Size, shape and hue modulate attraction and landing responses of the braconid parasitoid Fopius arisanus to fruit odour-baited visual targets

BioControl

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 405-414

  Pérez, Jeanneth ^a   Rojas, Julio C ^a   Montoya, Pablo ^b   Liedo, Pablo ^a   González, Francisco J ^c   Castillo, Alfredo ^a  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b Secretaria de Agricultura Ganaderia Desarrollo Rural Pesca y Alimentacion   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Attraction; Braconidae; Host location; Landing; Spectral reflectance; Visual cues

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CHEMICAL CUE; CORRELATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FLY; FRUIT; HOST LOCATION; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; MATE ATTRACTION; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; VISUAL CUE;

BRACONIDAE; FOPIUS ARISANUS; PSIDIUM;

EID: 84860785279     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-011-9416-0     Document Type: Article

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