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Title	Date	Words
An atlas for Guatemala, a tool for conserving world crops.	Mar 1, 2013	646
Cultural practices to maintain soil quality and address climate change.	Mar 1, 2013	1577
A desert shrub's crystallized protein sheds light on photosynthesis.	Mar 1, 2013	560
Rolling out cover crops for higher yields and improved soil quality.	Feb 1, 2013	1103
Travel patterns of wind-blown soil microbes.	Feb 1, 2013	586
New tools for studying the root of the matter.	Feb 1, 2013	1021
Helping citrus growers deal with a nasty invader.	Jan 1, 2013	1625
Spraying insecticide?	Nov 1, 2012	605
Finding ways to save water in peach orchards.	Nov 1, 2012	1302
Addressing a new threat to avocado: laurel wilt.	Oct 1, 2012	1318
Reducing sorghum's major limitations: cold tolerance and diseases.	Oct 1, 2012	1146
Trapping weevils and saving monarchs.	Oct 1, 2012	633
Banking on plants as storehouses.	Sep 1, 2012	1132
Understanding herbicide resistance of an enzyme in the "pigments of life".	Aug 1, 2012	1131
A "greener" fertilizer for growing horticultural crops.	Aug 1, 2012	738
New tool opens a bigger window to insect-plant warfare.	May 1, 2012	1242
Genetics and bermudagrass it's not easy being uniformly green.	May 1, 2012	607
Protein biomarkers: identify disease-carrying aphids.	Apr 1, 2012	488
A new approach to molecular plant breeding.	Apr 1, 2012	552
Barcoding insects: to control them.	Apr 1, 2012	1241
Using cactus as a bioremediation tool.	Jan 1, 2012	586
Integrated control system improves cotton health.	Nov 1, 2011	1041
ARS in Africa: building trust and fighting poverty.	Oct 1, 2011	1425
Tools to help make decisions for better nitrogen use.	Sep 1, 2011	1161
Battling the nematodes that threaten potatoes.	Aug 1, 2011	953
Helping growers adapt to changing rules on fumigants.	Jul 1, 2011	1249
Cattle pastures may improve soil quality.	Mar 1, 2011	608
Investigating two pathways to replacing methyl bromide.	Mar 1, 2011	1165
Getting closer to better biocontrol for garden pests.	Mar 1, 2011	390
A better way to track Salmonella and E. coli in waterways.	Feb 1, 2011	615
Using genetics to build a better tomato.	Feb 1, 2011	493
Examining climate change effects on wheat.	Feb 1, 2011	573
Mystery solved: detecting the source of a Boll Weevil outbreak.	Jan 1, 2011	1107
Rolling rye: guidelines help determine when's best.	Nov 1, 2010	641
Throwing a citrus pest off its scent: a citrus leafminer larva creates a gallery, or mine, within a citrus leaf, thereby gaining protection from externally applied pesticides and leaving behind a fecal trail. The wound created by the larva also makes the plant more susceptible to citrus canker disease.	Aug 1, 2010	668
Unraveling the origins of a symbol of the tropics.	Aug 1, 2010	568
Boosting Vitamin A levels in corn to fight hunger.	May 1, 2010	842
A new approach to an old problem: devising formulas to enhance growth.	May 1, 2010	611
Better guidance for battling corn earworm.	Apr 1, 2010	352
Finding crown rust resistance that can go the distance, in oats.	Feb 1, 2010	608
Plant germplasm: preserving diversity, insuring our future.	Jan 1, 2010	1095
Tropical treasure turns 60.	Jan 1, 2010	480
GRACEnet: a unified response to climate change.	Nov 1, 2009	1558
Why rye cover crops are great natural weed killers.	Oct 1, 2009	534
In the western United States: using technology to save water.	Sep 1, 2009	1571
Conserving crop diversity and a way of life in Ecuador.	Aug 1, 2009	1095
Combating the brown marmorated stink bug: a new threat for agriculture, a nuisance for homeowners.	Jul 1, 2009	590