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Treatment of Norway spruce seedlings with the plant hormone methyl jasmonate (MJ), can effectively reduce insect damage— and this protection can last over a year, according to a recent study from the Swedish University of Agriculture Sciences. The treatment can be conducted in line with current nursery practices and is a sustainable approach to protect fores […]

Micro-climate moulds and reshapes northern insect communities, herbivory and predation January 15, 2021

Climate and changes in it have direct impacts on species of plant and animals – but climate may also shape more complex biological systems like food webs. Now a Nordic research group involving SLU has investigated how micro-climate shapes each level of the ecosystem, from species’ abundances in predator communities to parasitism rates in key herbivores, and […]

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