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Researchers Take Close Look at Emerging Corn Virus
January 3, 2003 WOOSTER, Ohio â Maize fine streak virus (MFSV) was first spotted three years ago in a sweet corn field in southwestern Georgia. Since then, scientists with the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) have learned enough ...
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Record-High Corn Yields Expected for Ohio
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/record-high-corn-yields-expected-ohio
November 25, 2003 COLUMBUS, Ohio â Ohio corn growers are marching into a record-yielding season, all thanks to wise hybrid selections, good management practices and, most of all, some well-timed favorable weather. The Ohio Agricultural Statistics Servic ...
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Researcher Seeks to Solve Tomato Shape Riddle, Develop New Varieties
September 11, 2003 WOOSTER, Ohio-- That round cherry tomatoes go in salads and long roma tomatoes go in cans is no mystery. What remains a puzzle for researchers is why tomatoes come in so many different shapes and how and when such variations occur. But ...
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Recent Rains Slowing Wheat Harvest
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/recent-rains-slowing-wheat-harvest
July 15, 2003 WOOSTER, Ohio â Excessive wet weather is delaying wheat harvest in Ohio and increasing the likelihood of shattering, low test weights and the occurrence of vomitoxin in the grain. Vomitoxin, also known as DON, is a toxic chemical produced ...
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Rains May Hold Up Corn Crop
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/rains-may-hold-corn-crop
May 27, 2004 COLUMBUS, Ohio â Despite recent scattered thunderstorms with heavy downpours and hail, nearly three-quarters of the stateâs corn crop remains in good-to-excellent condition, according to the Ohio Agricultural Statistics Service. But itâ ...
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'Proud Past, Proud Future': OARDC Dedicates Historical Marker
July 18, 2003 WOOSTER, Ohio-- The Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) celebrated its past and looked to the future as it dedicated an Ohio Historical Marker July 18 during the BioHio open house in Wooster. The marker commemorates the ...
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Program Helps Children Prepare for Being Home Alone
June 15, 2009 MARYSVILLE, Ohio-- Summertime means schools are out, and kids are in-- at home, often for the first time, alone. "There's no cut-and-dried rule on how old children should be before parents leave them home alone," said Carol Ch ...
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Project Comes To The Rescue of Ohio's Agricultural Literature
February 12, 2003 WOOSTER, Ohio â Unique and invaluable publications that convey the history of Ohioâs agriculture and rural life in their brittle pages will be saved from obliteration thanks to a preservation project led by the Ohio Agricultural Rese ...
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Professor Honored for Global Commitment
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/professor-honored-global-commitment
July 8, 2010 ââ¬Â¢ Has shipped books to thousands of educational institutions since 1984 Editor: For a high-resolution version of the attached photo, contact Martha Filipic at filipic.3@cfaes.osu.edu. Caption: Herb Ockerman poses in front of his garage ...
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Prion Test Would Allow Early Detection of Mad Cow, Other TSEs
January 6, 2004 WOOSTER, Ohio-- Ohio State University researcher Srinand Sreevatsan not only believes early detection is the best way to fight mad cow disease. Heâs also creating tools to make it possible. âThere is a desperate need for a fast and rel ...