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A multi-partner symbiotic community inhabits the emerging pest <i>Pentastiridius leporinus</i>
2025-06-06
Abstract excerpt
The planthopper Pentastiridius leporinus has emerged as a severe crop pest, rapidly expanding both its host plant range and the affected areas in central Europe. Originating as a monophagous herbivore of reed grass, P. leporinus recently adopted polyphagous feeding and is now a pest of sugar beet, potato, carrot, and onion, suggesting rapid ecological niche expansion. P. leporinus vectors two bacterial pathogen...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 927e13d7-4204-5f4c-8827-ad837e6f574d
- DOI
- 10.1101/2025.06.03.657594
