Cytokinin transfer by a free-living mirid to Nicotiana attenuata recapitulates a strategy of endophytic insects
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DOI: 10.7554/elife.36268
Abstract: Endophytic insects provide the textbook examples of herbivores that manipulate their host plant’s physiology, putatively altering source/sink relationships by transferring cytokinins (CK) to create ‘green islands’ that increase the nutritional value of infested tissues. However,… read more here.
Keywords: insects; cytokinin transfer; nicotiana attenuata; endophytic insects ... See more keywords