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Gut symbiont enhances insecticide resistance in a significant pest, the oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel)

BACKGROUND: Symbiotic bacteria affect insect physiology and ecology. They may also mediate insecticide resistance within their hosts and thereby impact pest and vector control practices. Here, we document a novel mechanism of insecticide resistance in which a gut symbiont of the tephritid pest fruit...

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Autores principales: Cheng, Daifeng, Guo, Zijun, Riegler, Markus, Xi, Zhiyong, Liang, Guangwen, Xu, Yijuan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5286733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28143582
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40168-017-0236-z