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Host Plant Preference

Host Plant Preference is a behavioral ecological construct that denotes the measurable tendency of a herbivorous insect to select specific plant species or genotypes for feeding or oviposition over others when given a choice, distinguishing it from mere host acceptance or tolerance by emphasizing active discrimination based on sensory and physiological cues.

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Host-plant selection by phytophagous insects

Choice Reviews Online · 1995 · 1.4K citations

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Evolutionary ecology of the relationship between oviposition preference and performance of offspring in phytophagous insects

John N. Thompson · Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata · 1988 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae): Invasive Pest of Ripening Soft Fruit Expanding its Geographic Range and Damage Potential

Douglas B. Walsh, Mark Bolda, Rachael E. Goodhue et al. · Journal of Integrated Pest Management · 2011 · 944 citations · Full text

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Low host specificity of herbivorous insects in a tropical forest

Vojtêch Novotný, Yves Basset, Scott E. Miller et al. · Nature · 2002 · 660 citations

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Host‐plant selection by insects – a theory based on ‘appropriate/inappropriate landings’ by pest insects of cruciferous plants

S. Finch, Rosemary Collier · Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata · 2000 · 637 citations · Full text

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    Christer Wiklund

    Stockholm University, Sweden

    14 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. EA
    Elizabeth A. Bernays

    University of Arizona, United States

    10 publications · 877 citations

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    Michael C. Singer

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    10 publications · 473 citations

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    Niklas Janz

    Stockholm University, Sweden

    9 publications · 406 citations

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    Heikki Roininen

    University of Eastern Finland, Finland

    9 publications · 372 citations

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  1. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

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    53 publications

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  2. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    19 h-index

    45 publications

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  3. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Uppsala, Sweden

    17 h-index

    56 publications

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  4. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    17 h-index

    42 publications

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  5. Agricultural Research Service

    Washington, United States

    17 h-index

    46 publications

    2K citations

  6. Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

    Beijing, China

    16 h-index

    96 publications

    4.4K citations

  7. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    15 h-index

    31 publications

    1.4K citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

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    57 publications

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  1. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

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  2. Oecologia

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  3. Ecological Entomology

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  4. Environmental Entomology

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