) http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2013/130322.htm
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