WASHINGTON — Pests that have evolved enough to survive insecticides can be spooked by diffusing the “smell of fear” which predator insects produce, experiments conducted by researchers at the Pennsylvania State University have shown. The findings of the research were presented at the fall meeting of the American Chemical Society. For home gardeners and farmers, herbivorous insects present a major threat […]

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