Summer 2003


Oregon's Agricultural Progress is published by the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station.

 


NEW POTATOES
See what happens when the deck gets shuffled in potato genetics.
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BRINGING IDEAS TO MARKET
OSU’s Food Innovation Center helps entrepreneurs cook up new ideas to boost Oregon’s economy. (MORE)

AN INDUSTRY BLOOMS IN PORTLAND
Oregon’s number one agricultural
product flowers in the shadow of the state’s largest city.
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CELL WARS
OSU scientists examine a world of molecular missiles and cellular smart bombs to learn how viruses invade plants and how plants fight back.
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THE SALMON CONNECTION
Farmers, fishermen and researchers on opposite sides of the state have joined forces to understand how to sustain wild salmon.
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Thoughts from editor Peg Herring.
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UPDATE
OSU Noodle Research Comes to a Boil

Dust Carries Clues to Climate Change
OSU Experiment Station Helps Growers Grow Bigger Onions on Better Land (MORE)

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PROFILE
John Selker looks below the surface, where most of our food is rooted and most of our water is filtered. (MORE)