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Season 11: Wholesome, Nutritious Grains | Episode 1: Kicking Off The Rust In Wheat

Wheat is a big crop in the United States.  Stripe rust is one of the most important diseases for wheat.  ARS Research Plant Pathlogist, Xianming Chen and researchers w...

Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees

Honey bees and their pollinating cousins are essential to human life. Without honey bees, we cannot grow a lot of the food we love. Honey bees have been around for mil...

Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 11: Breeding A Better Bee

Humans have been breeding honey bees for centuries to help them adapt to new environments, and with technology improving at a rapid pace, breeders may now have the too...

Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 10: A Perfect Symbiosis

ARS research entomologist Dr. Shawn Steffan works in cranberry country, USA – aka Madison, WI. Here, bees are vital to cranberry production, so keeping them healthy an...

Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 9: The Hunt For A Predator

Join us at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., where we talk with ARS researcher Matthew Buffington, who explains how a deadly predator to the ...

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