Jim Westwood, Virginia Tech (IMAGE)

Virginia Tech

Jim Westwood, Virginia Tech

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Jim Westwood, professor of plant pathology, physiology, and weed science, examines dodder, a parasitic plant with a covert weaponry system. Understanding dodder's covert communications weaponry system, which operates much like a computer virus, could provide researchers with a method to engineer parasite-resistant plants.

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