The Phytophactor

A plant pundit comments on plants, the foibles and fun of academic life, and other things of interest.

Showing posts with label insect biology. Show all posts

Showing posts with label insect biology. Show all posts

And the war continues

The war between plant eating insects and plants continues. Plants have lots of defense mechanisms, but then insects evolve counter strategie...

Of insects and flowers and things

One of the great biologists of my generation was Thomas Eisner, and we were saddened by his recent death. He studied many things and used hi...

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