Harsh Bais and Thimmaraju Rudrappa, University of Delaware (IMAGE)

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Harsh Bais and Thimmaraju Rudrappa, University of Delaware

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Harsh Bais (left), University of Delaware assistant professor of plant and soil sciences, and Thimmaraju Rudrappa, a former UD postdoctoral researcher who is now a research scientist at DuPont, examine specimens of Phragmites. The UD team has found that this top invasive plant delivers a one-two chemical knock-out punch to snuff out its victims, and the poison becomes even more toxic in the presence of the sun's ultraviolet rays.

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Kathy F. Atkinson/University of Delaware

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