Role of Sorghum Extract in Eliciting Oviposition on a Nonhost by the Sorghum Shootfly,Atherigona soccataRondani (Diptera: Muscidae)
作者:
G. C. Unnithan,
K. N. Saxena,
M. D. Bentley,
A. Hassanali,
期刊:
Environmental Entomology
(OUP Available online 1987)
卷期:
Volume 16,
issue 4
页码: 967-970
ISSN:0046-225X
年代: 1987
DOI:10.1093/ee/16.4.967
出版商: Oxford University Press
关键词: Atherigona soccata;maize;oviposition stimulant;pest management;sorghum
数据来源: OUP
摘要:
The role of chemicals of sorghum plants in stimulating oviposition by the sorghum shootfly,Atherigona soccataRondani, was investigated using the acetone extract of the susceptible sorghum CSH-1, which elicits high ovipositional response. Maize, not a host plant, treated with acetone extract of CSH-1 elicited as much egg-laying by the sorghum shootfly as did CSH-1. The activity of the extract on maize lasted for the maximum test period of 5 d. Results of these studies demonstrate the potential of the host-plant-produced oviposition stimulants for manipulating the ovipositional behavior of the sorghum shootfly as a strategy for the control of the pest.
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