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Article: Agricultural pests: no shortage in the forecast.
- Article from:
- Agricultural Research
- Article date:
- October 1, 1996
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 U.S. Government Printing Office. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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The cover story in this issue shows a few snapshots from the 33-year research album of Interregional Research Project No. 4, or IR-4. The name tells nothing about IR-4's unique role in protecting our food and fiber supply from a seemingly limitless supply of pests.
Through IR-4, ARS and other federal and state scientists conduct field trials and collect data to support registration or reregistration by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of certain pesticides and biopesticides.
Mostly, these are pest controls for use on a minor crop - that is, a crop grown on less than 300,000 acres nationwide. But IR-4 projects also address minor-use pest controls ...