Accelerated and synchronized oviposition induced by flight of young females may intensify larval outbreaks of the rice leaf roller.

Physiological management of migration-reproduction trade-offs in energy allocation often includes a package of adaptions referred to as the oogenesis-flight syndrome. In some species, this trade-off may be overestimated, because factors like flight behavior and environmental conditions may mitigate...

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Main Authors: Lei Zhang, Pan Pan, Thomas W Sappington, Weixiang Lu, Lizhi Luo, Xingfu Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4376675?pdf=render