Many plant-feeding insects need microbial enzymes, such as pectinases, that degrade plant cell walls; yet some insects have overcome this dependency in a surprising way. Now researchers found that ...
A research team shows in a new study how leaf beetles could successfully use new and previously indigestible food sources in the course of evolution. The insects acquired enzymes from microorganisms ...
1. Spore formation and methods of inoculating withspores and with mycelium are discussed. 2. Methods of growing the fungus on different media are described. 3. One growth of fungus seems to unfit ...