Miscanthus, a biofuels crop, can host western corn rootworm
Thursday, January 7, 2010 - 01:28
in Biology & Nature
The western corn rootworm beetle, a pest that feasts on corn roots and corn silk and costs growers more than $1 billion annually in the US, also can survive on the perennial grass Miscanthus x giganteus, a potential biofuels crop that would likely be grown alongside corn, researchers report.