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Hitting Back at "Wiretapping" Parasite

July 24, 2012

Dodder vines are parasitic plants that suck water, nutrients and information from other plants as they spread over them. Plant biologists at University of California, Davis, have now shown that they can make plants resistant to dodder by attacking the junctions where the parasite taps into the host. Full Story

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