Researchers find a fungus in Kentucky's forest grass that makes rare bug-fighting chemicals

Researchers at the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (CAFE) have discovered that a fungus living inside a common Kentucky woodland grass produces a rare combination of chemicals that likely helps…
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