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New Berries from ARS
Sweet Sunrise strawberry is new high-yielding, June-bearing cultivar from the ARS breeding program in Corvallis, Oregon. Click the image for more information about it.
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By Sharon Durham
April 22, 2015
Two new berries have been developed thanks to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists at the Horticultural Crops Research Unit in Corvallis, Oregon, and their collaborators.
Berries of all types are wonderful additions to a healthy diet, providing nutrients, fiber and flavor. Sweet Sunrise (U.S. PP 25,223) is a new strawberry cultivar from the Corvallis breeding program, which is led by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) plant geneticist Chad Finn. This strawberry was released in cooperation with the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station (OAES) and Washington State University's Agricultural Research Center.
ARS is the USDA's chief intramural scientific research agency.
Sweet Sunrise is a high-yielding cultivar that ripens in June. It produces large, firm attractive fruit having excellent quality. According to Finn, Sweet Sunrise was high-yielding in every trial and location. Yields are comparable to, or higher than, those of other recent releases such as Charm, Valley Red, and Sweet Bliss or the industry standards Tillamook, Totem, and Hood. In all evaluations, Sweet Sunrise was rated excellent and comparable to Totem for commercial processors.
Finn also developed Columbia Star (U.S. patent applied for), a thornless, trailing blackberry cultivar from the same breeding program as Sweet Sunrise. Columbia Star was released in 2013 in cooperation with OAES.
The new blackberry is a high-quality, high-yielding, machine-harvestable blackberry with firm, sweet fruit that when processed is similar in quality to, or better than, fruit from the industry standards Marion and Black Diamond.
Both of these new berry cultivars will be good additions to the fresh- and processed-fruit markets, according to Finn.
Read more about this research in the April issue of AgResearch magazine.
USDA Scientists, International Colleagues Sequence Upland Cotton Genome
ARS scientists and their partners have sequenced the genome of Texas Marker-1, the genetic standard for upland cotton, the world's most widely cultivated and genetically complex species of Gossypium. Photo courtesy of Russell Kohel, ARS (retired).
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By Dennis O'Brien
April 21, 2015
Resulting "roadmap" could help improve yields, fiber quality and plant resilience
WASHINGTON, April 21, 2015—U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their partners have sequenced the genome of the world's most widely cultivated and genetically complex species of cotton, a milestone that will make it easier to address increasing threats to cotton by tapping into its natural defenses. The results were published today in two Nature Biotechnology reports.
Sequencing the genome of Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) will help breeders develop varieties of cotton that are better equipped to combat the pests, diseases and higher temperatures and droughts expected to accompany climate change. Cotton growers have experienced a plateau in yields since the early 1990s, and most commercial varieties lack genetic diversity, making cotton vulnerable to natural threats. The findings will help researchers and breeders in the years ahead develop cotton varieties with improved fiber qualities, higher yields and more tolerance to heat, drought and diseases anticipated due to climate change. Cotton is grown on 12 million acres in 17 states and is a $6 billion crop in the United States.
"There is a vast, untapped reservoir of genes in wild cotton plants that could offer us stronger and more effective defenses to the numerous challenges faced by cotton growers. Sequencing of a genetic standard in cotton gives us the roadmap to identify and tap into that reservoir of genetic variability," said Chavonda Jacobs-Young, administrator of the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS). ARS is USDA's principal intramural scientific research agency.
The studies are the result of nearly a decade of international collaboration. ARS scientists Richard Percy and Russell Kohel (retired) are coauthors and John Yu is corresponding author of one publication. They are based in College Station, Texas. ARS scientist Brian Scheffler, based in Stoneville, Mississippi, is a coauthor of the other. The two teams sequenced the genome of the genetic standard of Upland cotton, Texas Marker-1, which is often used in studies and in developing new genetic lines.
Upland cotton is the result of millions of years of evolution and thousands of years of domestication. The sequencing efforts were made possible because several of the scientists involved in today's studies recently sequenced the two "parent" species of most commercial cotton varieties—an Old World cultivated cotton and a New World wild cotton.
The results will allow scientists to analyze two sets of extensive DNA data, compiled independently of each other, compare the results and exploit cotton's genetic diversity by tapping into the potential of genes found in the 10,000 accessions of exotic and wild cotton plants in the ARS Cotton Germplasm Collection in College Station, Texas.
The papers, with a list of the contributing authors, can be found at:
ARS is USDA's principal intramural scientific research agency, and this research supports the USDA priority of promoting American agriculture by conducting cutting-edge research and expanding markets at home and abroad.
New Procedure to Test NDV Vaccines
ARS scientists have improved methods for evaluating vaccines against Newcastle disease virus, which could lead to better protection from this virulent poultry disease. Click the image for more information about it.
- A New Vaccine to Fight Poultry Diseases
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By Sandra Avant
April 15, 2015
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have developed an improved Newcastle disease virus (NDV) vaccine evaluation procedure that could be used to select better vaccines to treat the disease.
Newcastle disease, one of the most important poultry diseases worldwide, can cause severe illness in chickens and other birds. Severe, or virulent, strains rarely occur in poultry species in the United States, but they are regularly found in poultry in many foreign countries.
Available commercial NDV vaccines perform well in chickens infected with virulent NDV under experimental conditions. They also perform well under field conditions where virulent virus is not common. However, they often fail in countries where virulent viruses are endemic.
At the Agricultural Research Service's (ARS) Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory (SEPRL) in Athens, Georgia, microbiologist Claudio Afonso and veterinary medical officer Patti Miller have updated the traditional vaccine evaluation method, which does not compare vaccines or take into account suboptimal field conditions.
Under perfect conditions, vaccines should work, but conditions are not always perfect in the field, according to Miller. Chickens sometimes get less than the required vaccine dose and don't always have the minimum amount of time required to develop an optimum immune response.
The improved vaccine-evaluation procedure compares vaccines made using genes from the same viral strain-or genotype-that the birds are exposed to in the field to vaccines made with a strain that differs from the virus birds are exposed to.
Using the improved procedure, scientists inoculated chickens with different vaccine doses before exposure to a high dose of virulent NDV. Birds given the genotype-matched vaccine had reduced viral shedding, superior immune responses, reduced clinical signs, and increased survival than the birds vaccinated with a different-genotype vaccine. By using genotype-matched vaccines, viral shedding and death were significantly reduced.
ARS is USDA's principal intramural scientific research agency, and this research supports the USDA priority of promoting international food security.
Read more about this work in the April 2015 issue of AgResearch magazine.
Fast New Approach to Formulating Pest-Killing Fungi on Tap
ARS microbiologist Mark Jackson and his colleagues have improved mass-production of beneficial fungi so they can be more effective and more economical biopesticides. Click the image for more information about it.
- Beneficial Fungi Examined for Battle against Destructive Beetles
- New, Cost-cutting Approach to Formulating Pest-killing Fungi
- Researchers Use "Banker Plants" to Help Battle Whitefly Pests
By Jan Suszkiw
April 8, 2015
Technological advances by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are continuing to improve the way beneficial fungi are formulated for use as biopesticides.
Traditionally, biopesticide makers have cultured beneficial species of Beauveria, Isaria, Metarhizium and other fungi on moistened grains like rice or other solid substrates to coax them into forming specialized spores called "conidia." These conidia are then harvested and formulated into biopesticide products, which can be applied to field- or greenhouse-grown crops as alternatives to synthetic pesticides or used in conjunction with them to delay the pests' development of insecticide resistance.
Over the past decade, however, microbiologist Mark Jackson and colleagues at USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have experimented with the use of liquid culture fermentation (LCF), an approach that's enabled them to mass-produce stable, effective spore forms called "blastospores" and resting structures such as "microsclerotia."
The researchers' studies have shown that microsclerotia are especially durable, long-lasting during storage, and effective as bioinsecticides and bioherbicides. LCF has also proven to be faster and more economical to use, yielding blastospores or microsclerotia in two to three days versus the ten to fourteen days needed to produce conidia using the traditional culture methods, says Jackson. He is with the ARS National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research in Peoria, Illinois. Replacing hydrolyzed casein and other expensive nitrogen sources with low-cost cottonseed flour also reduces production media costs by 80-90 percent, he adds.
Jackson's recent collaborations with visiting scientists Gabriel Mascarin (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, a.k.a. "EMBRAPA") and Nilce Kobori (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) showed that LCF can also be a cost-effective way to produce spores of U.S. and Brazilian strains of Beauveria, Isaria, and Trichoderma fungi.
In trials, the blastospores proved more effective than conidia generated by commercial production methods. For example, blastospores from LCF cultures of Beauveria killed silverleaf whitefly nymphs 25 percent faster than the conidia. Fewer blastospores were also required. Their studies also demonstrated, for the first time, that under appropriate LCF conditions, Trichoderma can form microsclerotia suitable for use as a seed coating or soil-incorporated granules to guard against plant diseases.
Read more about their findings in the April issue of AgResearch magazine. ARS is USDA's principal intramural scientific research agency.
U.S. National Arboretum To Re-Open to the Public Seven-Days A Week
Schedule Resumption Possible Through Friends of the National Arboretum Donations
By Sharon Durham
April 2, 2015
WASHINGTON, April 2, 2015 — On April 14, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) U.S. National Arboretum (USNA) will once again be open to the public seven days a week, its original operating schedule. USNA continued a full research schedule but reduced the public schedule by three days a week in 2013 due to reduced funding, closing to the public Tuesday through Thursday. The Arboretum is operated by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), USDA's chief intramural scientific research agency.
"We are very pleased that the U.S. National Arboretum will return to its normal operating schedule on April 14," said Chavonda Jacobs-Young, ARS Administrator. "In addition to the vital plant research conducted there, the Arboretum is also a source of relaxation and enjoyment for the public and visitors to Washington, D.C. We are thankful for the support of the Friends of the National Arboretum in helping us to restore the Arboretum's normal operating schedule. It is a great example of well-functioning private/government partnership benefiting the public."
Friends of the National Arboretum (FONA) is the principal private, nonprofit partner of USNA. FONA began raising funds following the 2013 schedule reduction to facilitate resuming USNA's seven-day schedule. The funds raised by FONA will help pay for custodial, security, and public information services for the three days of operations over the next three years.
The 446-acre Arboretum is USDA's research and education facility and a living museum. The Arboretum enhances the economic, environmental, and aesthetic value of ornamental and landscape plants through long-term, multi-disciplinary research, conservation of genetic resources, and interpretative gardens and exhibits.
It is dedicated to serving the public and improving our environment by developing and promoting improved floral and landscape plants and new technologies through scientific research, education programs, display gardens, and germplasm conservation.
This year, the Arboretum is also home to a nesting pair of bald eagles, the first since 1947. Staff first noticed the nesting pair in early January on the south side of Mount Hamilton, in the Arboretum's Azalea Collection, watching the pair make trips back and forth to the nest site. The eagles' behavior changed towards the end of January, when one started sitting on the nest at all times, while the other searched for food to feed its mate. This was an indication that the pair was now caring for eaglets. It is unknown at this time how many eaglets are in the nest.
The USNA is taking steps to protect the nesting pair of eagles and minimize disturbances. People, noise, and related distractions in the vicinity of a bald eagle nest can cause the nesting pair to abandon their nest and eaglets. USNA has restricted access to an area within approximately 660 feet around the nesting site during the critical nesting period, ending around mid-June.
Each season provides new experiences for visitors. Spring arrives with the appearance of woodland wildflowers. From magnolia blossoms to miniature daffodils to cherry blossoms, fragrance graces the grounds. Summer brings daylilies and crape myrtles, welcoming the heat of summer with showy, resilient blooms. In the fall, tree leaves transition from summer green to a range of rich yellows of tulip poplar and hickory to the bright red of black gum and the purplish red of sweet gum and dogwood. While many think of winter as cold and remote, it also brings calm and quiet. Snow and ice transform the gardens into a jeweled landscape. The 'Sparkleberry' hollies (developed by scientists at the USNA) sparkle with brilliant red berries.
There are a number of specialized collections at USNA including the Asian Collections, Fern Valley, The Native Plant Collection, and the ever-popular Azalea Collections. The public is encouraged to visit the USNA Web site to learn more about hours of operation, visitor services, collections, and upcoming USNA events and activities.
USDA Agency Retools Its Monthly Science News Magazine
USDA Agency Retools Its Monthly Science News Magazine
ARS has launched its newly redesigned and reformatted AgResearch magazine.
By Jan Suszkiw
April 1, 2015
Agricultural Research has been a flagship publication of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) since 1953. This month, ARS debuts a new, all-digital version of the magazine called AgResearch that will make better use of information delivery and technology to meet the needs of an increasingly tech-savvy, time-pressed global audience.
In this and subsequent monthly issues, "Site visitors will encounter a new look and content layout to complement the ag-research reporting that's come to define the magazine over the years," according to ARS Administrator Chavonda Jacobs-Young. ARS is the chief intramural scientific research agency of USDA.
The monthly magazine is designed for a diverse, lay, non-scientific audience. The information will be useful for those interested in food and agriculture, including farmers/ranchers, commodity and industry groups, Federal and private researchers, policymakers (including Congressional members), regulatory agencies and the American public.
Jacobs-Young says AgResearch's digital layout is a "responsive" one, automatically adjusting to the site user's browser window or mobile device for optimal viewing. In addition to high-resolution images, articles are accompanied by call-out boxes summarizing key facts to help users quickly access information.
The site's intuitive design makes it easy to find links for additional resources, including videos, subject-matter experts and published scientific works. AgResearch also boasts "sharing" capabilities for the social-media-minded.
Jacobs-Young says ARS will continue to assess this and its other communications products to address customer and stakeholder needs and demands, with a focus on mobile users who want their news and information on the go.
Most importantly, though, AgResearch continues the tradition of excellence in reporting the latest research endeavors of the agency's nearly 2,000 scientists to the public, producers, stakeholders and industry.
The new AgResearch magazine can be found at http://agresearchmag.ars.usda.gov. Users are encouraged to sign up to receive email alerts when a new issue is posted each month by sending an email that says, "Subscribe" in the subject line to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Slavin Delivers ARS 2015 W.O. Atwater Memorial Lecture at Experimental Biology
Joanne L. Slavin presents the 2015 ARS W.O. Atwater Lecture "Food Is Not a Talisman: Reflections on the Science and Practice of Nutrition" at Experimental Biology 2015.
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- Assessing the U.S. Population's Sodium Intake
- ARS Scientists Develop Improved Method to Estimate Calories
By Kim Kaplan
March 31, 2015
BOSTON, March 31, 2015—"Food is not a talisman: Reflections on the science and practice of nutrition," is the subject of Joanne L. Slavin's 2015 W.O.A. Memorial Lecture, which she delivers today at the Experimental Biology meeting in Boston.
Slavin is an internationally renowned expert on the role of fiber and whole grains in the diet and their bearing on human health. She is currently a professor in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition at the University of Minnesota, and she served as a member of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee.
The W.O. Atwater Memorial Lecture was established by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in 1968 to honor the memory of Wilbur Olin Atwater (1844-1907) and to recognize scientists who have made unique contributions toward improving the diet and nutrition of people around the world. Atwater, considered the father of modern nutrition research and education, was the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) first chief of nutrition investigations. ARS is USDA's chief in-house scientific agency.
Slavin is known not only for her scientific contributions but also as a courageous voice for supporting scientific evidence underpinning discussions on human health and nutrition.
She summed up her presentation as discussing that "current obsessions on nutritional bad guys—saturated fat, added sugar, sodium—have left the science arena. Nutritional guidance must be based on strong science or we mislead the public with hollow promises of the magical properties of foods."
For more information about the W.O. Atwater Memorial Lecture, see http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/lectures/atwater.htm
Strategies to Control Cravings
A diet of moderately low carbohydrates rather than very low is best for weight control without triggering cravings, according to an ARS-funded study, making foods like barley soup a practical choice. Click the image for more food items.
- Shifting Out of High-Calorie Habits
- Brain Images Focus on Stress Eaters' Neurological Response to Comfort Foods
- Scientists Explore Brain, Cortisol, and Weight Loss Connections
By Rosalie Marion Bliss
March 30, 2015
An expert in healthy weight-loss interventions funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is studying complex brain responses to the dramatically changed U.S. food supply. The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) report that during the past four decades, the amount of food on hand to purchase from the U.S. market-in terms of average daily caloric availability—has increased by 600 calories per person.
Susan B. Roberts emphasizes interventions with a high-fiber, slow-digesting carbohydrate intake—at the lower end of the recommended range rather than below it—for weight control because that is a good level where people can enjoy some carbs without having so many that they trigger food cravings and eating-control issues.
Roberts is with the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts. The center is funded by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), which is USDA's chief intramural scientific research agency. Roberts is also professor of both nutrition and psychiatry at Tufts University.
Roberts emphasizes a moderately low carbohydrate intake, rather than a very low carb intake, in keeping with the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for carbohydrates of 130 grams, or 520 calories, per day. Based on Roberts' studies, another dietary key to managing body weight is getting ample food fiber, which is a subset of the carbohydrate group.
The daily adequate intake for fiber is 38 grams for men and 25 grams for women. But significantly—dietary fiber intake among U.S. consumers averages only 16 grams per day. Fiber is a weight-control cornerstone of Roberts' intervention studies because it helps achieve the feeling of fullness after eating.
Good sources of dietary fiber include legumes (beans and peas), vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds, and whole grains (unlike refined grains, whole grains contain the entire grain kernel, meaning bran, germ, and endosperm).
Read more about this research in the March 2015 issue of Agricultural Research magazine.
Beneficial Insect Virus Gets Boost as Crop Pest Fighter
Adding brewer's yeast and brown sugar improves the effectiveness of a natural insect pathogen that is in a commercial spray to kill codling moth larvae to prevent damage to apples, pears and other orchard crops, according to ARS research. Click the image for more information about it.
- Enhanced Lure Proves Irresistible to Orchard Pest
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By Jan Suszkiw
March 27, 2015
Common baking ingredients may offer a way to bolster the effectiveness of Cydia pomonella granulovirus (CpGV), a natural insect pathogen that's been commercially formulated to kill codling moth larvae—the proverbial worms in the apple (and pear, walnut and other orchard crops).
Studies by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entomologist Alan Knight and his Swedish colleague Peter Witzgall show that adding two feeding stimulants to the spray formulations—brewer's yeast and brown sugar—can increase the pests' ingestion of the lethal insect virus, sparing more fruit from harm.
The scientists' investigations are part of a broader research effort to incorporate novel ingredients, or "adjuvants," that will improve CpGV's performance as a biobased alternative to broad-spectrum insecticides, which can be costly to apply and harmful to beneficial insects, including parasites or predators that keep secondary pests in check.
Currently, CpGV is used on more than 370,000 acres of apples worldwide. However, its effectiveness as a bioinsecticide can be diminished by exposure to ultraviolet light (UV) and the larvae's tendency to burrow into fruit to feed shortly after hatching, according to Knight, who is with USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in Wapato, Washington.
In 2 years of field trials, the addition of sugar and brewer's yeast to sprays of CpGV killed more larvae (83 percent) than virus-only formulations (55 percent) and water-only controls (17 percent). The treatments also reduced feeding injury to the apples in 1 of the 2 test years, reports Knight, with the ARS Fruit and Vegetable Insect Research Unit (also known as the "Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory") in Wapato.
Besides sugar and brewer's yeast, Knight and Witzgall are evaluating other natural adjuvants to make the virus more effective. These include feeding stimulants such as pear ester, unpasteurized corn steep liquor and certain wild yeast species.
Even with improvements, CpGV isn't likely to become a stand-alone codling moth control for all growers in the industry, but rather a part of an integrated approach to managing the pests using a variety of measures, such as sex pheromone-based mating disruption.
Read more about this research in the March 2015 issue of Agricultural Research magazine.
ARS is USDA's principal intramural scientific research agency.
Spotting Problems and Targeting Treatments to Where They Are Needed
An ARS researcher has developed an aerial infrared camera system that lets growers identify areas within their fields that have cotton root rot so they can target fungicide treatment. Click the image for more information about it.
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By Dennis O'Brien
March 23, 2015
An agricultural engineer with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has developed a practical, cost-effective approach for taking aerial images of cotton fields that are detailed enough to show patches of large fields in need of special attention.
Small aircraft have been used for years to survey fields and treat crops for pest infestations, plant diseases and other problems. But Chenghai Yang, who is with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in College Station, Texas, began evaluating whether aerial imagery could spot problem areas within cotton fields when growers started using a new fungicide to control cotton root rot. Root rot infections are usually limited to 20 percent to 30 percent of a field. But many growers treat entire 150- and 200-acre fields, wasting a fungicide that costs about $50 an acre.
Working with Texas A&M AgriLife scientists, Yang mounted two digital cameras on the underside of a small airplane, equipped them with GPS, and took images of cotton fields to see whether they could identify areas with cotton root rot. One camera took standard color images. The other was filtered to shoot in near-infrared. Yang tested the system for 2 years in about 40 flights at altitudes ranging from 1,000 to 10,000 feet on sunny and cloudy days.
Yang's results, published in Remote Sensing (June 2014), show that the equipment could detect the presence, location and the disease progression of cotton root rot, as well as invasive weeds and areas affected by drought stress. The dual-camera system they used cost about $6,000, but Yang says that a $1,500 system with a single camera will also suffice. The camera can be attached to the bottom of an aircraft with minimal modifications. Fees for aerial surveys should be more than offset by reduced pesticide costs, and fewer chemicals will get into soils and waterways, he says.
ARS is USDA's principal intramural scientific research agency, and this research supports the USDA priority of promoting sustainable agriculture.
A New Vaccine to Fight Poultry Diseases
ARS microbiologist Qingzhong Yu and his colleagues have created one vaccine that is effective against both infectious laryngotracheitis and Newcastle disease, two of the most economically important infectious diseases of poultry. Click the image for more information about it.
- Test Alteration Simplifies Diagnosis of Poultry Diseases
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- New Technique Used to Discover New Viruses in Poultry
By Sandra Avant
March 20, 2015
A vaccine that protects chickens against two infectious poultry diseases has been developed by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists.
Microbiologist Qingzhong Yu and his colleagues at the Agricultural Research Service's Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory (SEPRL) in Athens, Georgia, created a vaccine that is effective against infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) and Newcastle disease (ND). ILT and ND are two of the most economically important infectious diseases of poultry. They cause sickness and death in domestic and commercial poultry as well as in some wild birds throughout the world.
By using reverse genetics technology, Yu was able to generate new dual vaccines by inserting a gene from the infectious laryngotracheitis virus (ILTV) into the Newcastle disease virus (NDV) LaSota vaccine strain, which has been used for more than 50 years to protect poultry from ND.
Vaccines were tested in more than 100 1-day-old chickens and 120 3-day-old commercial broilers. All vaccinated birds were protected against both ILTV and NDV challenges. They showed little or no clinical signs and no decrease in body weight gains. Vaccines were found to be stable and safe in chickens of all ages.
According to Yu, the new vaccines are safer than the current live-attenuated ILT vaccines. They can be safely and effectively given by aerosol or drinking water to large chicken populations at a low cost.
ARS is USDA's principal intramural scientific research agency, and this research, which was published in the Journal of Virology, supports the USDA priority of promoting international food security.
Read more about this work in the March 2015 issue of Agricultural Research magazine.
Sniffing Out Overwintering Stink Bugs
Stink bugs tend to overwinter in dry, dead trees, preferably oak and locust trees, according to a survey by ARS scientists. Click the image for more information about it.
- USDA researchers identify stink bug attractant
- Combating USDA's Top-ranked invasive insect
- ARS scientists test improved stink bug trapping methods
By Sharon Durham
March 18, 2015
In 2013, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists surveyed forests in Maryland and West Virginia and found that stink bugs prefer to overwinter in large, dry, dead trees having a circumference of more than 23 inches.
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) entomologist Tracy Leskey and her team at the Appalachian Fruit Research Station in Kearneysville, West Virginia, surveyed the forests and found that oak and locust trees seem to be the favorite stink bug overwintering sites. According to Leskey, the porous dead tissue and peeling bark make a great place for the bugs to crawl into and hide. She found stink bugs in 33 percent of the trees fitting those parameters.
ARS is USDA's principal intramural scientific research agency.
The 2013 survey team included two detector dogs. The dogs were first trained to recognize the odor of adult stink bugs. Then, in indoor trials, they were guided by their handlers to find bugs hidden in cardboard boxes. Next, the dogs were trained in the field, where bugs were hidden beneath pieces of bark attached to living trees. In both indoor and outdoor trials, the dogs accurately detected target insects with greater than 84 percent accuracy.
Finally, the dogs were taken to woodland areas along the Appalachian Trail in Maryland. In these real-world conditions, the detector dogs were able to find wild overwintering stink bugs.
As part of a project known as the "Great Stink Bug Count," citizen volunteers from the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and Pacific Northwest regions of the United States recorded daily counts of stink bugs, along with their locations on residences and the time of each tally.
Landscape type seemed to have the greatest influence on overall stink bug numbers arriving at specific homes, according to Leskey. Homes located in mixed agriculture and woodland sites had the greatest number of stink bugs. On average, these homeowners counted over 3,000 stink bugs. Suburban and urban dwellers counted fewer stink bugs.
Read more about this research in the March 2015 issue of Agricultural Research magazine.


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This paper presents a multimedia environment puzzle about Pre-Columbian textiles exhibiting ornamental complexities, found in the Archeological Museum San Miguel de Azapa, Arica, Chile. The software allows an enjoyable and didactic interactive way of learning by playing, giving the users the opportunity of identifying intricate pre-Columbian symbols and signals, that otherwise would be unnoticed. The software was tested with schoolboys of ages 12 to 16 years old, from schools in Arica, with the purpose of complementing their studies in History courses containing Pre-hispanic topics. This educational software was implemented with Multimedia Flash Tool, so as to stimulate the creativity of the students, opening a world of complementary games with the philosophy of "learning by playing". [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
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Three men and 47 costume changes -- it works!! These three men act out parts of all of the Christmas songs and stories in a very entertaining manner.
Written by: Michael Carleton, James FitzGerald, and John K. Alvarez
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Instead of performing Charles Dickens' beloved holiday classic for the umpteenth time, three actors decide to perform every Christmas story ever told — plus Christmas traditions from around the world, seasonal icons from ancient times to topical pop-culture, and every carol ever sung. A madcap romp through the holiday season!
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Oncology Specialist (cancer)
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Facebook has a moral duty to police the posting of violent videos
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Facebook's Zuckerberg buys homes next door to protect his privacy
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Ingredients and Preparation
|Reduced-sodium soy sauce
|2 tablespoons
|Garlic clove, minced
|Sesame oil
|1 teaspoon
|Ground ginger
|¼ teaspoon
|Sesame seeds
|1 teaspoon
|Freshly ground pepper to taste
|Top sirloin steak, cut into 1-inch cubes
|½ pound
|Large scallions, dark green ends trimmed off and firm portion cut into 2-inch pieces
|Metal skewers, or wooden ones soaked in water for at least 20 minutes
- In a medium bowl, whisk together soy sauce, garlic, oil, ginger, sesame seeds, and pepper. Combine marinade, steak, and scallions in a large plastic resealable bag, toss to coat, and marinate in the refrigerator 30 minutes to overnight.
- Remove steak and scallion pieces, and thread onto skewers.
- Prepare indoor or outdoor grill. Grill kebabs, turning occasionally, for about 10 minutes, or until steak reaches desired degree of doneness.
3 lean meats; 1 fat; 0.5 vegetable
Side Suggestions: Steamed Snow Peas
Fill a medium saucepan with 1 inch of water. Bring water to a boil, add snow peas, cover tightly, and steam for about 3 minutes, or until peas reach desired degree of tenderness. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve.
Side Suggestions: Brown Rice
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|670 mg
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Full contains everything you need to play all the common audio and video file formats.
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Lexington County Sheriff's Department deputies on Thursday, April 17 arrested a 54-year-old Columbia man and a 42-year-old Columbia man whom deputies saw performing illicit sexual acts at a public boat landing on the Saluda River at 9 Radio Lane near Irmo.
Lexington County Sheriff James R. Metts said deputies arrested Bruce Allen Grammer, 54, of 515 Westover Road, Columbia, and Robert Curtis Jennings, Jr., 42, of 1512 Carter Street, Columbia, for violating a Lexington County ordinance that prohibits persons from performing indecent sexual acts in public. Grammer and Jennings were released from the Lexington County Detention Center on Friday, April 18 on a personal recognizance bond of $1,092 for each person.
Deputies arrested Grammer and Jennings during an undercover investigation that deputies conducted in response to citizens' complaints about illicit activity at the boat landing, Metts said.
On Thursday, Grammer asked a deputy, who was working undercover, to step into woods off a trail, Metts said. Grammer offered to perform a sexual act on the deputy, who arrested Grammer.
Jennings approached a deputy, who was working undercover, at the end of a trail near the Saluda River, Metts said. Jennings offered to perform a sexual act on the deputy, who arrested Jennings.
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Half-Day Trip to Montmorency Falls and Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré from Quebec
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Our tour guide was really nice. He had a great sense of humor, gave us great explanations along the way and made sure we had enough time for looking around. Even though it was raining some at Montmorency Falls , we didn´t mind because everything was so interesting.
The only thing I was sorry about was the fact that we arrived at Sainte Anne de Beaupré after the souvenir shop had closed. My daughter in law is named Anne and I was hoping to get her something special yhere.
All in all I would recommend this tour to my friends visiting Quebec.
Great tour guide - very knowledgeable and friendly
Our trip was amazing, mostly because of our driver Gabe! He told us stories and showed us things that we would never have seen. He truly made our trip the success it was, Even though it poured rain all day!
great trip, would recommend it for anyone.
Our guide was informative and funny. Very enjoyable.
The driver/guide was extremely knowledgable as well as making the trip fun!
We actually saw and did more than what was described in the tour.
The trip cost far less than anything which the cruise ship offered. Highly recommended!
This tour was amazing!
It was our first trip to the area and this tour showed us a sampling of the splendor of the area. The falls were magnificent and the island ride was beautiful. It was well organized and the guide was informative.
Fabulous trip - highly recommended. I was travelling alone and wanted a way to get out of the city and see some different sights and the Countryside Tour was the perfect way. The tour guide, Gabriel, was excellent. We made a good selection of stops (chocolate shop, copper factory/museum/shop, breadmaker for maple spread on bread) as well as the main ones at the Montmorency Falls and the Basilica. We had plenty of time at both, although I was the only one who decided to rush up and down the steps at the Falls (for which it would have been preferable to have an extra half an hour!) instead of taking the cable car. All in all thoroughly enjoyed the trip!
We usually resent being subjected to pre-arranged shopping "opportunities" on tours. But these were no problem as they did two things. They gave us a break and opportunity for refreshments, etc. and they were brief leaving most of the time for the actual tour. Our guide was very informative and the whole pick up process organized well. Would not hesitate to recommend this tour.
We loved the tour! The guide was so knowledgeable about the area having lived in St Anne and the area all of his life. He brought family stories and color to the entire experience. The trip to the falls and the church were our favorite places but the cinnamon buns tasted amazing and views of countryside of Canada along the river were well worth the trip as well.
We enjoyed the tour. The driver was courteous and gracious, perhaps too loose with deadlines to return, but there is certainly a lot to see at the three main stops. We could have skipped Marie's bakery and had more time at the church. All in all, a good trip, and some great pictures.
The trip was very good and the tour guide was great!!!
This was a great tour!! Montmorency Falls are spectacular! I only wish we'd had a little more time here as I would have liked to have taken it in a little more slowly; another half hour would have been perfect. The stops at the copper boutique and bread making shop were wonderful. The chocolate shop was so busy and the line so long that it was almost impossible to get in, buy something and get back in time. I just looked around as I wasn't interested in buying anyway. Ste. Anne de Beaupre was amazing!! Such a beautiful place. Many, many pictures taken this day. Well worth the cost.
Great tour! plenty of time at each stop. The guide was just great and full of lots of history!
The vehicle used was older, would prefer a more modern coach, maybe even one with a restroom for the length of this tour. I would highly recommend this tour.
If you have limited time in Quebec as we did , then this is a great 1/2 day tour for you. Hotel pick up and drop off is included but since we stayed next door to the meeting point we just walked to the museum of civilization. The timing at each stop was just enough to get a taste of everything. The copper factory was pretty interesting and then there is a shop to walk around and look and buy if you wanted. My daughter and I did buy some earrings, a bracelet and a pendant, all very reasonably priced. The chocolate factory was more like a gift shop to stop and buy a snack/souvenier and also sold ice cream next door but the lines were a little long when we were there. The only thing I would recommend is to take the morning tour vs. the pm tour. We had taken the pm tour and also booked a dinner/cruise/fireworks for that same evening and did not take into account the rush hour traffic coming back into the old town. We made it back in time but went straight to the ship without having time to change and freshen up back at our hotel. Some others were trying to get back for dinner reservations so plan those for at least 7pm or later. I am glad we did the tour during our short stay in Quebec!
Very good!
Great tour especially if you want to get out of the city and see the countryside. Nice because even though we had a car we definitely saw more and were more relaxed because we did not have to worry about driving, parking and where we were going. Bus driver did an excellent job keeping us informed.
Tour guide Elaine-AMAZING!!! She talked to us constantly telling us facts about the city and explained everything we were passing. She had so much personality. The trip was wonderful. Love to see and learn about living on Orleans Island: Albert Gilles Copper Museum very interesting to learn how they actually make all the wonderful art objects from copper: the Falls was amazing and plenty of time to explore here:Saint-Anne Church-breathtaking. Highly recommend this trip. We learned so much about Quebec on this trip. Don't waste your money on the city tour-you learn nothing. Better to just walk around the "walled city".
A great tour that wasn't offered by our cruise line! It was 1 hour longer and $20 cheaper! Gave was an excellent guide that provided great humor and wonderful historical information.
Great trip - guide was excellent- booking process very easy- pick up at hotel very much appreciated - weather even cooperated!
The driver was very friendly and experience in his facts. My wife and I enjoyed our trip and excursion in Quebec City.
Enjoyed the trip. Falls were great, ample time here to get to the top of the falls. Basilica was beautiful. While not part of the tour, wish you could have included the Cyclorama of Jerusalem @ the Basilica but that would have added an additional hour. The short side trips were good to the Chocolate factory, the copper place and to the bakery. Bring a snack as after the chocolate factory there is no time for eating. Busy, great, glad we did it. The driver was excellent. Wanted everyone to enjoy and gave great commentary all thru out the trip.
very well done
Wonderful, informative trip, bus driver was very personable, wish it had been longer!


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Skirmish may be over but the battle still looms in my lawn — My home is just one section of an ant farm
Through the years ants have repeatedly made marches on my kitchen — in long winding columns, across carpeting and linoleum they marched undeterred by sprays and vacuums.
But I thought I finally understood them after I saw a giant plate-glass ant farm at the St. Louis Zoo years ago.
What an impressive civilization, I thought. They are an organized society which puts its trash in one section, a nursery in another area. They send out scouts in search of food. Somehow they communicate when they find the mother load of food. In my first case, it was unwrapped butterscotch candy that had been kicked beneath the stove during a party. That drew the line of ants from the front door, across the living room and around the corner of the kitchen.
Antweb.org calls their way of operating a blind democracy. There is a queen, but no actual leader telling them what to do, yet each knows his or her job.
Over the years, in hopes of cutting a colony back to manageable size, I'd found a way to keep them at a distance from my living area with the right combination of baits and liquid Terro they could take back to their farm.
The latest incident, one that didn't even involve breach of my home, I've came to realize I don't really own this property. I'm just a cog in the wheel or, more importantly, a food section/source part of the larger ant farm that is creating tunnels and nurseries and, yes, ant landfills, throughout what I once thought were my grounds.
This week I noticed a scattering of brown matter at the edge of my driveway. It looked as if I'd spilled mulch or soil while potting a plant.
On closer inspection I found it was lines of ants meeting in the middle and swarming around one place. Yet I didn't recall that anything had been dropped on the spot. There was no soft drink spilled, no food left. What could be the attraction?
I made an Internet search for pavement ants and quickly had my answer. The perfectly functioning society of ants is also very adept at war.
When two colonies grow large and compete for the same food and living space, they spill out onto the pavement in a full melee. Maybe they aren't so civilized after all. I see no evidence that they tried to negotiate a settlement, say moving one colony just a bit north into my neighbor's yard.
Nooooo. Instead these common pavement ants, in Latin known as a Tetramorium cf. caespitum, are vicious warriors who fight to the death in an effort to maintain their territories.
According to a post on schoolofants.com, the ants "furiously drum one another on the head with their antennae; they rip one another apart with their mandibles. They'll separate an individual from the pack and close in around her, gnashing at her body with their jaws, grabbing her with their claws, turning her into ant dust."
Oh dear, is this true civilization after all.
For now lawn work has disrupted the skirmish and only a trail or two of ants remain. But somehow I can't believe the issue is resolved. I look for the battle rage again in a few days.
At least when they are concentrate on each other, the Tetramorium caespitum aren't invading my house. But once a conquest is secured, will they be needing new supplies to replenish the troops? I'll be ready for the victors.
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