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Sources A variety of sources were consulted during the creation of this timeline. **About the Timeline | Chronological Accomplishments | Featured Research | Important Ag Laws | Sources**  Ad Hoc Group, American Society for Microbiology. 2000. Significant Events of the Last 125 Years. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC., <http://www.asm.org/membership/index.asp?bid=16731> (November 2, 2000). American Association for the Advancement of Science. EurekAlert, Washington, DC. <http://www.eurekalert.org>(August 9, 2001) Baldwin, Paul. 1999. The 365 Most Important Events of the Twentieth Century. William Morrow & Company, Inc. New York. Baker, G.L., W.D. Rasmussen, V. Wiser, and J.M. Porter. 1963. Century of Service: The First 100 Years of the United States Department of Agriculture. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. Brennan, Richard P. 1990. Levitating Trains & Kamikaze Genes. John Wiley & Sons, New York. Coulson, J.R., P.V. Vail, M.E. Dix, et al., eds. 2000. 110 Years of Biological Control Research and Development in the United States Department of Agriculture, 1883-1993. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Washington, DC. Encyclopedia Britannica. 1998. Britannica, Inc., Chicago. Folsom, J., ed. 1999. Plant Trivia Timeline. The Huntington Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA. <http://www.huntington.org/BotanicalDiv/Timeline.html> (November 2, 2000) Irrigation Journal. 2000. Drops of Life in the History of Irrigation. Adams Business Media, Cathedral City, CA. Jan/Feb. , pp. 8-15. Kelley, Hubert W. 1993. Always Something New. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service Miscellaneous Publication 1507, Washington, DC. Kelley, Hubert W. 1995. Science on a Human Scale. The Bounty Project of the Claude Moore Colonial Farm, McLean, VA. Moore, Ernest G. 1967. The Agricultural Research Service. Praeger Publishers, New York. Rasmussen, Wayne .D. and Gladys L. Baker. 1972. The Department of Agriculture. Praeger Publishers, New York. Smith, M.S. 1990. Chronological Landmarks in American Agriculture. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC. Teranishi, Roy. 1978. Agricultural and Food Chemistry: Past, Present, Future. AVI Publishing Company, Westport, CT. U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1894–1992. Yearbooks of Agriculture. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 1955-1999. Agricultural Research [magazine]. Washington, DC. vols. 1-47. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 1955-1999. Science in Your Shopping Cart. Washington, DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. 1999. APHIS History. Washington, DC. <http://www.aphis.usda.gov/oa/history.html> (November 2, 2000). U.S. Department of Agriculture, "Historical Black and White" [Flickr album]. <https://www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov/albums/72157627857689389> (2023).


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