Better understanding of triangular hormonal relationship between crop, fungus and parasite
Thursday, March 8, 2012 - 09:03
in Biology & Nature
Parasitic plants ruin crops and threaten the food production for some three hundred million people not only in Africa, but also elsewhere in the world. Developing crops are increasingly falling prey to these plants, which literally suck the life out of them. Researchers from Wageningen UR (University & Research centre) have joined forces with colleagues from Switzerland to try to get to the bottom of this problem. In this weeks Nature, they report on the regulating effect of a new protein that may make crops less vulnerable to these parasites.