Research from the lab of Dan Kliebenstein shows the fungus that causes grey mold "tastes” the difference between a strawberry and a tomato — reading the plant's own chemical defenses to counter them.
Salmonella somehow induces the production of a chemical hormone called auxin, which gives a kind of false “all-clear” signal that causes the poor plant to open its gates and let the squatter in.
A new variety of wheat without some of the glutens that cause allergic reactions, such as celiac disease, has been developed by scientists in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences.
