Flower vs. Leaf Feeding by Pieris brassicae: Glucosinolate-Rich Flower Tissues are Preferred and Sustain Higher Growth Rate

Interactions between butterflies and caterpillars in the genus Pieris and plants in the family Brassicaceae are among the best explored in the field of insect–plant biology. However, we report here for the first time that Pieris brassicae, commonly assumed to be a typical folivore, actually prefers...

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Autores principales: Smallegange, R. C., van Loon, J. J. A., Blatt, S. E., Harvey, J. A., Agerbirk, N., Dicke, M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2039843/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17828429
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10886-007-9350-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2039843/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17828429
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10886-007-9350-x

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