Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles Can Serve as Host Location Cues for a Generalist and a Specialist Egg Parasitoid

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1304-1313

  Penaflor M F G V ^a   Erb, M ^b,c   Miranda, L A ^b   Werneburg, A G ^a   Bento, J M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Egg parasitoids; Fall armyworm; Induced defense; Natural enemies; Tritrophic interaction

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIOASSAY; CATERPILLAR; EGG PARASITOID; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; HERBIVORE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; OLFACTORY CUE; OVIPOSITION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; TERPENE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; WASP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHEMISTRY; CHEMOTAXIS; DRIVE; EGG LAYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; LEARNING; MAIZE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; ODOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPODOPTERA; WASP;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHEMOTAXIS; CUES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INSTINCT; LARVA; ODORS; OVIPOSITION; PLANT LEAVES; SMELL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPODOPTERA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASPS; ZEA MAYS;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; SCELIONIDAE; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; TELENOMUS REMUS; TRICHOGRAMMA PRETIOSUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84155180674     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-011-0047-9     Document Type: Article

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