Resistance to sap-sucking insects in modern-day agriculture

Plants and herbivores have co-evolved in their natural habitats for about 350 million years, but since the domestication of crops, plant resistance against insects has taken a different turn. With the onset of monoculture-driven modern agriculture, selective pressure on insects to overcome resistanc...

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Main Authors: Martin eDe Vos, Arjen eVanDoorn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2013.00222/full