Corn genetic heritage the strongest driver of chemical defenses against munching bugs

Plants release chemical distress signals when under attack from chewing insects. These “911 calls,” as entomologist Esther Ngumbi refers to them, alert other bugs that dinner or a nice place to lay their eggs is available nearby. If predatory or parasitic insects detect the right signal, they swoop in like saviors to make a meal out of—or lay their eggs in—the bodies of the herbivore insects.


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Source: Phys.org