Microbes help beetles defeat plant defenses




Some symbiotic bacteria living inside Colorado potato beetles can trick plants into reacting to a microbial attack rather than that of a chewing herbivore, according to a team of Penn State researchers who found that the beetles with bacteria were healthier and grew better.

Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-09/ps-...

Lunes, 9 de Septiembre 2013
Jueves, 1 de Enero 1970
1

1 1
Otros artículos de esta sección