Identification of plant semiochemicals and evaluation of their interactions with early spring insect pests of asparagus

摘要: ABSTRACTInformation is lacking on the chemical ecology of asparagus, and knowledge about effects its volatile emissions associated early season pest species completely absent. The current study aimed to (1) evaluate whether asparagus miner responds volatiles, (2) identify compare changes in host plant volatiles from mechanical chewing damage by black cutworm, a temporally co-occurring with miner, (3) assess how affect populations field. Results indicated that miners were significantly attracted healthy stems when compared clean air. Damaged headspace quantitatively qualitatively different plants. Volatile baits elicited range responses, but their inconsistent between sampling years phenology-dependent. Overall, we demonstrated may be altered pes...