Coffee beans may become insecticides

Thursday, April 1, 2010 - 14:49 in Biology & Nature

CAMPINAS, Brazil, April 1 (UPI) -- Brazilian scientists say they've found unroasted coffee beans contain proteins that can kill insects -- a finding that may lead to new food crop insecticides.

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