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Sudden death syndrome (SDS) is one of the most destructive diseases of soybean, with losses of nearly 1.7 million metric tons in 2014. The disease is especially severe in the Midwest and North-Central ...

Environmental detection of biological agents in real time is a difficult process. Not only are there a large number of different possible biological agents to detect, but many of them are similar to ...

Recent events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the use of chemical weapons in the Syria conflict have provided a stark reminder of the plethora of chemical and biological threats that soldiers, ...

Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen suggests that coronavirus can be classified as a biological agent and that misuse of the virus can fall under terrorism statutes. "White Racially Motivated ...

Environmentalists have demanded a ban on the sale and distribution of Salvinia molesta, citing its spread through aquarium trade and ornamental plant markets, following restoration efforts at Vadale ...

Using biological agents as weapons is illegal, but an organism that scientists lawfully use for genuine research could be repurposed for an attack. Therefore, what is banned depends on what an actor ...

A prototype biological agent detector is undergoing a Live Agent Aerosol Test at the Biological Testing Division, a tenant unit at Dugway Proving Ground. This marks the first live bio agent testing at ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Biological weapons are weapons of mass destruction (or mass casualty weapons, to be ...

Do countries still need to worry about threats from biological weapons? The COVID-19 pandemic has led to renewed discussion of biological weapons and whether bad actors — both nations and terrorists — ...