Spruce bark beetles don’t just tolerate their host tree’s chemical defenses—they actively reshape them into stronger ...
Spruce bark is rich in phenolic compounds that protect trees from pathogenic fungi. A research team at the Max Planck ...
Plants rely on efficient internal transport systems to distribute essential mineral nutrients, yet how this distribution is ...
Bark beetles convert spruce tree defenses into more potent antimicrobials to protect themselves, but a fungus can neutralize ...
Arguably our coolest woodpecker, the yellow-bellied sapsucker has provided plenty of fodder for insults and jokes, ...
Spruce bark beetles hijack their host tree’s chemical defenses, transforming them into potent weapons against fungal threats.
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Fungus turns bark beetles’ defenses against them
Spruce bark beetles use the plant defense compounds in spruce bark as a protective mechanism. After feeding, they metabolize ...
Tissue engineering is a set of methods that can replace or repair damaged or diseased tissues with natural, synthetic, or semisynthetic tissue mimics. These mimics can either be fully functional or ...
A potato disease bacterium, ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’, spreads via potato psyllids. New research shows one type, ...
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