Semiochemicals associated to spacing behaviour of the bird cherry-oat aphid Rhopalosiphum padi L. (Hem., Aphididae) do not affect the olfactometric behaviour of the cereal aphid parasitoid Aphidius rhopalosiphi De Stephani-Perez (Hym., Braconidae)
Wl. Gonzales et al., Semiochemicals associated to spacing behaviour of the bird cherry-oat aphid Rhopalosiphum padi L. (Hem., Aphididae) do not affect the olfactometric behaviour of the cereal aphid parasitoid Aphidius rhopalosiphi De Stephani-Perez (Hym., Braconidae), J APPL ENT, 123(7), 1999, pp. 413-415
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology/Pest Control
Journal title
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY-ZEITSCHRIFT FUR ANGEWANDTE ENTOMOLOGIE
Volatiles produced by the interaction of Rhopalosiphum padi and wheat, and
semiochemicals which elicit the spacing behaviour of R. padi on wheat and o
at, were evaluated in an olfactometer against the cereal aphid parasitoid A
phidius rhopalosiphi. The parasitoid was attracted by volatiles produced by
the R. padi-wheat interaction at high density of aphids, but not by the R.
padi-wheat interaction at low density. Compounds produced by the interacti
on of wheat or oat that was infested with a high density of aphids (approxi
mately 9 aphids/cm(2)), 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one (MHO), 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-
ol (MHOH), 2-tridecanone (2-T), and methyl salicylate (MS), neither attract
ed nor repelled A. rhopalosiphi as pure compounds or in the naturally occur
ring mixture. The results are discussed in terms of the use of semiochemica
ls and parasitoids in the integrated management of aphid pests.