Garlic mustard plants can lose toxicity
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 - 08:35
in Biology & Nature
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Sept. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have discovered the invasive garlic mustard plant, over time, loses its primary weapon -- a fungus-killing toxin it injects into the soil.
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