[APWG] NEWS: Sunlight transforms phragmite toxin

[Olivia Kwong]

http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20090722/NEWS01/907220408

Sunlight transforms phragmite toxin
By Molly Murray . The News Journal . July 22, 2009

LEWES -- In the world of plants, phragmites is the master of defense -- a 
super weed that can kill off rivals with a toxin secreted by its roots.

But a University of Delaware research team has found that the toxin is 
even more destructive than originally suspected -- thanks to a spinoff 
chemical created when the toxin is exposed to ultraviolet sunlight.

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