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When Microbes Attack, Plants Fight Back

Learn about microbes and plant pathology with Laura Helft.

Aired 08/24/2011 | Rating TV-G

University Place

When Microbes Attack, Plants Fight Back

Special | 47m 22sVideo has Closed Captions

Learn about microbes and plant pathology with Laura Helft.

Laura Helft, a Ph.D. student studying Cellular and Molecular Biology at UW-Madison, provides a whirlwind tour of plant pathology--how we know plants are sick, what we know about plant diseases, what we know about the plant immune system, and how microbes are able to attack plants.

Aired 08/24/2011 | Rating TV-G

University Place is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin

University Place is made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

University Place

When Microbes Attack, Plants Fight Back

Special | 47m 22sVideo has Closed Captions

Laura Helft, a Ph.D. student studying Cellular and Molecular Biology at UW-Madison, provides a whirlwind tour of plant pathology--how we know plants are sick, what we know about plant diseases, what we know about the plant immune system, and how microbes are able to attack plants.

Aired 08/24/2011 | Rating TV-G

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