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Figitidae)
… thesis was to understand the attraction to host- and food-associated plant volatiles of T. rapae, in order to enhance the effectiveness of the parasitic wasp as a biological control agent. The hypothesis was that female T. rapae would be attracted to the volatiles from cabbage …
bioassays with the insect herbivores Spodoptera littoralis and Agriotes spp.
… plants induced by Spodoptera littoralis alone release higher amounts of the volatiles alpha pinene, 1S-beta pinene, myrcene and terpinolene than plants induced with either only Agriotes spp. or a combination of the two types of larvae. It may be that Agriotes spp. can manipulate …
På SSAB i Borlänge har man upptäckt att avgaser från färgen förorenar ugnarna vid härdning. Avgaserna består av lösningsmedel och andra flyktiga föreningar som sedan förkolnas och faller ner på lackerade plåtband. För att komma runt det här problemet har SSAB tillsammans med …
… Electroantennographic recordings to quantify any possible responses to plant volatiles. Throughout the diet experiments the larvae from the Benin strain showed significantly a better development between artificial, clover, cowpea and cotton respectively, while the Egypt strain …
