A portable electroantennogram sensor for routine measurements of pheromone concentrations in greenhouses

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 209-215

  Van Der Pers, J N C ^a   Minks, A K ^b  

^a VDP Laboratories   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chrysodeixis chalcites; EAG; Electroantennography; Electrophysiology; Greenhouse cultures; Lepidoptera; Mating disruption; Noctuidae; Paprika; Pheromone distribution; Sex pheromones; Sweet pepper

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM; CHALCITES; CHRYSODEIXIS; CHRYSODEIXIS CHALCITES; CYDIA POMONELLA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 0031812274     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1998.00322.x     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Baker, T. C. & K. F. Haynes, 1989. Field and laboratory electroantennographic measurements of pheromone plume structure correlated with oriental fruit moth behaviour. Physiological Entomology 14: 1-12.
2. Bengtsson, M., G. Karg, P. A. Kirsch, J. Löfquist, A. Sauer & P. Witzgall, 1994. Mating disruption of pea moth Cydia nigricana F. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) by a repellent blend of sex pheromone and attraction inhibitors. Journal of Chemical Ecology 20: 871-887.
3. Dunkelblum, E., S. Gothilf & M. Kehat, 1981. Sex pheromone of the tomato looper, Plusia chalcites (ESP). Journal of Chemical Ecology 7: 1081-1088.
4. Färbert, P., U. T. Koch, A. Färbert & R. T. Staten, 1997. Measuring pheromone concentrations in cotton fields with the EAG method. In: R. T. Cardé & A. K. Minks (eds), Insect Pheromone Research: New Directions. Chapman & Hall, New York, pp. 347-358.
5. Karg G. & A. E. Sauer, 1995. Spatial distribution of pheromone in vineyards treated for mating disruption of the grape vine moth Lobesia botrana measured with electroantennograms. Journal of Chemical Ecology 21: 1299-1314.
6. Karg, G., D. M. Suckling & S. J. Bradley, 1977. Defining interaction between electroantennogram responses of Epiphyas postvittana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) to pheromone and other volatiles. Journal of Insect Physiology 43: 179-187.
7. Koch, U. T., 1990. A portable EAG system for measurement of pheromones in the field. In: Proceedings of the 200th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. (Washington D.C. August 26-31, 1990) Abstract 31.
8. Milli, R., U. T. Koch & J. J. de Kramer, 1997. EAG measurement of pheromone distribution in apple orchards treated for mating disruption of Cydia pomonella. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 82: 289-297.
9. Pers, J. N. C. van der & A. K. Minks, 1993. Pheromone monitoring in the field using single sensillum recording. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 68: 237-245.
10. Pers, J. N. C. van der & A. K. Minks, 1997. Measuring pheromone dispersion in the field with the single sensillum recording technique. In: R. T. Cardé & A. K. Minks (eds), Insect Pheromone Research: New Directions. Chapman & Hall, New York, pp. 359-371.
11. Poitout, S. & R. Bues, 1974. Elevage des chenilles de vingthuit espèces de lépidoptères Noctuidae et d'espèces d'Arctiidae sur milieu artificiel simple. Péculiarités de l'élevage selon les espèces. Annales de Zoologie - Ecologie Animale 6: 431-441.
12. Rumbo, E. R., D. M. Suckling & G. Karg, 1995. Measurement of airborne pheromone concentrations using electroantennograms: Interactions between environmental volatiles and pheromone. Journal of Insect Physiology 41: 465-471.
13. Sauer, A. E., G. Karg, U. T. Koch, J. J. de Kramer & R. Milli, 1992. A portable EAG system for the measurement of pheromone concentrations in the field. Chemical Senses 17: 543-553.
14. Suckling, D. M., G. Karg, S. J. Bradley & C. R. Howard, 1994. Field electroantennogram and behavioral responses of Epiphyas postvittana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) under low pheromone and inhibitor concentrations. Journal of Economic Entomology 87: 1477-1487.
15. Vlieger, J. J. de & J. W. Klijnstra, 1993. Mating disruption of codling moth and fruit tree leafrollers in apple orchards with TNO dispensers. IOBC/WPRS Bulletin 16 (10): 99-103.