Proteins in unroasted coffee beans may become next-generation insecticides

Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 10:11 in Biology & Nature

Scientists in Brazil are reporting for the first time that coffee beans contain proteins that can kill insects and might be developed into new insecticides for protecting food crops against...

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