How plants turn into zombies

Friday, October 16, 2015 - 08:30 in Biology & Nature

Scientists from Jena University (Germany) shed light on the molecular reasons for a bacterial plant disease: In the latest issue of the science journal Trends in Plant Science, the researchers explain how phytoplasmas destroy the life cycle of plants and inflict a 'zombie' existence on them.

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