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SUBMITTER: Uefune M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7735346 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Uefune Masayoshi M Abe Junichiro J Shiojiri Kaori K Urano Satoru S Nagasaka Koukichi K Takabayashi Junji J
Royal Society open science 20201111 11
We investigated the recruitment of specific parasitoids using a specific blend of synthetic herbivory-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) as a novel method of pest control in greenhouses. In the Miyama rural area in Kyoto, Japan, diamondback moth (DBM) (<i>Plutella xylostella</i>, Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) larvae are an important pest of cruciferous crops in greenhouses, and <i>Cotesia vestalis</i> (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a larval parasitoid of DBM, is found in the surrounding areas. Dispensers o ...[more]