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Mechanisms and evolution of plant resistance to aphids.
Nature plants - 6 Jan 2016
Züst Tobias, Agrawal Anurag A
Abstract excerpt
Aphids are important herbivores of both wild and cultivated plants. Plants rely on unique mechanisms of recognition, signalling and defence to cope with the specialized mode of phloem feeding by aphids. Aspects of the molecular mechanisms underlying aphid-plant interactions are beginning to be understood. Recent advances include the identification of aphid salivary proteins involved in host plant manipulation,...
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