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Aspen defense chemicals influence midgut bacterial community composition of gypsy moth.
Journal of chemical ecology - 1 Jan 2015
Mason Charles J, Rubert-Nason Kennedy F, Lindroth Richard L, Raffa Kenneth F
Abstract excerpt
Microbial symbionts are becoming increasingly recognized as mediators of many aspects of plant - herbivore interactions. However, the influence of plant chemical defenses on gut associates of insect herbivores is less well understood. We used gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar L.), and differing trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) genotypes that vary in chemical defenses, to assess the influence of foliar...
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