What if birds could smell?
Channel: Science Animated
Date: 19/02/2019

We all know that birds have a great vision, right? But what if they could also smell? We demonstrated that foraging birds exploit volatiles emitted from crop plants damaged by insects. These volatiles are emitted as a cry for help by destressed plants to attract natural enemies. This knowledge opens new avenues in using birds in sustainable insect pest management.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-018-0962-0 
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https://canr.udel.edu/faculty/ivan-hiltpold/
https://canr.udel.edu/faculty/shriver-greg/
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