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J Chem Ecol

Title:		Beneficial arthropod behavior mediated by airborne semiochemicals. II. Olfactometric studies of host location by the parasitoidMicroplitis croceipes (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
Author(s):		Eller FJ; Tumlinson JH; Lewis WJ;
Address:		"Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, 32611, Gainesville, Florida"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1988
Volume:		14
Issue:		2
Page Number:		425 - 434
DOI:		10.1007/BF01013894
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The response ofMicroplitis croceipes (Cresson) to odors from a plant-host complex was investigated using a four-choice olfactometer. Female, but not male, parasitoids responded in a dose-dependent fashion to volatiles from the plant-host complex and oviposition experience enhanced this response. Female age had no apparent effect on the response. Both artificially damaged leaves and frass elicited positive responses but of lower magnitude than those elicited by the plant-host complex. Volatiles collected from the plant-host complex placed on filter paper also elicited positive responses by female parasitoids"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEEller, F J Tumlinson, J H Lewis, W J eng 1988/02/01 J Chem Ecol. 1988 Feb; 14(2):425-34. doi: 10.1007/BF01013894"