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Stressful memories help plants resist caterpillars

Global yields of major food crops, such as rice and wheat, are estimated to be reduced by one fifth due to damage from pests and diseases. Chemical pesticides are currently the primary control strategy in agriculture. Unfortunately, these chemicals can be harmful to human health... click to read more

Samuel Wilkinson | Post-doctoral research associate at University of Sheffield

Adam Hannan Parker | PhD student at University of Sheffield

Jurriaan Ton | Professor at University of Sheffield

epigenetics

food security

herbivory

Plant biology

Plant immunity

Reading time 3.5 min

published on Oct 2, 2023

Beetles became an evolutionary success with help from stolen microbial genes

There are more than 400,000 known beetle species - and perhaps one million more species left to discover. This makes beetles one of the most diverse groups of animals on Earth. However, the causes for their extraordinary diversity are widely debated. Many claim that herbivory... click to read more

Duane D. McKenna | Professor at Department of Biological Sciences and Center for Biodiversity Research, University of Memphis, Tennessee, USA

evolution

beetles

herbivory

horizontal gene transfer

microbes

Reading time 3 min

published on Dec 2, 2020