Publications by authors named "Joceline Barrios-SanMartin"
Article Synopsis
- Aphids, specifically the bird cherry-oat aphid, are significant agricultural pests, and populations in central Chile show low genetic diversity with a few dominant genotypes.
- Researchers collected and analyzed aphids from various cereal crops, revealing that one "superclone" genotype made up about half of all samples, thriving across different cereal hosts.
- Findings indicate that obligate parthenogenesis (asexual reproduction) is likely the main reproductive strategy for these aphids in Chile, suggesting their introduction involved a limited number of successful genotypes.
