Corn Rootworm (IMAGE)

University of Bern

Corn Rootworm

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The western corn rootworm is an important maize pest in the US. It is also invasive in Europe. The larvae of the rootworm use plant defense substances as self-defense against biological control agents such as entomopathogenic nematodes.

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Cyril Hertz and Lingfei Hu, University of Bern

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