Nutrient quality and maturity status of frass fertilizer from nine edible insects

Publication Type

Journal Article

Journal Name

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Publication Date

1-1-2014

Abstract

Wind tunnel and Y-tube olfactometer studies are useful for demonstrating the responsiveness ofmale moths to sex pheromones. However, in the cereal stem borer, Busseola fusca (Fuller) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), wind tunnel bioassays yielded poor results when the behavioural responses of females to plant odours were tested. We demonstrated that for B. fusca females, the Y-tube olfactometer was better suited for measuring the attractiveness of plant odours, compared with the wind tunnel. In particular, we showed B. fusca preference for odours of a host over a non-host plant species using this apparatus. Behavioural responses for B. fusca after host finding are also discussed.

Keywords

Dual choice, Host plant selection, Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Plant odours, Stem borer, Wind tunnel, Y-tube olfactometer, Zeamays

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