RESPONSE OF TRICHOGRAMMA PRETIOSUM FEMALES TO VOLATILE SYNOMONES FROM TOMATO PLANTS1,2
- 1 July 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Georgia Entomological Society in Journal of Entomological Science
- Vol. 20 (3) , 372-376
- https://doi.org/10.18474/0749-8004-20.3.372
Abstract
Volatile synomones in tomato plants stimulate search behavior in Trichogramma pretiosum Riley, resulting in increased rates of parasitization in both the laboratory and field. In a Y-tube olfactometer, female T. pretiosum are attracted by volatiles from tomato.Keywords
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