Parasite or mutualist: the functional role of intracellular symbionts in shaping communities of agriculturally beneficial spiders

By the year 2050 the world's population is expected to grow to almost 10 billion. In order to meet future food demands a transformative change, at the global scale, in agricultural and food systems is required. Yet, the current trend for the overall growth of yields has slowed. Productivity has...

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Main Author: Gibbons, Alastair Tristan Russell
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/59695/