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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 protect and help pickers harvest blackberries. ARS scientists are also working with the individually quick frozen i ...

. 6min 50sec

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 Unit in Tifton, GA, is looking at how corn plants get stressed, and how those stressors invite diseases and path ... Show more

. 9min 1sec

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 developed and are continuing to work with farmers to create new cultivars of blueberries that we all get to enjoy. ... Show more

. 7min 31sec

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.

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. 10min 57sec

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.

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. 5min 3sec