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Larval responses of three vegetable root fly pests of the genus Delia (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) to plant volatiles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

K.T.A. Ross  and
M. Anderson
K.T.A. Ross*
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, University of Birmingham, U.K.
M. Anderson
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, University of Birmingham, U.K.
*
K.T.A. Ross, School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark DE 19716, USA.
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Abstract

Larval responses of Delia radicum (Linnaeus), D. floralis (Fallén) and D. antiqua (Meigen) to plant volatiles were measured using a behavioural assay. Larvae were attracted to their host-plant, but non host-plants either had no effect or were repellent. Testing of individual secondary plant volatiles indicated that larvae were attracted to secondary plant volatiles from their host-plant, but were neither attracted nor repelled by secondary plant volatiles from non host-plants. A general plant volatile did not have this effect.

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Research Article
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 82 , Issue 3 , September 1992 , pp. 393 - 398
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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