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 	Jim Alfano, Charles Bessey Professor of plant pathology and a faculty member in UNL’s Center for Plant Science Innovation, and graduate student, Anna Joe, inspect plants in the lab. Research by the UNL team and others is shedding light on how bacterial
Jim Alfano, Charles Bessey Professor of plant pathology and a faculty member in UNL’s Center for Plant Science Innovation, and graduate student, Anna Joe, inspect plants in the lab. Research by the UNL team and others is shedding light on how bacterial

UNL research reveals more clues about how plants fight disease

By studying how a disease-causing bacterium attacks plants, University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers have made important discoveries about how plants defend themselves against invaders. The information is helping them improve agricultural crops' armor against a broad range of diseases. Continue reading…

 
Originally published March 1, 2013 - Submit an Item