Two-step learning involved in acquiring olfactory preferences for plant volatiles by parasitic wasps

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1491-1496

  Takemoto, Hiroyuki ^a,d   Powell, Wilf ^b   Pickett, John ^b   Kainoh, Yooichi ^c   Takabayashi, Junji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aphidius ervi; Herbivore induced plant volatile; Host searching behaviour; Olfactory learning; Parasitic wasp

Indexed keywords

APHID; BIOCONTROL AGENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HOST PLANT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; OLFACTORY CUE; PEST SPECIES; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; WASP;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; APHIDIUS ERVI; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 84861910316     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.03.023     Document Type: Article

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