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Plant guttation provides nutrient-rich food for insects

Plant guttation is a fluid from xylem and phloem sap secreted at the margins of leaves from many plant species. All previous studies have considered guttation as a water source for insects. Here, we hypothesized that plant guttation serves as a reliable and nutrient-rich food source for insects with...

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Autores principales: Urbaneja-Bernat, Pablo, Tena, Alejandro, González-Cabrera, Joel, Rodriguez-Saona, Cesar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7542811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32933440
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.1080