Effects of molasses grass, Melinis minutiflora volatiles on the foraging behavior of the cereal stemborer parasitoid, Cotesia sesamiae

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 731-745

  Gohole, Linnet S ^a,b   Overholt, William A ^c   Khan, Zeyaur R ^c   Pickett, John A ^d   Vet, Louise E M ^a,e  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^d ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cotesia sesamiae; Foraging behavior; Intercropping; Maize; Melinis minutiflora; Molasses grass; Olfactometer; Parasitoid; Plant volatiles; Sorghum; Stemborers

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE AGENT;

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; OLFACTION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; STEM BORER; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FORAGING; GENOTYPE; GRASS; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOID; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; SMELLING; SORGHUM;

ANIMALS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; PLANT OILS; PLANTS, EDIBLE; POACEAE; WASPS; ZEA MAYS;

BRACONIDAE; COTESIA; COTESIA SESAMIAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MELINIS MINUTIFLORA; POACEAE; SORGHUM BICOLOR; VESPIDAE; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0242584849     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022828921763     Document Type: Article

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