| 1 | Garlic is from the soil, so it has spores of botulinum in it. | |
| 2 | Seeds coated with liquid glass are less likely to be attacked by fungal spores. | |
| 3 | "We hope to develop pressure technology that is cheaper and more effective against spores," Zhang says. | |
| 4 | The entire process, from infection to sporerelease, takes about two to three weeks, Hughes said. | |
| 5 | "Unlike UV or other disinfection techniques [such as chlorination] they can also kill some of the toughest microbes such as spores, " he said. |