This manipulation simulated the thermal landscape in wheat fields, whereby the temperature at different heights of wheat plants differs greatly at midday, showing an obvious trend of higher temperature at the upper part and lower temperature at the lower part 71 , 72 , which provides a temperature gradient for the aphids to regulate their body temperature by moving downward.
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Behavioural plasticity of a pest species may aggravate global wheat yield loss under climate change.
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