Plants on the defensive (IMAGE)

Duke University

Plants on the defensive

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Plants engineered to resist disease-causing bacteria are able to fend off infection but suffer stunted growth (top left). By controlling how defense proteins are translated, scientists were able to bolster plant immunity without causing collateral damage (bottom right).

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Credit: Guoyong Xu, Duke University

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