Three-way dance between herbivores, plants and microbes unveiled

Three-way dance between herbivores, plants and microbes unveiled

What looks like a caterpillar chewing on a leaf or a beetle consuming fruit is likely a three-way battle that benefits most, if not all of the players involved, according to a Penn State entomologist.

Read more: https://phys.org/news/2017-02-three-way-herbivores-microbes-unveiled.amp

A tomato fruit worm caterpillar on fruit. Credit: Gary Felton, Penn State

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