Pollinating USDA Corn

Pollinating USDA Corn
Photo by Megan Bean

July 3, 2007

Biological science technician Michael Alpe worked Tuesday under canopies of overcast clouds and stretching corn stalks on MSU's North Farm. A staff member with the U.S. Agriculture Department, he's part of an Agricultural Research Service team hand-pollinating individual plants in a seed-increase nursery.