Of cabbages and things: Dutch researchers study wasp hyperparasitoid
Thursday, November 29, 2012 Dutch researchers have discovered that cabbage volatile odour released in response to white butterfly caterpillar attack can attract multiple parasites making the food chain unbeneficial to the plant. The study, published in journal PLOS Biology Tuesday, highlights the possible side effects of parasitoid use for pest control. A second parasite, called…