mustard leaf beetles (Phaedon cochleariae) (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

mustard leaf beetles (Phaedon cochleariae)

Caption

Two mustard leaf beetles (Phaedon cochleariae) feeding on cabbage. Beetle lines that no longer had pectinases after CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing were not able to degrade plant cell wall pectins. Their growth and survival was severely impaired.

Credit

Anna Schroll

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