The role of fresh versus old leaf damage in the attraction of parasitic wasps to herbivore-induced maize volatiles

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2003-2018

  Hoballah, Maria Elena ^a,b   Turlings, Ted C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Cotesia marginiventris; Green leaf volatiles; Host location; Induced volatiles; Innate preference; Microplitis rufiventris; Parasitoid; Spodoptera littoralis; Terpenoids; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR; TERPENE;

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; ODOR; PARASITOID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAIZE; METABOLISM; ODOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; VOLATILIZATION; WASP;

ANIMALS; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; FEMALE; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; ODORS; PLANT LEAVES; SMELL; TERPENES; VOLATILIZATION; WASPS; ZEA MAYS;

BRACONIDAE; COTESIA MARGINIVENTRIS; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROPLITIS RUFIVENTRIS; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS; VESPOIDEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 24044451200     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-005-6074-7     Document Type: Article

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