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Is A Bumper Crop Really Enough?

Researchers work to ensure that quality matches or surpasses quantity

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ARS scientists are studying the flame resistance of naturally colored cotton.

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Disease-carrying pests cost the world billions.

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Natural pathogen may arrest the pest’s hold on crop fields

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Mississippi Delta farmers may reap the benefits for flooding their fields during the fall and winter.

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ARS researchers identify plantain and banana hybrids with resistance to black leaf streak disease.

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ARS is helping to solve the problem of 1.2 million acres of abandoned mined land across Appalachia.