Volatile infochemicals used in host and host habitat location byCotesia flavipes Cameron andCotesia sesamiae (Cameron) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), larval parasitoids of stemborers on graminae
- 1 February 1996
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Chemical Ecology
- Vol. 22 (2) , 307-323
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02055101
Abstract
FemaleCotesia flavipes Cameron andCotesia sesamiae (Cameron) were attracted to odors in a Y-tube olfactometer from uninfested maize (Zea mays L.), sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.)], and napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schumach). In dual choice tests,Cotesia flavipes showed a preference for maize over sorghum, while maize and napier grass were equally attractive. In contrast,Cotesia sesamiae preferred volatiles from sorghum and napier grass over those from maize. The two parasitoids were significantly more attracted to maize infested with the stemborers,Chilo partellus (Swinhoe),Chilo orichalcociliellus Strand,Sesamia calamistis Hampson, andBusseola fusca (Fuller), than uninfested maize. In dual choice tests,Cotesia flavipes andCotesia sesamiae were unable to discriminate between odors from plants infested by the different species of stemborers.Keywords
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