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Limited genetic exchanges between populations of an insect pest living on uncultivated and related cultivated host plants.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 May 2005
Vialatte Aude, Dedryver Charles-Antoine, Simon Jean-Christophe, Galman Marina, Plantegenest Manuel
Abstract excerpt
Habitats in agroecosystems are ephemeral, and are characterized by frequent disturbances forcing pest species to successively colonize various hosts belonging either to the cultivated or to the uncultivated part of the agricultural landscape. The role of wild habitats as reservoirs or refuges for the aphid Sitobion avenae that colonize cultivated fields was assessed by investigating the genetic structure of...
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