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The evolutionary ecology of insect resistance to plant chemicals.
Trends in ecology & evolution - 1 Jun 2007
Després Laurence, David Jean-Philippe, Gallet Christiane
Abstract excerpt
Understanding the diversity of insect responses to chemical pressures (e.g. plant allelochemicals and pesticides) in their local ecological context represents a key challenge in developing durable pest control strategies. To what extent do the resistance mechanisms evolved by insects to deal with the chemical defences of plants differ from those that have evolved to resist insecticides? Here, we review recent...
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