Host Plant Specialization in the Sugarcane Aphid Melanaphis sacchari.

Most aphids are highly specialized on one or two related plant species and generalist species often include sympatric populations adapted to different host plants. Our aim was to test the hypothesis of the existence of host specialized lineages of the aphid Melanaphis sacchari in Reunion Island. To...

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Main Authors: Samuel Nibouche, Stelly Mississipi, Benjamin Fartek, Hélène Delatte, Bernard Reynaud, Laurent Costet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4658203?pdf=render