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Article: ARS scientists help experts recognize foreign fungi.
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- March 10, 2004
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M2 PRESSWIRE-10 March 2004-US ARS: ARS scientists help experts recognize foreign fungi(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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By hitching a ride on plants, fruits and other agricultural materials, potentially harmful fungi from around the globe can enter the United States--and maybe even reach your backyard. But a cadre of scientists with the Agricultural Research Service is standing close by, ready to help the experts identify these fungal intruders.
Amy Y. Rossman and other ARS mycologists at the agency's Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory (SBML) in Beltsville, Md., provide support to other U.S. Department of Agriculture ...