Spying on Corn Rootworm Predators Nightlife
Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 07:56
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) entomologist Jonathan G. Lundgren, while exploring corn fields at night, has found a very different group of predators than the ones that feed during the day. It turns out that these night-time predators have a great appetite for corn rootworms, the most costly pest of corn in the world.