VIDEO: Extrafloral Nectary Insect Activity on Cover Crops
See the abundance of insect activity on the extrafloral nectaries growing on cover crops. Extrafloral nectaries are nectar-secreting glands not involved in pollination produced in at least 66 plant families. The “EFNs” grow on their leaves, shoots, or in the case of cowpeas, at the juncture of the pod and the stem. The sugar and…