Rose essential oil enhances plant pest defenses. (IMAGE)

Tokyo University of Science

Rose essential oil enhances plant pest defenses.

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Researchers at TUS have discovered that rose essential oil (REO) activates tomato pest-defense genes and attracts herbivore predators. Therefore, REO could be used as an environmentally friendly pesticide in organic farming.

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Gen-ichiro Arimura from Tokyo University of Science (TUS), Japan

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