POOR DIET. “Plant phloem sap is one diet with a grossly unbalanced amino acid composition. Symbiotic bacteria enable insect to use a nutritionally inadequate diet. The capacity of aphids to use plant phloem sap, with low essential amino acid content, has been attributed to their symbiotic bacteria, Buchnera aphidicola, which can synthesize these nutrients.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022