They may look like extra-floral nectaries, but the galls in some South American trees are evidence of wasps calling in some help to look after their young.
Tag - indirect defence
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Terpenoid transfer across mycorrhizal networks strengthens host plant resistance
Plants, though sessile, employ various strategies to defend themselves against herbivorous insects. The production of terpenoids, and formation of symbiotic associations with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AM) are two...
Foliar nectar can enhance plant-mite mutualisms
Mite domatia are small structures on the underside of plant leaves that house predacious or fungivorous mites, thereby mediating a plant-mite defence mutualism. It has been suggested that plants benefit more from...
