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ARS News Service
USDA Agricultural Research Service
June 7, 2013
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Farmed salmon raises blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids:
People who eat farm-raised salmon can increase their intake of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids to levels that may help reduce their risk of heart disease, according to studies by ARS scientists. (6/5) http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2013/130605.htm

Nematodes encapsulated to better battle corn pests:
Nematodes have shown promise as biological control agents in the fight against the western corn rootworm, whose larval stage is a costly pest of corn in the United States and Europe, but current spray methods used to apply the beneficial nematodes can be labor-intensive and water-consuming. As an alternative, a team of ARS scientists and their colleagues at the University of Neuchatel in Switzerland is field-testing gel capsule formulations that encapsulate the pest-killing nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora. (6/6) http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2013/130606.htm

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