Rotation-resistant rootworms owe their success to gut microbes
Monday, June 24, 2013 - 14:30
in Biology & Nature
Researchers say they now know what allows some Western corn rootworms to survive crop rotation, a farming practice that once effectively managed the rootworm pests. The answer to the decades-long mystery of rotation-resistant rootworms lies – in large part – in the rootworm gut, the team reports.