Bragantia (2003) 62, 447-450

Kátia Maria Medeiros de Siqueira and Angela Maria Isidro de Farias (2003)
Resposta de fêmeas de Encarsia formosa gahan (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) aos odores do hospedeiro e da planta-hospedeira em olfatômetro de quatro vias
[Response of female Encarsia formosa Gahan (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) to host and plant-host odors]
Bragantia 62 (3), 447-450
Abstract: The increasing importance of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci race B (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) as one of the major agricultural pest of this century, has resulted in a search for natural enemies that can be used in biological control programs. The response of naive females of Encarsia formosa (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) to volatiles from its hostspecies: insect (B. tabacci race B) and plant (Lycopersicom esculentum Mill.) were tested using 4-nose olfactometre. Parasitoid was not attracted by neither or insect hostspecies volatile.
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(original language: Portuguese)
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Bemisia tabaci biotype MEAM1
Encarsia formosa (parasitoid)	Bemisia tabaci biotype MEAM1