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Talia L Karasov1, Derek S Lundberg2
1School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America.
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Host genetics and the environment influence which fungal microbes colonize a plant. A new study in PLOS Biology finds that the relative influence of these factors changes throughout the development of the biofuel crop switchgrass growing in field settings.
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