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Electroantennogram and machine learning reveal a volatile blend mediating avoidance behavior by Tuta absoluta females to a wild tomato plant

Tomato cultivation is threatened by the infestation of the nocturnal invasive tomato pinworm, Tuta absoluta. This study was based on field observations that a wild tomato plant, Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme, grown in the Mount Kenya region, Kenya, is less attacked by T. absoluta, unlike the...

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Autores principales: Miano, Raphael Njurai, Ayelo, Pascal Mahukpe, Musau, Richard, Hassanali, Ahmed, Mohamed, Samira A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9142488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35624177
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-13125-0