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At the Corn Host Plant Resistance Research Unit, in Stoneville, Mississippi, molecular geneticist Marilyn Warburton and technician Jack Hayes use gel electrophoresis and fluorescent plate readers to identify plants with markers associated with traits of interest, which will allow the most efficient selection of corn plants with the beneficial traits.
Photo by Stephen Ausmus.
