Serotonin-mediated wing dimorphism in Nilaparvata lugens: A survival strategy triggered by host plant senescence.

The molecular mechanisms by which insects perceive and behaviorally adapt to host plant nutritional variation constitute a fundamental question in insect-plant coevolution. The brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens, BPH), a monophagous pest of rice (…

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