Crop Diseases, Spoilage Can Hurt the Food Supply. Could Plant Prebiotics Help?
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Crop Diseases, Spoilage Can Hurt the Food Supply. Could Plant Prebiotics Help?
Research points to a potential new ally in the fight against plant pathogens that cost hundreds of billions of dollars per year in lost food production.
Duke biology graduate student Brendan Lam studies the vision of harvestmen, a type of arachnid that looks like a spider. People may be scared of spiders, but Lam says: “Spiders do much more good than harm.” Their tiny yet powerful optics may inspire n...