Caterpillar in a baggie (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Caterpillar in a baggie

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Ngumbi studies how the combined stressors of flooding and herbivory affect crop plants. In these experiments, the flooded and unflooded tomato plants are subjected to herbivory by the larval form of the tobacco hornworm.

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Photo by Fred Zwicky

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