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UPI reporter Sommer Brokaw writes that MIT researchers have developed a new precision injection system that could be used to help save banana, olive and orange crops threatened by disease. “The new system uses silk-based biomaterials to fabricate a microneedle-like device, which can inject nutrients, antibiotics or other pesticides into plants' circulatory systems,” Brokaw explains.