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August 14, 2013

The effects of bacterial leaf spot disease on regular tomatoes (on top) and genetically altered ones

The upper image shows tomato plants with bacterial leaf spot disease in a Florida field trial, from June 2012. Below are tomato plants bred with a pepper disease-resistance gene. Those plants exhibit far less bacterial spot symptoms, plus have an increased fruit yield.

Credit: Diana Horvath, Two Blades Foundation


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