The percentage of leaves with any herbivore damage is greater in the modern ecosystems than in any fossil locality studied, they found. "Our results demonstrate that plants in the modern era are ...

INSECT LAB — Rupesh Kariyat inspects Petri dishes with rice leaves and fall armyworms at his lab on the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville campus. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Plant life is a hard life when ...

Plant life is a hard life when it comes to fending off insects, and the farther one gets from the equator, the more difficult it can be, according to a study on plant-insect interactions published ...

Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Warming may increase the extent and intensity of insect defoliations within Arctic ecosystems. A thorough understanding of the implications of ...

Morning glory plants that can resist the effects of glyphosate also resist damage from herbivorous insects, according to a University of Michigan study. The U-M researchers also found the reverse: ...

The findings reveal that insects developed modern patterns of herbivory long before flowering plants flourished, upending a long-held hypothesis Jack Tamisiea Paleontologist Conrad Labandeira, the ...

Rooted in place, plants can't run from herbivores—but they can fight back. Sensing attack, plants frequently generate toxins, emit volatile chemicals to attract the pest's natural enemies, or launch ...

Climate and changes in it have direct impacts on species of plant and animals - but climate may also shape more complex biological systems like food webs. Now a research group has investigated how ...