Eur. J. Entomol. 99 (3): 285-288, 2002 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2002.039

Effect of innate preferences, conditioning and adult experience on the attraction of Aphidius ervi (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) toward plant volatiles

Luis C. RODRÍGUEZ1, Eduardo FUENTES-CONTRERAS2, Hermann M. NIEMEYER1
1 Laboratorio de Química Ecológica, Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile; email: niemeyer@abulafia.ciencias.uchile.cl
2 Departamento de Producción Agrícola, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad de Talca, Casilla 747, Talca, Chile

The aphid parasitoid Aphidius ervi was collected and subsequently reared on Sitobion avenae on wheat or Acyrthosiphon pisum on alfalfa. Parasitoids from both origins were exposed in an olfactometer to alfalfa or wheat volatiles after plant experience (wheat or alfalfa) or after oviposition experience (S. avenae on wheat or A. pisum on alfalfa). The results showed the importance of adult experience, conditioning and innate preferences on the responses of A. ervi toward volatiles and provided a mechanistic explanation to the high prevalence of A. ervi on aphids on cereals and legumes in central Chile.

Keywords: Aphidius ervi, Sitobion avenae, Acyrthosiphon pisum, wheat, alfalfa, olfactometry, behaviour, preferences, conditioning, parasitoids, aphids

Received: July 14, 2001; Revised: November 15, 2001; Accepted: January 29, 2002; Published: September 20, 2002  Show citation

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RODRÍGUEZ, L.C., FUENTES-CONTRERAS, E., & NIEMEYER, H.M. (2002). Effect of innate preferences, conditioning and adult experience on the attraction of Aphidius ervi (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) toward plant volatiles. EJE, 99(3), 285-288. doi: 10.14411/eje.2002.039
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