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Honeydew production and honeydew sugar composition of polyphagous black bean aphid, Aphis fabae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on various host plants and implications for ant-attendance by Melanie K. FISCHER, Wolfgang VÖLKL, Klaus H. HOFFMANN

“…The black bean aphid, Aphis fabae, is polyphagous and its life cycle involves seasonal migration between summer and winter host plants. The aphids are…”
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Competition for mutualists in an ant-homopteran interaction mediated by hierarchies of ant attendance by Fischer, Melanie K., Hoffmann, Klaus H., Völkl, Wolfgang

“…Workers of the ant species Lasius niger showed marked preferences when collecting honeydew from three aphid species living on tansy, Tanacetum vulgare…”
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Age-specific patterns in honeydew production and honeydew composition in the aphid Metopeurum fuscoviride: implications for ant-attendance by Fischer, Melanie K., Völkl, Wolfgang, Schopf, Reinhard, Hoffmann, Klaus H.

“…The intensity of the mutualistic relationship between aphids and ants depends mainly on the composition and amount of honeydew. We used the model system…”
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Interactions between extrafloral nectaries, aphids and ants: are there competition effects between plant and homopteran sugar sources? by Engel, Volker, Fischer, Melanie K, Wäckers, Felix L, Völkl, Wolfgang

“…Broad bean (Vicia faba), an annual plant bearing extrafloral nectaries (EFN) at the base of the upper leaves, is regularly infested by two aphid species, Aphis…”
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