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| Caterpillar 'Frass' Photo Credit: Penn State |
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| Armywork Larvae Photo Credit: J. Obermeyer, Purdue University |
Chemical ecologists from Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences have discovered that feces, 'frass', of the armyworm larvae tricks corn plants, via chemical signals, into believing it's being attacked by a fungal pathogen. This leads the plants to raise its defenses against pathogens, while simultaneously leaving it defenseless to predation by these hungry hungry caterpillars. Head on over to the full article to learn more
about how caterpillar 'frass' tricks plants!
Article submitted by: Bret
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