Odor from herbivore-damaged plant attracts the parasitoid fly Exorista japonica Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 463-467

  Kainoh, Yooichi ^a   Tanaka, Chiharu ^a   Nakamura, Satoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attraction; Damaged plant odor; Exorista japonica; Tachinidae; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; EXORISTA; EXORISTA JAPONICA; JAPONICA; MYTHIMNA SEPARATA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; SEPARATA; TACHINIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033229180     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.34.463     Document Type: Article

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