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SUBMITTER: Liu JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4383412 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Jia Li JL Chen Xiao Yan XY Zeng Xin Nian XN
PloS one 20150402 4
The oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, is a serious pest of fruits and vegetables. Methyl eugenol (ME), a male attractant, is used to against this fly by mass trapping. Control effect may be influenced by learning, which could modify the olfactory response of the fly to this attractant. To collect the behavioral evidence, studies on the capability of this fly for olfactory learning are necessary. We investigated olfactory learning in male flies with a classical olfactory conditioning proce ...[more]