Fertility or Powdery Mildew Resistance?

Powdery mildew is a fungus that infects both crop and ornamental plants. Each year, powdery mildew and other plant pathogens cause immense crop loss. Despite decades of intense research, little is known of the plant molecules that allow fungal hyphae to invade the host’s epidermal cells. A plant geneticist is shedding a new light on mildew susceptibility in plants and its surprising link to reproduction.

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