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Research article1999Peer reviewed

Behavioral Response of Female Codling Moths, Cydia pomonella, to Apple Volatiles

Yan, FM; Bengtsson, M; Witzgall, P

Abstract

Apple volatiles stimulated pheromone release, oviposition, and upwind orientation in female codling moths, Cydia pomonella. Green apples increased the percentage of virgin females calling, the duration of female calling, and advanced the onset of egg-laying in gravid females. In a tube olfactometer, both virgin and mated females were more active in the presence of apple volatiles than in clean air. They responded by walking while wing-fanning; mated females showed a stronger attraction response than unmated females.

Keywords

host-plant volatiles; apple; Malus domestica; reproductive behavior; codling moth; Cydia pomonella; Tortricidae; Lepidoptera

Published in

Journal of Chemical Ecology
1999, Volume: 25, number: 6, pages: 1343-1351

      SLU Authors

    • Bengtsson, Marie

      • Department of Plant Protection Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

      • Witzgall, Peter

        • Department of Plant Protection Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

      UKÄ Subject classification

      Ecology
      Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

      Publication identifier

      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020978826346

      Permanent link to this page (URI)

      https://res.slu.se/id/publ/110577