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Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is a commonly grown forage crop in Oregon and California harvested on 350,000 and 480,000 acres, respectively, in 2023 (USDA-NASS 2023). Forage alfalfa is grown as a perennial crop for about four years in the same field and each season, the crop is cut 3-4 times for hay production.

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  • Hemp plants in Oregon exhibited various symptoms like leaf curling and chlorotic mosaic during the 2021 and 2022 growing seasons, affecting 1-10% of plants in multiple counties from July to September.
  • Disease testing on 38 symptomatic plants aimed to identify potential infections, such as those caused by beet leafhopper-vectored curtovirus or phytoplasma, but no such pathogens were detected.
  • Instead, PCR confirmed the presence of Spiroplasma citri, with sequences being almost identical to previously recorded strains, with all findings archived in the GenBank database.
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Introduction: Simple silicone wristbands (WB) hold promise for exposure assessment in children. We previously reported strong correlations between nicotine in WB worn by children and urinary cotinine (UC). Here, we investigated differences in WB chemical concentrations among children exposed to secondhand smoke from conventional cigarettes (CC) or secondhand vapor from electronic cigarettes (EC), and children living with nonusers of either product (NS).

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