Fighting fungal weapons, not fungi

Selective compounds engineered to battle crop disease, not harm beneficial species

ON THE SPOT Scientists are making compounds that disarm the fungi that cause diseases on crops in the mustard family. Black spot, shown here, effects the economically important canola plant. Canola Council of Canada
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SALT LAKE CITY — Fungi don’t kill plants, fungal weapons do.