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Wild sunflowers provide resiliency
March 16, 2017
By Adityarup Chakravorty
By Adityarup Chakravorty
Annually, diseases, weeds, and insects are estimated to cause more than $1.3 billion in losses for sunflower growers. To combat this, researchers are preserving the genetic diversity of wild sunflowers. Wild plants retain the genes needed to resist pests and survive in different environments.
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