CORVALLIS, Oregon, June 5 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their Oregon State University (OSU) collaborators have developed a new, highly detailed genetic way to trace the spread of Agrobacterium, one of the world's most important bacterial plant pathogens, according to research just published in Science (https://science.sciencemag.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/science.aba5256). Agrobact  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 4 -- The Bonneville Power Administration issued the following news release: The Bonneville Power Administration has released a comprehensive wildfire mitigation plan that lays out how it will keep its lines and other equipment from starting fires as well as how it will safely operate and communicate with first responders and others as wildfires burn near its equipment or rights of way. "Wildfires are increasing in frequency and severity," said Jeff Cook, BPA vice preside  more