Electroantennogram (EAG) responses of Microplitis croceipes and Cotesia marginiventris and their lepidopteran hosts to a wide array of odor stimuli: Correlation between EAG response and degree of host specificity?

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1260-1268

  Ngumbi, Esther ^a   Chen, Li ^a,b   Fadamiro, Henry ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cotesia marginiventris; Electroantennogram; Heliothis virescens; Microplitis croceipes; Spodoptera exigua

Indexed keywords

CATERPILLAR; GENERALIST; HOST PLANT; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST USE; INSECT; ODOR; PARASITOID; SEX PHEROMONE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

COTESIA MARGINIVENTRIS; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROPLITIS CROCEIPES; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA;

EID: 77955167098     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.03.032     Document Type: Article

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