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MIT team develops 'microneedles' to treat plants suffering from diseases

MIT engineers have developed a method to deliver life-saving treatments to plants with diseases that affect their circulatory systems and cannot be treated with pesticides. It uses microneedles made of silk-based biomaterial to deliver nutrients or drugs to specific parts of the plant. They can target phloem, the vascular tissue that transports food, to carry the compound into the roots.

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