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Meaning of "host plant"
A host plant is a plant species on which a particular organism, such as an insect or parasite, depends for its survival or reproduction. It serves as a habitat, food source, or breeding ground for the organism, playing a crucial role in its life cycle or ecological interactions
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- A plant that supplies food resources and substrate for certain insects or other fauna.
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Its only host plant is hackberry trees.
The establishment of a pathogen within a host plant.
The main host plant is wild hops.
They in a folded leaf of their host plant.
The host plant dies in most circumstances.
Larvae will feed on host plant vegetation.
Host plant and geographic records are revised.
They create a gall on their host plant.
A new host plant to feed its larvae.
Pupation takes place on the host plant.
It devours the host plant while it blooms magnificently.
Many butterflies use this as a host plant.
It is an important host plant for epiphytes.
Eggs are laid individually on the host plant.
It is a host plant for skipper butterflies.
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Aphids overwinter as eggs on the host plant.
The host plant for this species is unknown.
The larvae feed on host plant roots.
Host plant preference seems to differ by region or habitat.
A lot of orchids are focused on their host plant.
Milkweed is the host plant for the monarch.
Monarchs use milkweed as their host plant.
Larval host plant populations have been greatly reduced.
Thus leading to death of the host plant.
Host plant response to pathogenic attack.
Hence the choice of host plant is not limiting.
They live in the stems of their host plant.
It is also grown as a host plant for lac insects.
They live in the fruit of their host plant.
Parts of the host plant attacked by parasitic plants.
They mine the leaves of their host plant.
Host plant resistance is an effective method to resolve these pests.
It is attached to the stem or a leaf of the host plant.
Feeding on the host plant causes a leaf gall to form.
The basidiospores then infect the host plant.
It also serves as a host plant to the azure blue butterfly.
They roll the leaf of their host plant.
It also serves as a host plant for a variety of valuable insects.
They bore in the fruits of their host plant.
No impact of the host plant on the list of DMRs appeared.
They bore the stems of their host plant.
Vetiver is not a host plant or a mediator of pests and diseases.
They feed on the carpels of their host plant.
Melanin in required for host plant infection by some fungi.
They mine the thorns of their host plant.
The presence of the host plant for the caterpillars is critical.
Defoliation causes most shoots of host plant to dry up.
They attach to their host plant by parasitic roots called haustoria.
They destroy the flowers of their host plant.
A major factor in host plant selection is the presence of attendant ants.
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