Influence of barometric pressure on odor discrimination and oviposition by adult plum curculios (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Title:

Influence of barometric pressure on odor discrimination and oviposition by adult plum curculios (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Creator:

Leskey, Tracy C. and Prokopy, Ronald J.

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:3ec888e7-25ba-4a8d-85fc-3d34269b9ba8
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Subject:

Conotrachelus nenuphar, plum curculio, barometric pressure, oviposition, and olfactory odor discrimination

Type:

article, model:article, and TEXT

Description:

We conducted laboratory experiments to elucidate the influence of barometric pressure on odor discrimination and oviposition and feeding behavior of adult female plum curculios, Conotrachelus nenuphar (Herbst). Barometric pressure had a significant effect on Response Index values (used as a measure of odor discrimination); odor discrimination of hexane-extracted McIntosh fruit volatiles was high when barometric pressure was high. Barometric pressure also had a significant effect on oviposition as females oviposited more during periods of low barometric pressure on a favored host fruit (wild plum). Observed feeding activity of females was not influenced by barometric pressure.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
policy:public

Source:

European Journal of Entomology | 2003 Volume:100 | Number:4

Harvested from:

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Metadata only:

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