Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (1985) 39, 273-278

W.M. Blaney and M.S.J. Simmonds (1985)
Food selection by locusts: the role of learning in rejection behaviour
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 39 (3), 273-278
Abstract: The food selection behaviour of male fifth instar nymphs of Locusta migratoria was monitored on the host plant wheat and on the non-host plants Senecio vulgaris, S. jacobaea and Brassica oleracea. The non-hosts were rejected, but the mode of rejection altered with time in a way which suggested associative learning. This hypothesis was tested and the results discussed in relation to classical theories of learning.
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Database assignments for author(s): Monique S.J. Simmonds

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Locusta migratoria