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Effects of dietary sodium on performance, flight and compensation strategies in the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

BACKGROUND: Sodium is critical for many physiological functions in insects. Herbivorous insects should expend considerable energy to compensate for sodium deficiency due to low sodium concentration in most inland plants upon which they feed. However, sodium compensation behaviors such as mud-puddlin...

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Autores principales: Xiao, Kai, Shen, Ke, Zhong, Jian-Feng, Li, Guo-Qing
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2859862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20385025
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-7-11