Response of the beetle Hylastinus obscurus Marsham (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) to red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) volatiles in a laboratory olfactometer

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 690-695

  Quiroz, Andrés ^a   Ortega, Fernando ^a,b   Ramírez, Claudio C ^a,c   Wadhams, L J ^a,d   Pinilla, Karina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGROPECUARIAS   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^d ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hylastinus obscurus; Laboratory walking behavior; Olfactometry; Scolytidae; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL CUE; HOST LOCATION; OLFACTION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

COLEOPTERA; HYLASTINUS OBSCURUS; SCOLYTINAE; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 20344396390     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-34.3.690     Document Type: Article

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