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UC-Riverside: Triggering Parasitic Plant 'Suicide' to Help Farmers
March 22, 2025
RIVERSIDE, California, March 22 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news:

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Triggering parasitic plant 'suicide' to help farmers

UC Riverside research explores a new way to fight devastating weeds

Author: Jules Bernstein

Parasitic weeds are ruthless freeloaders, stealing nutrients from crops and devastating harvests. But what if farmers could trick these invaders into self-destructing . . .

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