Probing behaviors and their plasticity for the aphid Sitobion avenae on three alternative host plants.

Insects may develop different behavioral phenotypes in response to heterogeneous environments (e.g., host plants), but the plasticity of their feeding behaviors has been rarely explored. In order to address the issue, clones of the English grain aphid, Sitobion avenae (Fabricius), were collected fro...

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Main Authors: Xianliang Huang, Deguang Liu, Xiaoning Cui, Xiaoqin Shi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6124740?pdf=render