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A hard-to-hit enemy

A complicated life cycle (generalized above) has made tackling stem rust difficult. Since the fungus infects barberry after sexual reproduction, some efforts have targeted this alternate host plant. But stem rust can snub such efforts by repeating asexual reproduction. Credit: T. Dubé

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