Researchers find that water stress changes sugar beet physiology, leaf-miner development and crop damage Drought affects more than crop growth. New research shows that the severity of water stress can also determine how vulnerable sugar beet is to pest damage. A team at the University of Göttingen investigated how moderate and severe drought influence sugar beet infested by the beet leaf miner (Pegomya cunicularia), a fly whose larvae feed insid…
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