A rapid, precise and low‐cost method to quantify silicon for the determination of food intake and utilisation for insect herbivores
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DOI: 10.1111/aen.12335
Abstract: Determining intake and subsequent digestion and absorption of nutrients is fundamental for understanding host plant quality for insect herbivores. This typically involves considerable time spent weighing leaf material, with various associated sources of error and… read more here.
Keywords: rapid precise; food intake; intake utilisation; utilisation ... See more keywords