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Foliar-feeding insects acquire microbiomes from the soil rather than the host plant

Microbiomes of soils and plants are linked, but how this affects microbiomes of aboveground herbivorous insects is unknown. We first generated plant-conditioned soils in field plots, then reared leaf-feeding caterpillars on dandelion grown in these soils, and then assessed whether the microbiomes of...

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Autores principales: Hannula, S. Emilia, Zhu, Feng, Heinen, Robin, Bezemer, T. Martijn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6425034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30890706
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09284-w