Genomes of the rice pest brown planthopper and its endosymbionts reveal complex complementary contributions for host adaptation

The brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens, the most destructive pest of rice, is a typical monophagous herbivore that feeds exclusively on rice sap, which migrates over long distances. Outbreaks of it have re-occurred approximately every three years in Asia. It has also been used as a model system f...

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