The parasitoid fly Exorista japonica uses visual and olfactory cues to locate herbivore-infested plants

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 175-183

  Ichiki, Ryoko T ^a   Kainoh, Yooichi ^b   Yamawaki, Yoshifumi ^c   Nakamura, Satoshi ^a  

^a JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Color preference; Diptera; Generalist; Herbivore induced plant volatiles; HIPVs; Host selection; Maize; Mythimna separata; Poaceae; Tachinidae; Tritrophic interaction

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; FLY; GENERALIST; HOST SELECTION; MAIZE; MONOCOTYLEDON; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION; VISUAL CUE; WIND TUNNEL;

DIPTERA; EXORISTA JAPONICA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA SEPARATA; NOCTUIDAE; POACEAE; TACHINIDAE; VIRIDIPLANTAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79551557878     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2010.01091.x     Document Type: Article

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