The chemical signatures underlying host plant discrimination by aphids

Abstract The diversity of phytophagous insects is largely attributable to speciation involving shifts between host plants. These shifts are mediated by the close interaction between insects and plant metabolites. However, there has been limited progress in understanding the chemical signatures that...

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Main Authors: David P. Hopkins, Duncan D. Cameron, Roger K. Butlin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07729-0