<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/news/race-to-defenses-maize-outpaces-soybeans-in-fighting-off-fungal-invasions.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><pubDate>12/07/2020</pubDate><title>Race to defenses: Maize outpaces soybeans in fighting off fungal invasions</title><description>Sudden death syndrome is a devastating disease that afflicts soybean crops, causing annual losses in U.S. soybean yields in excess of $274 million dollars. New Michigan State University research shows that the trick to surviving the disease might be a matter of timing when to mount a defense response.</description><author/><hero-image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2020/HuanChen-BradDay-fungus-resistance-image-1-crop-banner1.jpg" alt="Soybean plants"/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2020/HuanChen-BradDay-fungus-resistance-image-1-crop-banner1q.jpg" alt="Soybean plants"/></image><tags><tag>research</tag></tags></item>