It’s hard being a plant leaf - being eaten is a major risk. In tropical forests, ~10-15% (>70% in some species) of leaf area can be lost via herbivory (Cardenas et al., 2014; Coley & Barone, 1996).
RIPE postdoctoral research associate, Dhananjay Gotarkar, who led this study, collecting leaf disk samples from field-grown soybeans before transportation to a laboratory where NPQ relaxation is ...