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Historical Timeline on the Web
By Kathryn Barry
Stelljes
February 24, 2000Researchers, history buffs and
others interested in how U. S. Department of
Agriculture research fits into their lives can now view a chronological
timeline on the World Wide Web at:
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/timeline
The introduction of the navel orange in the 1870s, domestication of the wild
blueberry in the 1910s, inventions allowing mass-production of penicillin in
the 1940s and the first biodegradable plastics developed from cornstarch in the
1990s are just some of the accomplishments listed in the timeline.
Initially, the web timeline closely follows the printed version that appears
in the December 1999 issue of Agricultural Research, the monthly
magazine published by USDAs Agricultural Research Service. The printed
timeline contains more than 80 key accomplishments by USDA researchers since
the department was formed in 1862. Also included for historical perspective are
many important administrative and legislative dates, as well as non-USDA
scientific milestones crucial to agricultural research.
Over the next few months, hundreds more items will be added. Links will take
readers to expanded stories on key successes--like discovery of the
viroid,
the smallest known agent of plant disease, by ARS Theodore O. Diener in
1971. The site also highlights dozens of photographs relating to the timeline.
Contact: Kathryn Barry Stelljes, ARS Information Staff, Albany,
Calif., phone (510) 559-6069, fax (510) 559-5882,
[email protected].
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