Supervised by Prof. Konrad Fiedler, our project at the University of Bayreuth on the diversity and role of herbivorous insects started in spring of 1999. (sciencemag.org)
For example, antimicrobial peptides could be used as food preservatives, and understanding the role of indigenous gut residents could contribute to the development of novel biocontrol strategies against herbivorous insect pests. (sciencedaily.com)
Leaf fossils record feeding damage by herbivorous insects in the form of holes or traces on the leaves (Fig. 4). (palaeontologyonline.com)