Posts Tagged: plants

Insects, like restaurant customers, shape their wild plant menu

Restaurant patrons with their varied food preferences play a huge role in determining which food items are included on the menu.  Now an international team of researchers, including a UC Davis plant scientist, is finding that plant-eating insects do...

Imagine there’s no hunger ... It’s easy if you try

At 925 million, the number of hungry people in the world is unacceptably high. To combat world hunger, many scientists are working on developing crops that can resist disease and withstand the elements, from drought to floods. One such scientist is Sean...