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Asian Soybean Rust found in Virginia, but not a threat to current crop
10-19-2006 · EurekAlert!Asian Soybean Rust was detected in a commercial soybean field in Chesapeake, Va., and in a sentinel plot Suffolk, Va., on October 14. Soybean specialists report that this year's crop is out of danger. Once soybean seeds reach their full size in the pod, the crop will mature before rust affects a significant amount of leaf surface. Although Virginia's soybean crop is out of danger, scouting for the disease continues.
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01-09-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
The world's biodiversity is vanishing at an unprecedented rate – around 100 species every day – due to factors such as land use change and pollution. Addressing this threat, world governments agreed through the UN Convention on Biological Diversity to reduce significantly the current rate of biodiversity loss by 2010. To support this initiative, ESA has kicked off its new DIVERSITY project.
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03-21-2007 · EurekAlert!
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07-24-2007 · EurekAlert!
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- Plant pathologists fighting global threat to wheat supply
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- Risk of extinction accelerated due to interacting human threats
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