Molecular architecture determines tomato plant resistance to its main pest (IMAGE)

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Molecular architecture determines tomato plant resistance to its main pest

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An adult tomato leafminer (Phthorimaea absoluta). The substance filotomatine, found in the leaves of the wild tomato (Solanum pennellii), offers greater protection against this predator

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José Maurício Simões Bento

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