ISSN:
1573-1561
Keywords:
Eastern spruce budworm
;
Choristoneura fumiferana
;
Lepidoptera
;
Tortricidae
;
conifers
;
Picea sp.
;
Abies sp.
;
host volatiles
;
attraction
;
larval olfaction
;
olfactometer
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Abstract A two-choice, wind-tunnel olfactometer was designed and contructed to determine whether second-instar eastern spruce budworm larvae,Christoneura fumiferana (Clem.), could detect and discriminate among host-plant volatiles. Volatiles of current year's growth ofPicea glauca were preferred over those ofP. rubens, P. mariana, or air.Abies balsamea was preferred overP. mariana or air.P. rubens andP. mariana were both preferred over air. Two-year-old growth ofP. glauca, A. balsamea, P. rubens, andP. mariana were all preferred over air. Current year's growth of these host evergreen species was usually preferred over former year's growth of the same species in each case.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01012072
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