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Protecting US crops from terrorist attack to be discussed at 2007 AAAS Annual Meeting

A sound and safe agricultural system is critical to national security, but are US crops, a cornerstone of our nation's economy, vulnerable to attack? The latest information on strategies currently in place and what is still needed to keep US crops safe from terrorist attack will be presented by Jacqueline Fletcher, Sarkeys Distinguished Professor of Plant Pathology at Oklahoma State University, during the 2007 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in San Francisco, Calif.

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