Probiotics Supercharge Plants' Immunity to Disease

Monday, August 27, 2012 - 13:00 in Biology & Nature

Pathogens can slip through leaf pores and begin infecting a plant. However, University of Delaware research shows that this invasion is halted when a beneficial bacterium is present in the soil where the plant is rooted.

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