Comparison of associative learning of host-related plant volatiles in two parasitoids with different degrees of host specificity, Cotesia marginiventris and Microplitis croceipes

Chemoecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 207-215

  Ngumbi, Esther ^a,b   Jordan, Maggie ^a,c   Fadamiro, Henry ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Cotesia marginiventris; Host related plant volatiles; Microplitis croceipes; Y tube olfactometer

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COTESIA MARGINIVENTRIS; MICROPLITIS CROCEIPES;

EID: 84869091011     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-012-0106-x     Document Type: Article

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