THE EFFECT OF HOST-PLANT PHYLOGENETIC ISOLATION ON SPECIES RICHNESS, COMPOSITION AND SPECIALIZATION OF INSECT HERBIVORES: A COMPARISON BETWEEN NATIVE AND EXOTIC HOSTS.

The Effect of Host-Plant Phylogenetic Isolation on Species Richness, Composition and Specialization of Insect Herbivores: A Comparison between Native and Exotic Hosts.

Understanding Finial or Charm the drivers of plant-insect interactions is still a key issue in terrestrial ecology.Here, we used 30 well-defined plant-herbivore assemblages to assess the effects of host plant phylogenetic isolation and origin (native vs.exotic) on the species richness, composition and specialization of the insect herbivore fauna on

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The Alcohol and Epoxy Alcohol of Zingiberene, Produced in Trichomes of Wild Tomato, Are More Repellent to Spider Mites Than Zingiberene

Allelochemicals that are present in trichome secretions of wild tomato species play a major role in mediating interactions with arthropods, often conferring a high level of resistance via antibiosis and antixenosis.Many accessions of the wild tomato relative, Solanum habrochaites (S.h), possess high levels of resistance to arthropods.The monocyclic

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Simultaneous Tumor and Stroma Targeting by Oncolytic Viruses

Current cancer therapeutics often insufficiently eradicate malignant cells due to the surrounding dense Playskool building toys tumor stroma.This multi-componential tissue consists of mainly cancer-associated fibroblasts, the (compact) extracellular matrix, tumor vasculature, and tumor-associated macrophages, which all exert crucial roles in mainta

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