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Discovery in Tomato Could Lead to Natural Pesticides
May 07, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 7 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release:

Like a slightly revised version of "The Parent Trap," NSF supported researchers from Michigan State University have discovered that tomato plants have two related but totally separate pathways for producing acylsugars, a specific type of sugars that until now were thought to be produced exclusively in specialized hair-like structures found on tomato leaves.

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