Experimental study demonstrates gut microbiota drives host plant performance in leaf beetles, indicating a central microbiome role in herbivore host preference.
Collectively, our results suggest that host plant-induced differential performance in herbivorous insects largely depends on their gut microbiota, suggesting a crucial role of the gut microbiome in herbivore host preference and the "preference-performance" relationship. Video Abstract.
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