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Table 1 Herbivores and odor blends used to train C. marginiventris.

From: A tritrophic signal that attracts parasitoids to host-damaged plants withstands disruption by non-host herbivores

Experience

Contact (Insect)

Odor Blend (Plant)

Naïve

-

-

SS

S. littoralis (host)

S. littoralis induced

SE

S. littoralis (host)

E. variegatus induced

SES

S. littoralis (host)

E. variegatus and S. littoralis induced

ES

E. variegatus (non-host)

S. littoralis induced

EE

E. variegatus (non-host)

E. variegatus induced

  1. Naive C. marginiventris females were exposed to either host or non-host insects (column 2) in the presence of different plant odour blends (column 3). This resulted in differently experienced wasps (column 1).
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BMC Plant Biology

ISSN: 1471-2229

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