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Host Plant Specialization in the Sugarcane Aphid Melanaphis sacchari.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Nibouche Samuel, Mississipi Stelly, Fartek Benjamin, Delatte Hélène, Reynaud Bernard, Costet Laurent
Abstract excerpt
Most aphids are highly specialized on one or two related plant species and generalist species often include sympatric populations adapted to different host plants. Our aim was to test the hypothesis of the existence of host specialized lineages of the aphid Melanaphis sacchari in Reunion Island. To this end, we investigated the genetic diversity of the aphid and its association with host plants by analyzing the...
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