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Oviposition stimulant for the cabbage root fly: important new cabbage leaf surface compound and specific tarsal receptors

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Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships

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Oviposition by the cabbage root fly, Delia radicum (L.) (Dipt., Anthomyiidae) is governed to a large extent by chemicals present on the leaf surface of the host plant Brassica oleracea L. Although this fact has been recognized for some time, knowledge about the nature of the phytochemicals is still far from complete. Glucosinolates (mustard oil glucosides) and their breakdown products, the isothiocyanates (mustard oils), have been known to be involved. The glucosinolates stimulate oviposition and the tarsal D-sensilla contain chemoreceptors sensitive to this group of compounds (Städler, 1978; Roessingh et al., unpubl.).

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  1. Eidg. Forschungsanstalt, Wädenswil, Switzerland

    Peter Roessingh, Erich Städler, Jakob Hurter & Thomas Ramp

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  1. Institute of Taxonomic Zoology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    S. B. J. Menken

  2. Research Institute for Plant Protection IPO-DLO, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    J. H. Visser (Secretary) & P. Harrewijn (Secretary) & 

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Roessingh, P., Städler, E., Hurter, J., Ramp, T. (1992). Oviposition stimulant for the cabbage root fly: important new cabbage leaf surface compound and specific tarsal receptors. In: Menken, S.B.J., Visser, J.H., Harrewijn, P. (eds) Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships. Series Entomologica, vol 49. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1654-1_45

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