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Daly's Student
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Project Question: Can garlic prevent crown gall in tomato plants?
Project Due Date: Febuary 23, 2010
Project Status: I am conducting my research

Crown Gall Disease in Tomato Plant

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~Where can I get an affected plant that have crown gall?
~How does crown gall moves from one plant to another?
~What is crown gall made of?
~Why is crown gall harmful to young plants but not mature plants?
~Is there a cure for crown gall?


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Re: Crown Gall Disease in Tomato Plant

Post by deleted-71417 »

Hi,

Where can you get crown gall? This thread discusses that:

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... f=3&t=2139

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... f=3&t=2136

Here is a science buddies project writeup on crown gall in tomatoes:

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/mentorin ... p008.shtml

Here is some interesting background information:

http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/research/gr ... /crown.htm

Ihope this gets you started! Good luck on the project>

Best regards,

Barrett L. Tomlinson
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