Effects of bacterial secondary symbionts on host plant use in pea aphids.

Aphids possess several facultative bacterial symbionts that have important effects on their hosts' biology. These have been most closely studied in the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum), a species that feeds on multiple host plants. Whether secondary symbionts influence host plant utilization is...

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Main Authors: McLean, A, van Asch, M, Ferrari, J, Godfray, H
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2011