Understanding evolution to reduce pesticide use

Labradors2 · April 26, 2019

https://phys.org/news/2019-04-tomato...pesticide.html

This is interesting, although I tend to have more pests on other crops than tomatoes!

Linda

mikemansker · April 26, 2019

Interesting! The fewer pesticides the better.

GrowingCoastal · April 26, 2019

I have had black aphids land on tomato plants and die there so some of that natural defense is still there. Any variety they landed on seemed to kill them.

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Labradors2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Ontario Posts: 3,896	Understanding evolution to reduce pesticide use https://phys.org/news/2019-04-tomato...pesticide.html This is interesting, although I tend to have more pests on other crops than tomatoes! Linda

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mikemansker Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Branson MO Posts: 441	Interesting! The fewer pesticides the better.

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GrowingCoastal Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Vancouver Island Canada BC Posts: 1,253	I have had black aphids land on tomato plants and die there so some of that natural defense is still there. Any variety they landed on seemed to kill them.