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Ciara O’Brien
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Postdoc in starch at the John Innes Centre 🥔
PhD from the Plant Science Lab at Cranfield University 🥭
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Plant Science Research Weekly Nov 14, 2025 (2/2) plantae.org/plant-scienc...
SP6A links heat tolerance & defense;
TYLCV reprograms tomato scent and whitefly senses;
How parasitic plants avoid being parasitized.
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A virus-infected tomato plant is induced to produce a volatile that attracts whiteflies that are not carrying the virus (nonviruliferous). When the whitefly carries the virus, its sense of smell is affected, so it is no longer attracted to the virus-infected plants. Instead, it finds healthy tomato plants, and passes the infection on to them.
November 14, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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June 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM