Why a Fruit Pest Thrives on Low-Protein Diets
Scientists discovered why spotted wing drosophila (a tiny fruit fly pest) can survive and grow on fresh fruit, which has very little protein compared to other …
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What Cotton Pests Eat Changes How They Reproduce
Scientists studied how cotton boll weevils—tiny insects that damage cotton crops—survive and reproduce depending on what they eat. The research found that when …
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