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Special Plant Species Determines Diet Breadth of Phytophagous Insects: A Study on Host Plant Expansion of the Host-Specialized Aphis gossypii Glover

Host specialization is a ubiquitous character of phytophagous insects. The polyphagous population is usually composed of some subpopulations that can use only a few closely related plants. Cotton-melon aphids, Aphis gossypii Glover exhibited strong host specialization, and the cotton- and cucurbits-...

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Autores principales: Wu, Wei, Liang, Xin Li, Zhao, Hai Yang, Xu, Ting Ting, Liu, Xiang Dong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3620328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23580128
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0060832