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Allelochemicals and Alimentary Ecology: Heterosis in a Hybrid Zone?

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Molecular Aspects of Insect-Plant Associations

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Proper interpretation of differential survival, growth, and reproduction of phytophagous insects on various host plants depends on our ability to discriminate between a large number of plant characteristics, insect characteristics, and environmental factors that influence the preingestive acceptability (Ahmad, 1983; Miller and Strickler, 1984) and post-ingestive suitability of food plants (Scriber and Slansky, 1981; Berenbaum, 1985, 1986). Research over the last several years has addressed these various concerns in considerable detail for leaf-chewing Lepidoptera and has made it more feasible to differentiate between environmental and/or food plant effects and heritable physiological adaptations (Scriber, 1983, 1984a; Rausher, 1984; Whitham et al., 1984; Slansky and Scriber, 1985; Mattson and Scriber, 1985).

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Scriber, J.M. (1986). Allelochemicals and Alimentary Ecology: Heterosis in a Hybrid Zone?. In: Brattsten, L.B., Ahmad, S. (eds) Molecular Aspects of Insect-Plant Associations. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1865-1_2

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