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Parasitoid wasps could tell the blend difference of the attractant.

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Why is it important?

This show the ability of the parasitoid wasps to discriminate slight difference in the blend of attractive volatiles based on their previous experience.

Perspectives

The results could be applicable for the conservational biological control.

Professor Junji Takabayashi
Kyoto University

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This page is a summary of: Parasitic wasp females are attracted to blends of host-induced plant volatiles: do qualitative and quantitative differences in the blend matter?, F1000Research, February 2013, F1000Research,
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.2-57.v1.
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