<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/plant-biologists-shed-light-on-old-mystery.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><pubDate>11/09/2023</pubDate><title>Plant biologists shed light on old seedy mystery</title><description>Nov. 9, 2023 - Brudvig and Lowry sequence the DNA of 144-year-old Beal seeds and get a surprise. In <em>IFLScience.</em></description><highlights/><author/><hero-image><img src="" alt="Hand lifts a glass bottle dug from the earth on the MSU campus"/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2023/plant_biologists2.png" alt="Hand lifts a glass bottle dug from the earth on the MSU campus"/></image></item>