Armyworms can trick corn plants into letting down their guard
Story Date: 9/10/2015

 

Source: FARM PROGRESS, 9/9/15

Caterpillars feeding on corn plants can actually trick the plant into lower its defenses, chemical ecologists in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences say, leaving the corn plant to lose out and the caterpillar to eat more and grow faster.

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