Understanding how wild plants handle shifting disease threats, conditions

St. Louis is a plant science powerhouse, but outside the neatly tended rows of crops and gleaming greenhouses sits another treasure trove of biological data: The wild plants tucked into yards, sidewalk cracks, ditches and fields have much to reveal. WashU's plant scientists are also among the most skilled in the country at teasing out their secrets.

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