Breakthrough enzyme discovery fights crop disease and prevents outbreaks

Breakthrough enzyme discovery fights crop disease and prevents outbreaks

For the past 30 years, scientists have been on a mission to unlock the secrets of how plants defend themselves. That journey just reached a major milestone. Researchers from Rutgers University and Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered how a specific plant enzyme—metacaspase 9—works at the molecular level. Published in the journal, Nature Communications, this breakthrough could lead to safer and more effective ways to protect crops from …