Variation in natural plant products and the attraction of bodyguards involved in indirect plant defense

R Mumm, M Dicke - Canadian journal of zoology, 2010 - cdnsciencepub.com
Plants can respond to feeding or egg deposition by herbivorous arthropods by changing the
volatile blend that they emit. These herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) can attract …

Field-testing of synthetic herbivore-induced plant volatiles as attractants for beneficial insects

H Yu, Y Zhang, K Wu, XW Gao… - Environmental …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Seven synthetic herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) and a mixture of nonanal+(Z)-3-
hexen-1-ol were field tested for their ability to attract beneficial insects in an open cotton …

Plant preference in the zoophytophagous generalist predator Macrolophus pygmaeus (Heteroptera: Miridae)

BL Ingegno, MG Pansa, L Tavella - Biological control, 2011 - Elsevier
Macrolophus pygmaeus (Heteroptera: Miridae) is an omnivourus predator used to control
several pests of horticultural greenhouses. With the aim to explore the relationship between …

Response of the zoophytophagous predators Macrolophus pygmaeus and Nesidiocoris tenuis to volatiles of uninfested plants and to plants infested by prey or …

JC Lins, JJA van Loon, VHP Bueno, D Lucas-Barbosa… - BioControl, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Knowledge about the orientation mechanisms used by two important predaceous
mirids (Macrolophus pygmaeus Rambour and Nesidiocoris tenuis (Reuter)) in finding their …

Electrophysiological and Behavioral Responses of Microplitis mediator (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to Caterpillar-Induced Volatiles From Cotton

H Yu, Y Zhang, KAG Wyckhuys, K Wu… - Environmental …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Microplitis mediator Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is an important larval
endoparasitoid of various lepidopteran pests, including Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner). In …

Olfactory response of a predatory mirid to herbivore induced plant volatiles: multiple herbivory vs. single herbivory

HRS Moayeri, A Ashouri, L Poll… - Journal of Applied …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Plants infested with a single herbivore species can attract natural enemies through the
emission of herbivore‐induced plant volatiles (HIPVs). However, under natural conditions …

The predatory mirid Dicyphus maroccanus as a new potential biological control agent in tomato crops

S Abbas, M Pérez-Hedo, S Colazza, A Urbaneja - BioControl, 2014 - Springer
The first record of the omnivorous predator Dicyphus maroccanus Wagner (Hemiptera:
Miridae) inhabiting tomato crops in the Valencia region (East Coast of Spain) was in 2009 …

Olfactory response of the omnivorous mirid bug Nesidiocoris tenuis to eggplants infested by prey: specificity in prey developmental stages and prey species

H Rim, M Uefune, R Ozawa, J Takabayashi - Biological Control, 2015 - Elsevier
We studied olfactory responses of Nesidiocoris tenuis Reuter (Heteroptera: Miridae), an
omnivorous mirid bug, to volatiles from eggplants infested by different developmental stages …

Does a supplemental food improve the effectiveness of predatory bugs on cucumber?

MF Oveja, J Riudavets, J Arnó, R Gabarra - Biocontrol, 2016 - Springer
The objectives of our research were to determine the effect of supplementary food on the
dispersion of the predatory bugs Macrolophus pygmaeus (Hemiptera: Miridae), Orius …

Odour‐mediated preference and prey preference of Macrolophus caliginosus between spider mites and green peach aphids

HRS Moayeri, A Ashouri… - Journal of Applied …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
A comparative study between direct prey preference and odour‐mediated preference of the
predatory mirid bug, Macrolophus caliginosus, was conducted. We used a Y‐tube …