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Behavioral Response of Female Codling Moths, Cydia pomonella, to Apple Volatiles

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Apple volatiles stimulated pheromone release, oviposition, and upwind orientation in female codling moths, Cydia pomonella. Green apples increased the percentage of virgin females calling, the duration of female calling, and advanced the onset of egg-laying in gravid females. In a tube olfactometer, both virgin and mated females were more active in the presence of apple volatiles than in clean air. They responded by walking while wing-fanning; mated females showed a stronger attraction response than unmated females.

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    Fengming Yan, Marie Bengtsson & Peter Witzgall

  2. College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

    Fengming Yan

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Yan, F., Bengtsson, M. & Witzgall, P. Behavioral Response of Female Codling Moths, Cydia pomonella, to Apple Volatiles. J Chem Ecol 25, 1343–1351 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020978826346

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