AMF

Johnson then asked NLE Choppa to collaborate on “AMF,” which will premiere on Snapchat through a partnership with the social media platform.

The researchers compared the responses of untreated plants to those that had been exposed to AMF, caterpillars, or both.

The AMF and the caterpillars, separately, decreased the volatile emissions in all four varieties of tomato plants.

"AMF form partnerships in over 80% of the land plants, setting up a trade where the fungi extract nutrients from the soil in exchange for carbon from plants," Dady said.

"We found that, especially in Cherokee Purple, AMF may confer additional benefits, including enhanced growth and greater emission of VOCs."