Monday, February 27, 2017

Three-way dance between herbivores, plants and microbes unveiled

02/27/2017 11:11 AM EST

the larval stage of the Colorado potato beetle

What looks like a caterpillar chewing on a leaf or a beetle consuming fruit is likely a three-way battle that benefits most, if not all of the players involved, according to a Penn State entomologist.


Full story at http://news.psu.edu/story/451295/2017/02/18/research/three-way-dance-between-herbivores-plants-and-microbes-unveiled

Source
The Pennsylvania State University


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