Parasitic Wasps Can Reduce Mortality of Teosinte Plants Infested With Fall Armyworm: Support for a Defensive Function of Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles

Parasitic Wasps Can Reduce Mortality of Teosinte Plants Infested With Fall Armyworm: Support for a Defensive Function of Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles

Many parasitic wasps use volatiles emitted by plants under herbivore attack to find their hosts. It has therefore been proposed that these inducible plant volatiles serve an indirect defense function by recruiting parasitoids and other natural enemies. This suggested function remains controversial b...

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Main Authors: Elvira S. de Lange, Kevin Farnier, Thomas Degen, Benjamin Gaudillat, Rafael Aguilar-Romero, Fernando Bahena-Juárez, Ken Oyama, Ted C. J. Turlings
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
Campoletis sonorensis
parasitoid wasp
Spodoptera frugiperda
tritrophic interactions
volatiles
Zea mays
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2018.00055/full

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