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Could 'rewilding' allow crops to fight pests without chemicals?

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Christian Science Monitor

Publication Date
2015-10-06

Wild plants can protect themselves from pests, but scientists think this immune system has been bred out of domesticated crop plants. Now, they're trying to figure out how to bring it back.

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http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/1006/Could-rewilding-allow-crops-to-fight-pests-without-chemicals