Symbiotic ants manipulate aphid reproduction rates to achieve a specific mix of green and red aphids, maintaining the inferior green aphids which produce the ants' favorite snack. Symbiotic ants ...

For pea aphids, the ability to go forth and multiply can depend on a single gene, according to new research. An overheated aphid with a mutation in that gene can't reproduce. The gene isn't even in ...

Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) are one of the most diverse groups among insects. About 4700 described species exist (Blackman and Eastop, 2006; Peccoud et al., 2010), some of which represent diverging ...

Human management practices and large detritivores such as earthworms incorporate plant litter into the soil, thereby forming a heterogeneous soil environment from which plant roots extract nutrients.

The genome of the aphids is revealing secrets that may lead to the development of plants that can fight back against the troublesome pest, say researchers. "What we're looking for is some sort of an ...

Growers have been warned not to let their guard drop against the aphid threat to crops, as temperatures start to rise across the UK and the risk increases. The latest screenings of problematic ...

For pea aphids, the ability to go forth and multiply can depend on a single gene, according to new research. The gene isn't even in the insect -- it's in the tiny symbiotic bacteria housed inside ...