Co-cultivation of common bean plant with bush basil (IMAGE)

Tokyo University of Science

Co-cultivation of common bean plant with bush basil

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Eugenol present in the volatile organic compounds emitted by bush basil can intrinsically activate plant defense-related genes like pathogenesis-related 1 in the common bean plant while simultaneously attracting predatory mites that prey on agricultural pests. 

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Prof. Gen-ichiro Arimura from Tokyo University of Science, Japan

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