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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Cairo - Hazem Badr

Engineered Plants Fight Pests Using Perfume

A worker inspects the Nicotiana benthamiana plants at a Medicago greenhouse in Quebec City, August 13, 2014. REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger/File Photo

Researchers at the Earlham Institute in Norwich have managed to turn tobacco plants into factories for moth sex pheromones using precision gene engineering techniques.

Pheromones are chemical secretions that act as hidden means of communication. These allow organisms to send signals, including when they look for partner.

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