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SUBMITTER: Togashi K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6368615 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Togashi Kazuki K Goto Mifumi M Rim Hojun H Hattori Sayaka S Ozawa Rika R Arimura Gen-Ichiro GI
Scientific reports 20190208 1
Mint plants could theoretically serve as companion plants (CPs) that attract enemies of herbivores in tritrophic interactions. In order to explore the traits of mint volatiles as attractant cues for enemies of two-spotted spider mites, we performed Y-tube olfactometer assays of predatory mites, Phytoseiulus persimilis and Neoseiulus californicus, towards three mint species, apple mint, candy mint, and spearmint, as odor source. Clean candy mint and spearmint were attractive to P. persimilis, whe ...[more]