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Lack of adaptation to a new host in a generalist herbivore: implications for host plant resistance to twospotted spider mites in cotton.
Pest management science - 1 Apr 2015
Miyazaki Junji, Wilson Lewis J, Stiller Warwick N
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BACKGROUND: The twospotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae Koch) is an important pest of cotton. This pest has a broad host range, but when changing between hosts an initial decline in fitness often occurs. This is usually followed by an increase in fitness after rapid adaptation to the new host...
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