Responses to aphid sex pheromones by the pea aphid parasitoids Aphidius ervi and Aphidius eadyi

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Glinwood, R. T., Du, Y-J. and Powell, W. 1999. Responses to aphid sex pheromones by the pea aphid parasitoids Aphidius ervi and Aphidius eadyi. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 92 (2), pp. 227-232. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00541.x

AuthorsGlinwood, R. T., Du, Y-J. and Powell, W.
Abstract

Aphidius ervi and Aphidius eadyi, two parasitoids of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum, were attracted to components of the aphid sex pheromone in laboratory bioassays. Pre-test experience with host aphids in the presence of aphid sex pheromone did not affect the response of A. ervi to pheromone in a 4-way olfactometer, compared with that of naive parasitoids. Aphidius ervi females exposed only to the pheromone prior to testing did not respond in the olfactometer, suggesting habituation to the foraging cue by the parasitoid. In a wind tunnel, aphid sex pheromone increased the attraction of A. ervi to the plant-host complex (Vicia faba/A. pisum), suggesting an additive effect when two different foraging cues are present simultaneously.

KeywordsEntomology
Year of Publication1999
JournalEntomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
Journal citation92 (2), pp. 227-232
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00541.x
Open accessPublished as non-open access
Funder project or code303
436
Project: 041015
Project: 044180
ISSN00138703
0013-8703
PublisherWiley

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