The Influence of Learning on Host Plant Preference in a Significant Phytopathogen Vector, Diaphorina citri.

Although specialist herbivorous insects are guided by innate responses to host plant cues, host plant preference may be influenced by experience and is not dictated by instinct alone. The effect of learning on host plant preference was examined in the Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri; vector o...

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Main Authors: Dara G Stockton, Xavier Martini, Joseph M Patt, Lukasz L Stelinski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4773162?pdf=render