Improving pest resistance in plants using fragrant plants (IMAGE)

Tokyo University of Science

Improving pest resistance in plants using fragrant plants

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Volatile organic compounds released by fragrant plants can awaken the pest defense in the neighboring plant. In a recent study, scientists used bush basil as a fragrant plant to improve the pest resistance or anti-herbivore mechanism of the common bean plant.

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

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