Corn Rootworm Larvae (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Corn Rootworm Larvae

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Western corn rootworm larvae can devour the tips of corn roots, robbing the plants of nutrients and making them susceptible to falling over.

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Cyril Hertz, Lingfei Hu and Matthias Erb, University of Bern, Switzerland

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