Episode Synopsis "Bacteria-eating viruses, and many more cool things, with Dr. Gwyn Beattie"

What is a phage? Is biocontrol a real possibility for controlling diseases in organic production of cucurbit crops? Find this and more in this episode with the renowned ISU bacteriologist Dr. Gwyn Beattie

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