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  • Corn genetic heritage the strongest driver of chemical defenses against munching bugs

    May 3, 2022 1:30 pm by Diana YatesResearch
    Researchers, from left, U. of I. entomology professor Esther Ngumbi, Ph.D. candidate Sierra Raglin, and natural resources and environmental sciences professor Angela Kent. Photo by Leslie Stauffer

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    • Researchers, from left, U. of I. entomology professor Esther Ngumbi, Ph.D. candidate Sierra Raglin, and natural resources and environmental sciences professor Angela Kent. Photo by Leslie Stauffer

    University of Illinois researchers compared how different corn varieties responded to chewing insects in the presence of a soil bacterium.