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Refuges and host shift pathways of host-specialized aphids Aphis gossypii.
Scientific reports - 17 May 2017
Liu Xiang-Dong, Xu Ting-Ting, Lei Hai-Xia
Abstract excerpt
Polyphagous cotton-melon aphid populations usually comprise cotton- and cucurbit-specialized biotypes. Host-specialized aphids are prone to food shortages. Cucumber, the favourite food of cucurbit-specialized aphids, is usually absent during autumn and winter in Nanjing, China. Therefore, suboptimal host plants act as refuges and govern the population dynamics of this aphid. The species, growth stages and leaf...
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