Cut to Disarm Plant Defence: A Unique Oviposition Behaviour in Rhynchites foveipennis (Coleoptera: Attelabidae)

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Female Rhynchites foveipennis damages fruit stems when laying eggs in pears; the consequence of this interesting behaviour is poorly studied. The present study tested the hypothesis that the oviposition behaviour disarms the host plants’ defence by a series of comparative experiments...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Zhi-Ying, Li, Wei, Huang, Qi-Chao, Yang, Liu, Chen, Xiao-Lan, Xiao, Ru-Di, Tang, Cindy Q., Hu, Shao-Ji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9965434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36835769
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects14020200

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9965434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36835769
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects14020200

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