Olfactory response of Anagrus,nigriventrls (HYM.: Mymaridae): Effects of host plant chemical cues mediated by rearing and oviposition experience |
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Authors: | J Y Honda G P Walker |
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Institution: | (1) Present address: Department of Entomology, Agricultural University, P.O. Box 8031, 6700 Wageningen, EH, The Netherlands;(2) Department of Entomology, University of California, 92521 Riverside, CA, USA |
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Abstract: | The egg parasitoid Anagrus nigriventris Girault is an important natural enemy of the beet leafhopper, Circulifer tenellus (Baker) which has a broad host range that includes cultivated sugar beets and the weed, Russian thistle. When parasitoids were reared on leafhopper eggs deposited in sugar beets, females were attracted to sugar beet volatiles and preferred them over a blank control and over Russian thistle volatiles in Y- tube olfactometer tests. No preference was detected for either plant by female wasps that were reared on Russian thistle. Wasps reared on Russian thistle and allowed an oviposition experience on sugar beet showed a strong attraction to sugar beet volatiles; however, wasps reared on sugar beets and allowed oviposition experience on Russian thistle demonstrated no preference between the two plants. The implications of parasitoid response towards plant volatiles and their importance in biological control are discussed. |
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Keywords: | egg parasitoid plant volatiles preference biological control host location tritrophic interactions |
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