Awardee James Westwood, Virginia Tech (IMAGE)

U.S. National Science Foundation

Awardee James Westwood, Virginia Tech

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Awardee James Westwood, of Virginia Tech, studies Cuscuta, a parasitic plant that obtains its food from other plants, so it has no need for roots, leaves or photosynthesis, and appears as a network of yellow vining stems that wind around host plants.

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Virginia Tech

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