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Plant Disease

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Parasitic Weeds Threaten Tomato Plants on California Farms

  • by Emily C. Dooley
At first glance, Orobanche ramosa looks like an interesting blossoming plant, one that could add a unique flair to flower arrangements. But it’s a parasitic weed that attaches to roots, sucks out nutrients and is threatening California’s lucrative $1.5 billion processing tomato industry.
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