Winter Oilseed Planting in the Spotlight - CROSSOVER with Hooked on Science!

One way that scientists can help our society is by supporting
farmers - specifically, testing out new crops and breeding new
plants for them to use! Agronomy and Plant Genetics PhD student
Julija Cubins works on developing the planting of new winter
crops in the northern Midwest states that could benefit both the
environment and farmers' wallets. 


If you want to learn more about the topics discussed in this
episode, check out: 


Listen to Julija's guest appearance on the podcast,
Planthropology, here!

Episodes from Hooked on Science on winter oilseed breeding
and soybean cyst nematodes

Management of pennycress as a winter annual cash cover crop
(review article)

Winter annuals quarterly reports and growing bulletins from
the Forever Green Initiative




Julija is also the host of the science podcast, Hooked on
Science! This is a CROSSOVER episode with Hooked on Science, so
check out their website, Twitter,
Facebook, and Instagram! You can
specifically listen to the episode interviewing In the Spotlight
host Emily Schafer here.



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