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The plant hopper Issus coleoptratus can detoxify phloem sap saponins including the degradation of the terpene core

Issus coleoptratus is a small plant hopper which mainly feeds on the phloem sap from ivy. Although all parts of ivy are poisonous as the plant contains saponins, especially hederasaponins, I. coleoptratus can cope with the poison. In contrast to other animals like the stick insect Carausius morosus...

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Autores principales: Himmelsbach, Markus, Weth, Agnes, Böhme, Christine, Schwarz, Martin, Bräunig, Peter, Baumgartner, Werner
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Company of Biologists Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4810747/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26863940
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/bio.016311