Plant diversity could provide natural repellent for crop pests

Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 09:01 in Biology & Nature

A new study has unveiled why a field with a variety of plants seems to attract fewer plant-eating insects than farm land with just one type of crop. Scientists and farmers have puzzled over this pattern that makes protecting crops from pests a challenge. Research published in the current issue of Nature and led by […]

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