Causing the formation of plant galls or cecidiums; able to induce abnormal growths on plants.
From cecidium plus -genous (from Greek -genes meaning 'producing' or 'causing'); describes organisms or substances that produce galls.
The chemicals that cecidogenous insects inject into plants are so powerful that scientists study them to understand how to trigger plant growth for agriculture—nature's own genetic engineering toolkit.
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