Image Number D2361-9

At a remote site in the northern Chihuahuan Desert, ARS molecular biologist Mary Lucero (left) and New Mexico State University graduate student Lori Kae Schwab evaluate establishment and reproductive success of black grama grass, Bouteloua eriopoda, transplants. The PVC tubes embedded in the ground contain a hydrogel, which irrigates the transplants.

Photo by Stephen Ausmus.

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