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DECONTAMINATING SEEDS TO REDUCE CROP LOSSES

CLEAN CROP TECHNOLOGIES

••• AGRICULTURE

STARTING IN 1995, FARMERSnas and Pajaro Valleys began losing thousands of acres of their lettuce crops each year. The culprit? Contamination among spinach seeds that spread to other crops.

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