'Tiny tornadoes' around leaves spread deadly plant pathogens
January 31, 2024
January 31, 2024
ITHACA, New York, Jan. 31 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
When raindrops hit a leaf of a wheat plant infected with rust - a pathogenic spore that has decimated crops globally - the leaf flutters, creating tiny swirling vortices of air that disperse the spores, where they could end up infecting healthy plants.
An analysis of this effect using high-speed cameras, described in the Jan. 31 issue of Science Advances, could be a first step toward designing a . . .
When raindrops hit a leaf of a wheat plant infected with rust - a pathogenic spore that has decimated crops globally - the leaf flutters, creating tiny swirling vortices of air that disperse the spores, where they could end up infecting healthy plants.
An analysis of this effect using high-speed cameras, described in the Jan. 31 issue of Science Advances, could be a first step toward designing a . . .