Secrets of plant warfare underpin quest for safer, more secure global food supply
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 09:30
in Mathematics & Economics
Like espionage agents probing an enemy's fortifications, scientists are snooping out the innermost secrets of the amazing defense mechanisms that plants use to protect themselves from diseases. The effort intended to discover ways of bolstering those natural defenses and enhance the safety and security of the global food supply is the topic of an article in the current edition of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), ACS' weekly newsmagazine.