Anthocorid predators learn to associate herbivore-induced plant volatiles with presence or absence of prey

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 260-265

  Drukker, Bas ^a   Bruin, Jan ^a   Sabelis, Maurice W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anthocoris; Associative learning; Attraction; Aversion; Cacopsylla; Infochemicals; Innate response; Methyl salicylate; Olfactometer; Pear; Synomone; Tritrophic interaction

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCORIDAE; ANTHOCORIS; ANTHOCORIS NEMORALIS; CACOPSYLLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PSYLLIDAE; PYRUS;

EID: 84962909255     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.2000.00190.x     Document Type: Article

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