Devastating parasitic weed may be felled by toxin borrowed from flies
| dc.contributor.author | Trulove, Susan | en |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Blacksburg, Va. | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-06T19:31:15Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2013-05-06T19:31:15Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2004-03-29 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The parasitic weed, broomrape, attaches to the root of such vegetable crops as tomato, potato, beans, and sunflowers. With no need for leaves of its own, it produces only a floral shoot above ground. Meanwhile, its host is barely able to survive, much less be productive. Now, the defense mechanism of another pest - the fly - may provide a weapon against parasitic weeds. | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | text/html | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/20840 | en |
| dc.publisher | Virginia Tech. University Relations | en |
| dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
| dc.rights.holder | Virginia Tech. University Relations | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
| dc.title | Devastating parasitic weed may be felled by toxin borrowed from flies | en |
| dc.type | Press release | en |
| dc.type.dcmitype | Text | en |
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