http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2010/09/14/wildflower_armors_itself_against_disease.html

Hey ms. Cox srry it wasnt in by 12. my comp was messing up and it didnt get fixed till a little while ago.

5 Sentence summary

A wildflower that gets metal in its leaves, can use them as an armor against bacteria. The plant is part of the mustard family that grows on metal rich soils. It is known to accumulate many metals in its leaves. These plants are using their metal rich soils to armor themselves against diseases. All three metals that the plant gets in its leaves are all a kind of armor against bacteria.

5 Sentence Opinion

This is really cool because if we could find a way to get crops to do this, then we could help increase the amount of good crops and decrease the number of diseases. This can also help our export because we can be sending crops with bacteria around the world. If we incorporate this armor into them then there won't be as many spread around. This can also help the flower selling business. If they can defend their flowers against disease, then their amount of flowers would increase.