Leaf-dwelling fungi enhance black poplar chemical defenses and mediate multi-trophic insect interactions
In a new study published in Ecology Letters, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology and the University of Kiel, Germany, report on the influence of an endophytic fungus of the ...
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15 Trees You Should Never Grow in Your Yard
Looking for plants that help repel insects? Here are 11 to consider. Lombardy poplar (Populus nigra) was once beloved as a quick-growing screen tree. Growing four to five feet a year — in an ...
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Hidden allies
The current study investigated the influence of an endophytic fungus of the genus Cladosporium on the herbivore defense of the black poplar Populus nigra, as well as the effects on the insect ...