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How fungi recognize (and infect) plants | Mennat El Ghalid
How fungi recognize (and infect) plants | Mennat El Ghalid
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Length:
5 minutes
Released:
Mar 27, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
Each year, the world loses enough food to feed half a billion people to fungi, the most destructive pathogens of plants. Mycologist and TED Fellow Mennat El Ghalid explains how a breakthrough in our understanding of the molecular signals fungi use to attack plants could disrupt this interaction -- and save our crops.
Released:
Mar 27, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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