How the activity of natural enemies changes the structure and metabolism of the nutritive tissue in galls? Evidence from the Palaeomystella oligophaga (Lepidoptera) -Macairea radula (Metastomataceae) system

• Published in: Protoplasma Vol. 256; no. 3; pp. 669 - 677
• Main Authors: Rezende, Uiara C., Cardoso, João Custódio F., Kuster, Vinícius C., Gonçalves, Letícia A., Oliveira, Denis C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 01.05.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biomedical and Life Sciences; Cell Biology; Developmental stages; Feeding; Galls; histochemistry; insect physiology; insects; larvae; Lepidoptera; Life Sciences; Lipids; Melastomataceae; Metabolism; Natural enemies; Organelles; Original Article; Paralysis; Parasitoids; Plant Sciences; proteins; pupae; Senescence; Starch; Zoology; Metabolism and plant-insect interaction; Enemy hypothesis; Gall structure; Gall cytology; Histochemistry

Insect-induced galls usually develop nutritional cells, which they induce and consume directly, and any metabolic modification of those cells may reflect changes of the insect’s own metabolism. The system Palaeomystella oligophaga (Lepidoptera) — Macairea radula (Melastomataceae) presents a series o...