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Plant architecture influences gall abundance in a tropical montane plant species
Acta Botânica BrasílicaSessile and host-specific herbivores, such as gall-inducing insects, are usually patchily distributed within the populations of their host plants, and it has been suggested that both inter- and intra-plant variation affect gall abundance, distribution ...
Maria Gabriela Boaventura +2 more
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On the track of transfer cells formation by specialized plant-parasitic nematodes
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2014 Transfer cells are ubiquitous plant cells that play an important role in plant development as well as in responses to biotic and abiotic stresses.
Natalia eRodiuc +4 more
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Bionomics and cecidogenesis of Contarinia petioli (Kieffer) (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae)
Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2010 Recently, the abundant occurrence of galls of Contarinia petioli (Kieffer) was noted on Populus tremula in the Brno region and elsewhere in southern Moravia.
Jaroslav Urban
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Review of gall-associated insects in the Melastomataceae family
Brazilian Journal of BiologyAlthough research on gall-associated insects has increased in recent years in Brazil, little is known about this fauna in the Melastomataceae family. Here, we compiled information on the fauna of insects associated with galls induced in species of the ...
M. V. Santana, V. P. Lima, D. C. Calado
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Diversity of insect galls associated with coastal shrub vegetation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Anais da Academia Brasileira de CiênciasSurveys in the coastal sandy plains (restingas) of Rio de Janeiro have shown a great richness of galls. We investigated the galling insects in two preserved restingas areas of Rio de Janeiro state: Parque Estadual da Costa do Sol and Reserva Particular ...
SHEILA P. CARVALHO-FERNANDES +3 more
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Revista Árvore, 2007 O objetivo deste estudo foi testar a influência de quatro concentrações do hormônio vegetal ácido indolbutírico (AIB) (0, 500, 1.000 e 2.000 ppm) na obtenção de alporques de Caryocar brasiliense Camb (Caryocaraceae) fitossanitariamente adequados. Avaliou-
Germano Leão Demolin Leite +4 more
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Coleopterous galls from the Neotropical region
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2012 Data on Neotropical coleopterous galls were compiled from the literature, which showed that 82 galls have so far been recorded among 77 plant species. The Fabaceae and Asteraceae plant families display the greatest richness in galls.
Valéria Cid Maia
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Insect galls from Serra de São José (Tiradentes, MG, Brazil)
Brazilian Journal of BiologyOne hundred thirty-seven morphotypes of insect galls were found on 73 plant species (47 genera and 30 families) in Serra de São José, in Tiradentes, MG, Brazil.
V. C. Maia, G. W. Fernandes
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Plant DirectPlant galls generated by insects have highly organized structures, providing nutrients and shelter to the insects living within them. Most research on the physiological and molecular mechanisms of gall development has focused on single galls.
Seiji Takeda +6 more
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Brazilian Journal of BiologyIn Minas Gerais, green propolis is produced from the collection of resinous substance found in shoot apices of Baccharis dracunculifolia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the biological parameters associated with the interaction Apis mellifera x ...
EMAF. Bastos +3 more
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