Micro-Tom tomatoes infected by Moniliophthora perniciosa (IMAGE)

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Micro-Tom tomatoes infected by Moniliophthora perniciosa

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This small, fast-growing plant is also susceptible to attack by the fungus and was used by the researchers as a plant model to investigate the process that leads cocoa trees to develop witch’s broom

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Daniele Paschoal/CENA-USP

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