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Biocontrol

Crop and plant protection methods that rely on natural mechanisms such as pheromones, predators or pathogens instead of conventional chemical pesticides.

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Modelled odour receptors lead INRAE to the lily moth's sex pheromone

INRAE-led researchers modelled two lily moth odour receptors with AI and used them to find the species' previously unknown sex pheromone. The route could speed pheromone work on little-studied pests, though confirming the hit still took live moths.

Publishers:phys.org

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