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Pollinator Week Brings Focus on Honey Bee Health

June 16, 2015 Ruihong Guo, Agricultural Marketing Service Science and Technology Program Deputy Administrator

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. The buzz of a honey bee and the flutter of a butterfly bring happy thoughts of beautiful gardens. These pollinators are also...

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U.S. Hosts International Meeting for the Protection of New Plant Varieties

August 18, 2011 Dr. Paul M. Zankowski, Commissioner of the Plant Variety Protection Office

Members of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) attended a weeklong meeting hosted by U.S. officials in Monterey, Calif. The UPOV’s Technical Working Party for Vegetables, made up of delegates from 13 countries, was also able to observe a lettuce field-trial...

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