Electrophysiological and behavioural responses of Aphidius ervi (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to tomato plant volatiles

Chemoecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 195-201

  Sasso, Raffaele ^a   Iodice, Luigi ^a   Woodcock, Christine M ^b   Pickett, John A ^b   Guerrieri, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air entrainment; Aphid parasitoid; Dose response; EAG; Electroantennogram; Synomone; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIUS ERVI; BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MACROSIPHUM EUPHORBIAE;

EID: 77349106204     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-009-0023-9     Document Type: Article

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