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Food searching behaviour of a Lepidoptera pest species is modulated by the foraging gene polymorphism.
The Journal of experimental biology - 1 Oct 2014
Chardonnet Floriane, Capdevielle-Dulac Claire, Chouquet Bastien, Joly Nicolas, Harry Myriam, Le Ru Bruno, Silvain Jean-François, Kaiser Laure
Abstract excerpt
The extent of damage to crop plants from pest insects depends on the foraging behaviour of the insect's feeding stage. Little is known, however, about the genetic and molecular bases of foraging behaviour in phytophagous pest insects. The foraging gene (for), a candidate gene encoding a PKG-I, has an evolutionarily conserved function in feeding strategies. Until now, for had never been studied in Lepidoptera,...
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