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Open AccessNatural variation in wild tomato trichomes; selecting metabolites that contribute to insect resistance using a random forest approach
Plant-produced specialised metabolites are a powerful part of a plant’s first line of defence against herbivorous insects, bacteria and fungi. Wild ancestors of present-day cultivated tomato produce a plethora...
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Open AccessEndogenous plant metabolites against insects
Herbivorous insects are responsible for large losses to agriculture through feeding damage itself but also by vectoring pathogens such as viruses. Plants have evolved various mechanisms to defend themselves ag...
