July 2014

The Business of Bugs: Bringing agricultural biotechnology to the Triangle

A custom-made cocktail of microbes could increase crop yield, protect a plant from drought and fight off pests without using insecticide. But before agricultural biotechnology companies can start making microbe recipes, they need to know which microbes work best. That’s where UNC’s Jeff Dangl steps in.

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