Posts Tagged: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Newly Published Nematode Research: Hijacking Plant Development to Facilitate Parasitism
A UC Davis research team has discovered that “both a harmful plant bacterium and a...
An illustration from the PNAS paper: Rice infected by root-knot nematodes (stained in red). (Illustration by Shahid Siddique)
Why This Corn Pest May Lose Its Nickname of 'Billion-Dollar Beetle'
The Western corn rootworm, known as “the billion-dollar beetle” because its...
A cornfield in Franklin, Pa. (Photo by Fishhawk of Flickr, Creative Commons)
Corn rootworm adult feeding on silk. (Photo by Sarah Zukoff)
Corn rootworm damage. (Photo by Keith Waldron)
UC Davis-Based Research Targeting Autism
DAVIS—A 16-member team of international researchers is targeting autism spectrum disorder...
UC Davis Evolutionary Biologist: About Those Out-of-Place Species
What, hippos thriving in Colombia? Yes! If you've been reading The New York Times, Washington...
Introduced species and nearest neighbors, an illustration in PNAS.
How Feral Hogs and Other Out-of-Place Species Can Restore Ecological Functions of Extinct Animals
Out-of-place and troublesome species, such as feral hogs, wild horses and burros, may actually be...
This graphic from the research article in PNAS illustrates introduced herbivores and nearest neighbors.