An unexpected underground alliance: Rootknot nematodes benefit root flies - Peer2Peer

An unexpected underground alliance: Rootknot nematodes benefit root flies

Mar 27, 2025

Plant-mediated interactions between two belowground agricultural pests have been uncovered: When field mustard plants are infected by root-knot nematodes, they change their defense strategy in a way that unintentionally benefits another belowground herbivore: the cabbage root fly.

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-unexpected-underground-alliance-root-nematodes.html

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