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ARS News Service
USDA Agricultural Research Service
May 2, 2014
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Links eyed between fertilizers, greenhouse gases:
USDA researchers are learning more about the mechanics of how nitrogen fertilizers contribute to the development of greenhouse gases. (4/28) http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2014/140428.htm

New issue of Healthy Animals:
The latest issue of the ARS newsletter Healthy Animals focuses on research to help prevent and control avian influenza, which threatens the poultry industry worldwide. (4/29) http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2014/140429.htm

Battling a potato threat:
USDA scientists are leaving no stone unturned when it comes to finding new ways of managing "zebra chip" disease and the potato psyllid, the insect that can spread the disease to potato crops. (5/1) http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2014/140501.htm

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