No-cost meals might not exist for insects feeding on toxic plants.
Biol Open
; 12(6)2023 06 15.
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| ID: mdl-37314183
Plants produce chemicals (or plant specialised/secondary metabolites, PSM) to protect themselves against various biological antagonists. Herbivorous insects use plants in two ways: as a food source and as a defence source. Insects can detoxify and sequester PSMs in their bodies as a defence mechanism against predators and pathogens. Here, I review the literature on the cost of PSM detoxification and sequestration in insects. I argue that no-cost meals might not exist for insects feeding on toxic plants and suggest that potential costs could be detected in an ecophysiological framework.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Plantas Tóxicas
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Comidas
Tipo de estudio:
Health_economic_evaluation
Límite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Biol Open
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido