Maize pest exploits plant defense compounds to protect itself

ENN
Nov 27, 2017, 2:35 pm59 pts
The western corn rootworm continues to be on the rise in Europe. Why attempts to biologically target this crop pest by applying entomopathogenic nematodes have failed, can now be explained by the amazing defense strategy of this insect. In their new study, scientists from the University of Bern, Switzerland,…

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