Electrophysiological and behavioral responses of microplitis mediator (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to caterpillar-induced volatiles from cotton

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 600-609

  Yu, Huilin ^a,b   Zhang, Yongjun ^a,b   Wyckhuys, Kris A G ^c   Wu, Kongming ^a   Gao, Xiwu ^c   Guo, Yuyuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b UNIVERSIDAD JORGE TADEO LOZANO   (Colombia)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Behavioral experiments; Gas chromatography?electroantennographic detection; Helicoverpa armigera; Microplitics mediator; Plant volatiles

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; PLANT EXTRACT;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COTTON; CROP PEST; ENDOPARASITE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LARVA; MOTH; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; WASP;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; COTTON; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LARVA; MALE; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; WASP;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GOSSYPIUM; LARVA; MALE; MOTHS; OILS, VOLATILE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; WASPS;

CHINA;

BRACONIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HYMENOPTERA; MICROPLITIS MEDIATOR;

EID: 77952709909     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN09162     Document Type: Article

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