Repeated pathogen exposure is a common threat in colonies of social insects, posing selection pressures on colony members to respond with improved disease-defense performance. We here tested whether e
The effect of the Drosophila melanogaster female sex pheromone (Z)-4-undecenal on oviposition of the spotted wing drosophila Drosophila suzukii on blueberry, and attraction to an associated yeast, Han
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