Cacao-Attacking Fungus Ditches Sex for Cloning (image)

Purdue University

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Purdue mycologist Catherine Aime and doctoral student Jorge Diaz-Valderrama examine cultures of Moniliophthora roreri, a devastating fungal disease of cacao plants.

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Purdue University/Tom Campbell

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