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Rose plant started as cells grown in a tissue culture
Preparing a sawfly antenna for GC-EAD analysis
Examining leaves for ticks
N-glycans affect tomato ripening
Thermal ionization mass spectrometry
Steam jet-cooking Fantesk
Examining cultures of different root pathogens
Determining bacterial contamination in alfalfa seeds
Stomach tissue research for alkaloid transmission
Genetic transformation of castor beans
Corn earworm pupae
National Seed Storage Laboratory
Gas chromatograph (GC) used for scent detection
Celular model system that simulates digestion and nutrient absorption
Chemist James Hill analyzing nutrients in shallow groundwater.
Dr. Christina Walters using a differential scanning calorimeter
Shockwaves for meat tenderizing
Automated poultry inspection
Chemist Chris Roager extracting nitrogen from soil
Allergen-free latex products from guayule
Automated poultry inspection
B vitamin folate for women
Using liquid nitrogen for cryopreservation
Examining T-cell proliferation cultures
Soybean inoculation with Phytophthora sojae
Gene mapping eastern gamagrass
Biopesticide use to control insects
ARS scientists examine SEMs of white-speck neps
Seed distribution / North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Biocontrol of pernicious weeds
Scientists prepare shredded carrots and other fresh-cut produce for automated measurement of respiration rate and ethylene production.
Green dye measures flow velocity
Cotton ginning
Microbial analysis of beef
Fungal sample collection
Rexroad inspects cattle cells
Plastic production from vegetable oil
Leafy spurge for biocontrol
MRI for fat-to-lean research
Africanized bee DNA
Wind tunnel / Soil erosion research
Futuristic peach and apple 'orchards'
Honeybee DNA
Livestock DNA sequences
Biological technician artificially infects a mango with a fruit fly larva
A maze of hoses delivers precise CA gas mixtures to stored fruit.
Analyzing fruit color, etc.
Grafting sweetpotato germplasm
Soybean inspection
Soil analysis / Sycamore Creek
Insect metabolic studies
Radioimmunoassay test
Biological control of whitefly
SEM imaging
Cotton fiber spooling
Analyzing hybrid corn samples






























Treated and untreated salmonella enteritidis
Phomopsis mold
National Parasite Collection
National Parasite Collection
Spraying a plant fungus that is harmless to humans
Studying laboratory grown fungal cultures
Paecilomyces fumosoroseus fungus
Pin inoculation / Bacillus thuringiensis
Working with scanning electron microscopes
Scanning electron microscopy
E. coli O157:H7 research
E. coli bacteria
Using an atomic absorption spectrophotometer
Predicting beef carcass composition
Ground beef fat analysis
DNA to sort livestock sperm
Embryo implantation
DNA sequence of Brucella vaccine
Monitoring cattle grazing
Bovine rhinotracheitis virus
Human nutrition research
Total lipid & fatty acid composition
Carbonated milk production
Chemical extraction
Enzyme extraction
Analyzing rice texture data
Alderman and Pfender look at rust resistance
Watershed/WEPP interface on PC
Nuna beans
New Mid-Oleic Sunflower Hydrids
Automated poultry inspection
Testing the attraction of yellowfever mosquitoes to humans
Ink from soybean oil
Mycoparasites cultures used to identify antifungal chemicals
Checking corn fiber oil sample
Tallow-based soap
Observing the behavior of a sow and her litter
Technician inspects young citrus plants for citrus greening disease symptoms