Biosensor to warn of crop diseases

Researchers at Jerusalem’s Hebrew University have developed varieties of potatoes that produce special proteins. If infected by potato blight, these proteins display fluorescent properties before the infection appears on the leaves of the plant, allowing early effective treatment.

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368328

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tpj.16071

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