Effects of Volatiles from Maruca vitrata Larvae and Caterpillar-Infested Flowers of Their Host Plant Vigna unguiculata on the Foraging Behavior of the Parasitoid Apanteles taragamae

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1083-1091

  Dannon, Elie A ^a   Tamò, Manuele ^b   Van Huis, Arnold ^c   Dicke, Marcel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^b International Institute of Tropical Agriculture IITA   (Benin)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apanteles taragamae; Cowpea; Floral volatiles; Host searching behavior; Maruca vitrata; Peabush; Sesbania cannabina; Vigna unguiculata

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DICOTYLEDON; HERBIVORE; HOST SELECTION; LEGUME; OLFACTORY CUE; OVIPOSITION; PEST DAMAGE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; WASP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMISTRY; EGG LAYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; LEGUME; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; ODOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; VOLATILIZATION; WASP;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FABACEAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLOWERS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; ODORS; OVIPOSITION; PLANT LEAVES; VOLATILIZATION; WASPS;

APANTELES TARAGAMAE; MARUCA VITRATA; SESBANIA; SESBANIA CANNABINA; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 77957943570     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-010-9859-2     Document Type: Article

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