Ecological Significance of a Novel Nitrogen Fixation Mechanism in the Wax Scale Insect

Qian Qi, Bin Li, Xin Zhang, Xiaoming Chen, Hang Chen, Kirst King-Jones

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Article in Insects, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Qian QiForest Institute of High Land, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Kunming 650224, China.

Bin LiResearch Center of Resource Insects, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Kunming 650224, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1005-3478

Xin ZhangForest Institute of High Land, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Kunming 650224, China.

Xiaoming ChenResearch Center of Resource Insects, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Kunming 650224, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3989-9925

Hang ChenForest Institute of High Land, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Kunming 650224, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8690-4099

Kirst King-JonesDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, G-504 Biological Sciences Bldg., Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada.

Funding

Central Non-profit Research Institution of CAF CAFYBB2019SZ005

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As a sessile wax scale insect,

Indexed as

amino acid synthesishost plant overly dependentnitrogen fixationobligate symbiotic microorganismsthe wax scale insect Ericerus pela

Identifiers

PMID40870637

DOI10.3390/insects16080836

PMCPMC12386322

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