Figure 5: M. persicae feeding changed the nutritional quality of its host plants. | Scientific Reports

Figure 5: M. persicae feeding changed the nutritional quality of its host plants.

From: The green peach aphid Myzus persicae perform better on pre-infested Chinese cabbage Brassica pekinensis by enhancing host plant nutritional quality

Figure 5

(a) Relative amino acid concentration in phloem sap of non-infested plants (Control) and M. persicae infested plants (Infested). (b) The amino acid:sugar (sucrose, fructose, and glucose) ratio in phloem sap of control and aphid infested plants. (c) Relative sugar concentration in phloem sap of control and aphid infested plants. (d) Amino acid concentration and (e) sugar concentration in non-infested control and aphid infested (Infested) plant leaves. Values shown are mean ± SE. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01; Student’s t-test.

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