{"id":145067,"date":"2022-03-09T17:28:38","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T08:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=145067&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2022-03-09T17:28:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T08:28:38","slug":"saga-university-study-links-stink-bugs-bits-to-low-crop-yield","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/saga-university-study-links-stink-bugs-bits-to-low-crop-yield\/","title":{"rendered":"Saga University Study Links Stink Bugs Bits To Low Crop Yield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Saga-University study about transgenerational changes in bean-bug-infested soy plants was published in an American Science magazine. The Plos One magazine introduced the discovery by Makoto Tokuda and other researchers. They found that glycine soja seeds from <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">kamemushi<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> bean-bug-infested plants produce larger beans in a shorter period. Such multi-generational protective reactions against insect <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bites<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are rarely seen in similar crops.<\/span> <b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saga-u.ac.jp\/koho\/press\/2022030323856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saga University<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/lnews\/saga\/20220303\/5080011166.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-145057\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fnn_stink-bugs-bits_2022_cl.jpg?resize=1287%2C828&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1287\" height=\"828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fnn_stink-bugs-bits_2022_cl.jpg?w=1287&amp;ssl=1 1287w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fnn_stink-bugs-bits_2022_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fnn_stink-bugs-bits_2022_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C659&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fnn_stink-bugs-bits_2022_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C494&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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