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Season 12: Cheers To Wine Grapes | Episode 3: Fatal Attraction

Meet ARS researcher Jacob Corcoran, a research molecular biologist at ARS’s Biological Control of Insects Unit in Columbia, MO.  Corcoran and his team are working on a new age, next generation approach to biological control to slow down the reproductive process to protect wine vineyards from dreaded vine mealybugs. Connect with us:   * Twitter: @USDA_ARS [https://twitter.com/USDA_ARS] * Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService [https://www.facebook.com/AgriculturalResearchService] * LinkedIn: @usda-ars [https://www.linkedin.com/company/usda-ars]

Season 3: Biomass | Episode 2: Polymers from Cotton Gin Trash

Learn about innovations and research that ARS scientists are conducting to turn cotton waste into agro-based biodegradable polymers. Connect with us:   * Twitter: @USDA_ARS [https://twitter.com/USDA_ARS] * Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService [https://www.facebook.com/AgriculturalResearchService] * LinkedIn: @usda-ars [https://www.linkedin.com/company/usda-ars]

Season 8: Wearable Science | Episode 6: Spotting A Good Hide

Get the inside story of how ARS researchers created an automated, objective method for detecting imperfections on a hide - a method that greatly benefits U.S. leather producers. Connect with us:   * Twitter: @USDA_ARS [https://twitter.com/USDA_ARS] * Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService [https://www.facebook.com/AgriculturalResearchService] * LinkedIn: @usda-ars [https://www.linkedin.com/company/usda-ars]

Season 3: Biomass | Episode 1: Pallets from Almond Shells

ARS scientists are turning agricultural waste (Biomass) into environmentally friendly products that can replace non-biodegradable plastics. Connect with us:   * Twitter: @USDA_ARS [https://twitter.com/USDA_ARS] * Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService [https://www.facebook.com/AgriculturalResearchService] * LinkedIn: @usda-ars [https://www.linkedin.com/company/usda-ars]

Season 12: Cheers To Wine Grapes | Episode 8: Robots & Wine

ARS researcher Lance Cadle-Davidson, a research plant pathologist at ARS’s Grape Genetics Research Unit in the finger lakes region in Geneva, NY, is helping protect wine vineyards that produce European style wines in the U.S.  Cadle-Davidson and his team have created an automated process utilizing high resolution cameras with illumination to see fungal disease easily from LED lighting with artificial intelligence to quantify disease and robotics that capture images quickly in an automated system that speeds up the process of detecting and treating disease to keep wine growers one step ahead of deadly pathogens in upstate New York.    Check out the Blackbird robot in action at the link below.   https://youtu.be/zqjGxJp3rk0 [https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FzqjGxJp3rk0&data=05%7C02%7CLee.Burrows%40usda.gov%7C54100767f8be40a5e89208dd81ce3f1f%7Ced5b36e701ee4ebc867ee03cfa0d4697%7C1%7C0%7C638809445003577944%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=wHKAuk3L16Z9Msi%2Fvn9bj3ogVs8JmlayMxO8suginK4%3D&reserved=0] Connect with us:   * Twitter: @USDA_ARS [https://twitter.com/USDA_ARS] * Facebook: @AgriculturalResearchService [https://www.facebook.com/AgriculturalResearchService] * LinkedIn: @usda-ars [https://www.linkedin.com/company/usda-ars]