Can Insects Assess Environmental Risk? Movement Responses and Nymph Emergence in Response to Insecticides

Can Insects Assess Environmental Risk? Movement Responses and Nymph Emergence in Response to Insecticides

In natural habitats, there is a strong evolutionary selection pressure on herbivorous insects to avoid danger and choose suitable host plants. Similar selection pressures may drive movement and choices of oviposition hosts by herbivorous insects living in agricultural cropping systems, in which inse...

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Main Authors: Purushottam Gyawali, Heather Kim, Delaney Ruth Vance, Haleh Khodaverdi, Anil Mantri, Christian Nansen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-03-01
Series:Agriculture
Subjects:
host selection
<i>Lygus hesperus</i>
preference
avoidance
insect behavior
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/13/3/723

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