From DNA to Defense: New Tool Maps How Plants Produce Key Compounds Protecting Crops

From DNA to Defense: New Tool Maps How Plants Produce Key Compounds Protecting Crops

If you know how plants, in general, make the chemicals they need to survive, you can, in theory, predict how they perform this trick for about any substance plants can make. Dutch scientists made a new digital tool called MEANtools that helps uncover how plants produce their natural substances, reducing laboratory work significantly. Plants produce a wide range of special chemicals, known as specialized metabolites. These compounds protect plant…