Effects of volatiles from Maruca vitrata larvae and caterpillar infested flowers of their host plant Vigna unguiculata on the foraging behavior of the parasitoid Apanteles taragamae

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Abomey-Calavien
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationWageningen University & Researchen
cg.contributor.donorNetherlands Universities Foundation for International Cooperationen
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.creator.identifierManuele Tamò: 0000-0002-5863-7421
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-010-9859-2en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0098-0331en
cg.issue10en
cg.journalJournal of Chemistry Ecologyen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.iitaCOWPEAen
cg.subject.iitaGRAIN LEGUMESen
cg.volume36en
dc.contributor.authorDannou, E.A.en
dc.contributor.authorTamò, M.en
dc.contributor.authorHuis, A. vanen
dc.contributor.authorDicke, M.en
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-14T08:07:53Zen
dc.date.available2017-11-14T08:07:53Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/89386
dc.titleEffects of volatiles from Maruca vitrata larvae and caterpillar infested flowers of their host plant Vigna unguiculata on the foraging behavior of the parasitoid Apanteles taragamaeen
dcterms.abstractThe parasitoid wasp Apanteles taragamae is a promising candidate for the biological control of the legume pod borer Maruca vitrata, which recently has been introduced into Benin. The effects of volatiles from cowpea and pea bush flowers and Maruca vitrata larvae on host selection behavior of the parasitoid Apanteles taragamae were investigated under laboratory conditions by using a Y-tube olfactometer. Naïve and oviposition-experienced female wasps were given a choice between several odor sources that included (1) uninfested, (2) Maruca vitrata-infested, and (3) mechanically damaged cowpea flowers, as well as (4) stem portions of pea bush plants carrying leaves and flowers, (5) healthy M. vitrata larvae, and moribund (6), and live (7) virus-infected M. vitrata larvae. Responses of naïve and oviposition-experienced female wasps did not differ for any of the odor source combinations. Wasps were significantly attracted to floral volatiles produced by cowpea flowers that had been infested with M. vitrata larvae and from which the larvae had been removed. Apanteles taragamae females also were attracted to Maruca vitrata-infested flowers after removal of both the larvae and their feces. Female wasps discriminated between volatiles from previously infested flowers and mechanically damaged flowers. Uninfested cowpea flowers attracted only oviposition-experienced wasps that had received a rewarding experience (i.e. the parasitization of two M. vitrata larvae feeding on cowpea flowers) before the olfactometer test. Wasps also were attracted to uninfested leaves and flowers of pea bush. Moreover, they were also attracted to healthy and live virus-infected M. vitrata larvae, but not when the latter were moribund. Our data show that, similarly to what has been extensively been reported for foliar volatiles, flowers of plants also emit parasitoid-attracting volatiles in response to being infested with an herbivoreen
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2010-09-15
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDannon, E.A., Tamò, M., Van Huis, A. & Dicke, M.(2010). Effects of volatiles from Maruca vitrata larvae and caterpillar-infested flowers of their host plant Vigna unguiculata on the foraging behavior of the parasitoid Apanteles taragamae. Journal of chemical Ecology, 36(10), 1083-1091.en
dcterms.extent1083-1091en
dcterms.issued2010-10
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.subjectapantelesen
dcterms.subjecttaragamaeen
dcterms.subjectfloralen
dcterms.subjectvolatilesen
dcterms.subjectcowpeasen
dcterms.subjectvignaen
dcterms.subjectunguiculataen
dcterms.subjectpeabushen
dcterms.subjectsesbaniaen
dcterms.subjectcannabinaen
dcterms.subjecthosten
dcterms.subjectsearchingen
dcterms.subjectbehavioren
dcterms.subjectmarucaen
dcterms.subjectvitrataen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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