How Genes Keep Plants Alive

How do plants defend themselves, fighting a war of attrition cell by cell? And how did a scientist in Minnesota in the 1950s reshape how we understand plant immune systems and the genetics at their heart. And of course, how does this all connect to GMOs? Let's find out. 

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• 2024 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW - Hawaii