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Inoculation of Transgenic Resistant Potato by Phytophthora infestans Affects Host Plant Choice of a Generalist Moth.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Abreha Kibrom B, Alexandersson Erik, Vossen Jack H, Anderson Peter, Andreasson Erik
Abstract excerpt
Pathogen attack and the plant's response to this attack affect herbivore oviposition preference and larval performance. Introduction of major resistance genes against Phytophthora infestans (Rpi-genes), the cause of the devastating late blight disease, from wild Solanum species into potato changes the plant-pathogen interaction dynamics completely, but little is known about the effects on non-target organisms....
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