Attractiveness of Constitutive and Herbivore-Induced Sesquiterpene Blends of Maize to the Parasitic Wasp Cotesia marginiventris (Cresson)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 582-591

  Fontana, Anna ^a   Held, Matthias ^b   Fantaye, Chalie A ^a   Turlings, Ted C ^b   Degenhardt, Jörg ^a,c   Gershenzon, Jonathan ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Constitutive volatiles; Cotesia marginiventris; Herbivore induced volatiles; Parasitoid attraction; Plant defense; Sesquiterpenes; Spodoptera littoralis; Volatile organic compounds (VOCs); Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; PHEROMONE; SESQUITERPENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

DICOTYLEDON; HERBIVORE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; MAIZE; MOTH; PARASITE; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EGG LAYING; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MAIZE; MOTH; ODOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WASP;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FEMALE; MOTHS; ODORS; OVIPOSITION; PHEROMONES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SESQUITERPENES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASPS; ZEA MAYS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; COTESIA MARGINIVENTRIS; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS; VESPOIDEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79958213404     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-011-9967-7     Document Type: Article

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