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Some 800 medical, educational,
cultural, and scientific
research projects overseas vere
made possible in 1965 by P.L.
480 local currencies. Research
into nutritionalneeds
of inJants and preschool chit­
,, .dren
received high attention.
related programs; and $0.3 million for programs of the Agriculturaleconomics research, including farm and market
I)epartment of Interior's Bureau of Commercial Fisheries economics and foreign trade analysis.
for biological and technological research. The Depart- Illustrative examples of research accomplishments in
ment of State also uses currencies for purposes equivalent these programs now under way are:
to section 104(k) as authorized in the Fulbright-Hays Act New Drug Plants.-Cheinical screening of certain
and for other activitie. in this area. species of plants is being conducted in Colombia to select
potential new drug crops for the U.S.
Agricultural Research Evaluation of East-European and Asian Fruit Species.-In
Poland a large collection of East-European and Asian
The programs of the Department of Agriculture in- fruit varieties and species is Leing critically evaluated as
cluded under section 104(k) are: possible breeding material for introduction into the
Iarm research, including crops research anid plant sci- United States. The characteristics being observed are
ence, entomology, animal husbandry, animal disease disease resistnce, cold hardiness, increased vigor, and
and parasites, soil and water conservation, and agricul- better quality. Results are already encouraging as a
tural engineering, result of work done with winter-hardy species of peaches,
farketing research, including improvement of quality cherries, and pears. These and further findings will
and acceptability of U.S. agricultural products in foreign prove valuable to U.S. horticulturists.
markets, and improvement in handling and storage of Disease Resistance in Oats.-The department began a
agricultural prducts. research project in Israel to collect and screen the wild
Forestry research, including research on better forest relatives of the commercial oats for resistance to oat
products, information on the protection of forests from crown rust and oat stem rust. Seed of resistant materials
fire, disease and insects, and methods for increasing the are sent to the USDA and are used in the domestic breedgrowth
of managed forests. ing program to increase the resistance of domestic oat
Human nutrition research, including food composition, varieties.
experimental nutrition, human metabolism and food Sugarcane Breeding.-In cooperation with sugarcane
quality research. breeders in research under to
India, is way produce
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