<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/2025-09-a-breakthrough-in-plant-defense-after-decades-of-research.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><categories>Discovery Science,Faculty,Plant Sciences</categories><broadcast>bmb,mps,prl,plantresilience</broadcast><articlePreview/><pubDate>09/18/2025</pubDate><title>A breakthrough in plant defense after decades of research</title><subTitle>How cooperation and sustained research lead to a discovery 34 years in the making</subTitle><description>How cooperation and sustained research lead to a discovery 34 years in the making</description><highlights/><author>Kara Headley</author><hero-image><img src="" alt=""/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2025/josephine-baran-g4wzhY8qiMw-unsplash-square.jpg" alt="Tomatoes"/></image></item>