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Season 13: Fresh, New Varieties For Your Shopping Cart | Episode 2: New Orange & Avocado Varieties Shine For The Florida Citrus Industry
Citrus greening, also known as Huanglongbing or HLB, is a vector borne disease that has devastated the citrus industry here in Florida. There is no cure, but ARS resea...
Season 13: Fresh, New Varieties For Your Shopping Cart | Episode 1: The History of Food Cultivation? It Starts with the Seed
Imagine a library… but instead of books, it holds seeds, cuttings, and living plants from every corner of the world. Today, we’re stepping into a living library to tel...
Season 7: Sports and Science | Episode 1: Batter Up
The sport of baseball is woven into America’s culture like the uniforms worn by the players. Baseball has been around for nearly 150 years, and in that time we’ve seen...
Season 4: Berries | Episode 2: Blackberries and Raspberries
ARS scientists created a thornless blackberry plant along with many new varieties of blackberries for the agricultural industry and a trellis system designed to protec...
Season 11: Wholesome, Nutritious Grains | Episode 2: Shucking A Nasty Fungus
Corn is grown all over our planet and is an important crop in all parts of our lives. ARS Research Entomologist Xinzhi Ni, at ARS’s Crop Genetics and Breeding Research...
Season 4: Berries | Episode 1: Blueberries
Learn how a USDA breeding program was responsible for the development of the blueberry growing industry in the southeastern United States and how ARS scientists have d...
Season 8: Wearable Science | Episode 7: Back to the Future with Hemp
Is hemp the plant of the future? See if this crop, which has been around for thousands of years, will find its place in the US agricultural marketplace. Connect with ...
Season 5: WonderPlants | Episode 4: Super Cotton
ARS scientists are turning nano fibers from cotton plants into mask filters, wound dressings, and other medical applications. Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARS Fac...
Season 5: WonderPlants | Episode 1: National Arboretum
Check out some amazing wonderplants at the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, DC. Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService Link...
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 11: Wholesome, Nutritious Grains | Episode 8: Building A Fortress Around Barley
ARS Research Geneticist, Dr. Dolores Mornhinweg at the Peanut and Small Grains Research Unit in Stillwater, OK is developing new Barley crop lines that are resistant t...
Season 9: Healthier & Tastier – It's All In The Formula | Episode 3: These Peaches Are A Real Joy
We travel to Byron, Georgia, to the ARS Fruit and Tree Nut Research Unit, and visit with Research Horticulturist Chunxian Chen. Dr. Chen and his group recently release...
Season 7: Sports and Science | Episode 2: Stay Hydrated
Hydration is so important to our bodies during exercise, perhaps more important than the exercise itself. Not properly hydrating during athletic competitions or every ...
Season 5: WonderPlants | Episode 2: One Time Use Containers
ARS scientists are turning plant fibers in to single-use containers to one day replace non-biodegradable plastic containers. Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARS Face...
Season 12: Cheers To Wine Grapes
ARS researchers make sure the science, chemistry, and math all add up to great wine grape production across the U.S. Learn about ARS’s crucial roles in wine grape pro...
Season 12: Cheers To Wine Grapes | Episode 2: Smoke On The Grapevine
ARS researcher Arran Rumbaugh, a research chemist at the Crops Pathology and Genetics Research Unit in Davis, CA, is studying how smoke from wildfires can affect the c...
Season 1: Tomatoes, Potatoes & Spinach | Episode 3: Spinach
Making Popeye proud. ARS recently released the world’s first true red spinach, called “USDA Red”. Learn about the benefits this new powerful vegetable provides to cons...
Season 4: Berries | Episode 3: Breaktime
Tips on how to grow your own blueberry and blackberry plants right in your own backyard. Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService L...
Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 6: How To Make Your Yard Pollinator Friendly
Bee experts Liz Walsh and Lanie Bilodeau offer tips for making your home yards more bee friendly. Find out how you can help honey bees by clicking on the extension ser...
Season 5: WonderPlants | Episode 5: Did You Know - Insect Repellants
Did you know that some wonderplants can be used to control and even kill annoying flies and mosquitoes? Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARS Facebook: @AgriculturalRe...
