Beneficial viruses for tomatoes

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Beneficial viruses for tomatoes

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Mon Feb 03, 2020 5:27 pm

Take a look at what this article says about viruses and what they can do for tomatoes!

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 170750.htm
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Mon Feb 03, 2020 6:33 pm

Wow ...
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Tue Feb 04, 2020 9:09 am

Wow, fascinating....
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Post: # 74689Unread post Shule
Mon Jul 25, 2022 6:33 pm

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34831098/

I found another one. Apparently, if you plant TYLCV-resistant tomatoes and infect them with TYLCV, then they're supposed to be more drought-tolerant!

I'm not recommending actually doing that, though.
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Mon Jul 25, 2022 7:30 pm

Very cool! 8-)
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