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A comparison of fitness characters of two host plant-based congeneric species of the banana aphid, Pentalonia nigronervosa and P. caladii.
Journal of insect science (Online) - 1 Jan 2010
Bhadra Parna, Agarwala B K
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Aphids and other phytophagous insects often show intra-specific variations in relation to host plant utilization. In several instances, intra-species variations lead to host-plant specialization. These are considered to be important source of speciation. In a recent study ( Foottit RG et al. 2010...
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