Tyler Smith<p>Calling all citizen scientists! <br>The Canadian Food Inspection Agency needs your help to collect information on a parasitic plant known as dodder (Cuscuta spp.). </p><p>Join the Cuscuta DNA barcoding project in <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/iNaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iNaturalist</span></a> </p><p>By joining the project & reporting your observations, you can help build a collection of dodder <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/DNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNA</span></a> barcodes from across Canada that will be used to help the <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/CFIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFIA</span></a> detect and manage this weed.</p><p><a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/CitizenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitizenScience</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/CFIAScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFIAScience</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/PlantHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlantHealth</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/CommunityScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityScience</span></a><br> <br><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/cuscuta-dna-barcoding" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inaturalist.org/projects/cuscu</span><span class="invisible">ta-dna-barcoding</span></a></p>