Purple Corn Offers Benefits Inside and Out
While developing new types of purple corn, researchers found some with elevated levels of a naturally occurring chemical that may fight a variety of health issues
Articles by U.S. Department of Agriculture
New Approach to Studying Fungus' Attack on Soybeans
A new laboratory technique developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists could speed the search for soybean plants with resistance to the fungus that causes Phomopsis seed decay (PSD) in the legume crop.
USDA Awards Research Grants to Address the Impact of Climate Change on U.S. Agriculture Production
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Apr. 22 that USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded $6 million to 10 universities to study the effects of climate on agriculture production and develop strategies to provide farmers and ranchers with the solutions they need to supply the nation with quality food.
New Rice Competes with Weeds, Offers High Grain Quality to Boot
Using conventional breeding methods, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have developed a new rice cultivar that can hold its own against barnyardgrass and other costly weeds, opening the door to reduced herbicide use.
Better Analysis Methods for Vitamin D
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers with the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center in Beltsville, Md., design, develop and improve analytical methods for measuring nutritional components in the food supply.
USDA Scientists Sequence Genome of Grass That Can Be a Biofuel Model Crop
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their colleagues at the Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute today announced that they have completed sequencing the genome of a kind of wild grass that will enable researchers to shed light on the genetics behind hardier varieties of wheat and improved varieties of biofuel crops.