05 – How do plants defend themselves?

Get your alarm pheremones flowing, it’s time for episode 5 of The Science of Feeding the World Podcast! In this episode, we talk with Entomologist Dr Gia Aradottir, programme leader at NIAB, about how plants defend themselves. We ask how we can learn from insect chemical communication to improve the ability of our food crops to not get nommed by aphids and other pests.

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