Mutualistic symbionts are increasingly recognized as hidden players in plant-insect interactions. Understanding how symbionts affect plant responses to herbivory provides important insight into the fascinating complexity of terrestrial ecological networks and how we could specifically target symbion...
DNA extraction from bulk sample of caterpillar hosts and their parasitoids (reared from hosts, identified and subsequently added to the host body parts to be homogenized). Targeted Locus (Loci)