Have you ever noticed the bulbs that form on the stems of goldenrod? Believe it or not, those bulbs house the larvae of an insect called the goldenrod gall fly. This fly is completely dependent on the ...

1. Neotropical insect galls : status of knowledge and perspectives / G. Wilson Fernandes, Marcel S. Coelho, and Jean Carlos Santos -- 2. Developmental anatomy of galls in the Neotropics : arthropods ...

A gall is an abnormal growth or swelling of a plant caused by hormones released from insects, mites, bacteria, or nematodes. They can appear on any part of the plant with vast variation in morphology, ...

Galls are abnormal growths on a part of the plant. They can be caused by bacteria, insects, mites and fungi. They can be on any part of a plant and are the overgrowth of plant tissue in response to ...

Galls are growths on leaves, stems, branches, trunks, and roots caused by various agents. But they are usually induced by either insects or a fungus of some sort. The exact manner in which insect ...

This sounds to me like your witch hazels have galls. Insect and mite galls are common on trees and shrubs throughout the Chicago area and are generally nothing to be concerned about. Leaf galls rarely ...

Seeing unusual growths on your trees? Learn what oak tree galls look like, what causes them and how to manage them with ...

Insect-induced galls represent a fascinating mode of plant-insect interaction where specialised insects manipulate host plant tissues to form complex structures that provide both shelter and nutrients ...

Dear Neil: What are the pimple-like growths on the leaves of my hackberry tree? Are they harmful? Those are insect galls that result when the female insect stings the leaves of the tree and lays her ...

Insect-induced plant galls represent an extraordinary example of plant morphogenesis manipulated by specialised herbivores. These structures emerge as a result of intricate biochemical and molecular ...

https://doi.org/10.2307/2999733 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/2999733 Copy URL The hypothesis that the plant-species rich Fynbos and the less-rich Little Karoo ...