phytophagous insect
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insect
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a type of very small animal with six legs, a body divided into three parts and usually two pairs of wings, or, more generally, any similar very ...
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Thus, geographical components seem to be relevant when determining the relationship between diet breadth and genetic structure ofphytophagousinsectpopulations.
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These genetic parameters are key to understanding the ability ofphytophagousinsectpopulations to adapt to ecological change and their ability to expand host range.
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These results suggest that certain non-host plant compounds, when applied onto a host plant, may render the plant less attractive to aphytophagousinsectbut more attractive to its parasitoids.
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These results suggest that these non-host plant compounds may render the plant less attractive or repellent to aphytophagousinsectbut more attractive to its parasitoids.
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Application of the non-host plant compounds to a host plant may reduce oviposition by thephytophagousinsectand at the same time enhance parasitism by its parasitoids.
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Interspecific interactions in phytophagous insects: competition reexamined and resurrected.
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Among phytophagous insects, aphids are good candidates for host specialization.
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A number of studies have linked cellular damage in plant tissues to salivary constituents of phytophagous insects.
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The role of drought stress in provoking outbreaks of phytophagous insects.
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Given its importance in explaining the diversity of phytophagous insects, the conditions under which diet breadth is increased or reduced have been the matter of numerous studies.
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Phytophagous insects are able to build up this resistance because they are easily capable of evolutionary diversification and adaption.
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They are almost exclusively phytophagous insects, forming galls in plant stems, leaves, or seeds.
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They are parasitoids of phytophagous insects, primarily flies.
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Interspecific interactions in phytophagous insects: competition revisited and resurrected.
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Some thrips are predatory, but the majority are phytophagous insects feeding on pollen and the chloroplasts harvested from the outer layer of plant epidermal and mesophyll cells.
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In exchange for carbohydrate energy resources, the fungus provides benefits to the plant which can include increased water or nutrient uptake and protection from phytophagous insects, birds or mammals.
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