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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |