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In the greenhouse at the ARS Chemistry Research Unit in Gainesville, plant molecular biologist Alisa Huffaker (left) and postdoctoral research associate Martha Vaughan treat plants with the maize peptide ZmPep1, which is a signal to activate a broad array of defenses.
Photo by Hans Alborn.
