Role of volatiles emitted by host and non-host plants in the foraging behaviour of Dentichasmias busseolae, a pupal parasitoid of the spotted stemborer Chilo partellus

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-9

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

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

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

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chilo partellus; Crambidae; Dentichasmias busseolae; Host habitat location; Hymenoptera; Ichneumonidae; Lepidoptera; Melinis minutiflora; Plant diversity; Plant volatiles; Pupal parasitoid

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; PARASITOID; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BUSSEOLA FUSCA; CHILO PARTELLUS; CRAMBINAE; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MELINIS MINUTIFLORA; NOCTUIDAE; POACEAE; SORGHUM BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 18044367059     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2003.00030.x     Document Type: Article

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