Potato plants trigger aboveground defenses in response to tuber attacks

Thursday, May 5, 2016 - 11:30 in Biology & Nature

Potato plants boost the chemical defenses in their leaves when Guatemalan tuber moth larvae feed on their tubers, report researchers at the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI).

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