Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Insects silencing the alarm

Like a scene from a horror movie, tomato fruitworm caterpillars silence their food plants' cries for help as they devour their leaves. That is the finding of a multidisciplinary team of researchers, who said the results may yield insights into the abilities of crop plants -- such as tomato and soybean -- to withstand additional stressors, like climate change.

from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3ubCPWH

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