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JOURNAL OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY
Volume 128, Issue 2, Pages 120-125Publisher
BLACKWELL VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2004.00821.x
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Brassica; Myzus persicae; biological control; olfactometer; parasitoid; tritrophic
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The olfactory response of the parasitoid Aphidius colemani (Viereck) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to odours in a tritrophic system involving three cultivars of common cabbage, Brassica oleracea var capitata, characterized by different levels of susceptibility to Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) was studied in a four-way olfactometer. Odours influenced A. colemani response in the olfactometer to varying degrees. The magnitude of parasitoid response to odours of uninfested cabbage depended on cultivar, with Derby Day [green-leaved, susceptible to M. persicae and the crucifer specialist, Brevicoryne brassicae (Linnaeus) (Hemiptera: Aphididae)] and Minicole (green-leaved, partially resistant with known antibiosis factors for B. brassicae) preferred over Ruby Ball (red-leaved with antixenosis factors for M. persicae and B. brassicae). The odour of the cabbage cultivar on which the parasitoid had been reared was preferred over the other cultivars. However, when provided with a choice between odours of infested plants, parasitoids did not show a significant preference for the cultivar on which they were reared. Results from the study show that parasitioids differentiated between odour of the three cultivars in dependence of their rearing history when the plant is uninfested.
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