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USDA Agricultural Research Service
April 11, 2014
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Protecting wheat from fungal attack:
USDA scientists have pinpointed the location of a gene in a little-known ancient grass that could help save one of the world's most important cereal crops from an unrelenting fungus. (4/7) http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2014/140407.htm

Taking aim at fire ants:
USDA scientists are developing innovative techniques to combat one of the world's worst invasive species, the red imported fire ant. (4/11) http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2014/140411.htm

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