host plant
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhostandplant
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host
noun
uk/həʊst/us/hoʊst/
someone who ...
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plant
noun
uk/plɑːnt/us/plænt/
a living thing that grows in earth, in water, or on other plants, usually has a stem, leaves, roots, and flowers, and ...
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(Definition ofhostandplantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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No preference was observed between leaf odours from the principlehostplant, peach, and the secondaryhostplant, apple.
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Ahostplantis more than its chemistry.
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There were seven dominant and 32 rarehostplantspecies.
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There was no clear pattern according tohostplant.
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Management programmes have focused on integration of silvicultural practices,hostplantresistance and biological control.
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It is still uncertain which esterase changes in activity with thehostplant.
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This also indicates that geographic distribution does not depend entirely onhostplantdistribution.
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Differences inhostplantquality are not only inter-, but also intraspecific, such as between cultivars.
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All samples were collected and stored separately, based uponhostplantand locality.
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The activity of the esterases detected in the alimentary canal was affected by thehostplant.
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In addition, the effect of thehostplanton the activity of esterases was also examined.
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Species identification based onhostplantinformation may at times obscure the existence of polyphagous species.
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The course ofhostplantageing was checked in detail in 1994.
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Temperature also affects maize development and therefore the quality of thehostplant.
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Pupal distributions may thus simply be a result ofhostplantsize.
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Interactions within herbivore communities mediated by thehostplant: the keystone herbivore concept.
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Interactions within herbivore communities mediated byhostplant: the keystone herbivore concept.
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Larval beetles form a defense from recycledhostplantc hemicals discharged as fecal wastes.
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One other aspect of thehostplantthat can influence an insect's developmental cycle is phenology.
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The larva was fed with whole or sections of freshhostplantleaves until pupation.
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