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October 3, 2012

A large natural population of evening primrose (yellow flowers) in Ithaca, New York.

A large natural population of evening primrose (yellow), which is a common plant in eastern North America.

Agrawal's team set up 16 identical plots. During each growing season for five years, eight of the plots were treated biweekly with an insecticide; the other eight were controls.

Credit: Anurag Agrawal


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