The subject of this writing is one of our most conspicuous caterpillars, the eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum). Almost everyone has noticed them, due to the conspicuous white silken ...

Plants can grow in many inhospitable environments because they can stablish symbiotic association with mycorrhizae fungi. In the mycorrhizal plant-fungi symbiosis, the fungus uses carbohydrates ...