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Tarsal contact chemoreceptors of the cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cerasi: specificity, correlation with oviposition behaviour, and response to the synthetic pheromone

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

Part of the book series: Series Entomologica ((SENT,volume 49))

Abstract

Females of the European cherry fruit fly (Rhagoletis cerasi L.) (Dipt., Tephritidae) mark the host fruits (cherry, Prunus avium (L.) L.) after oviposition by dragging their ovipositor over the fruit surface, leaving behind a trace of droplets containing a pheromone. This host-marking pheromone trail deters subsequent ovipositions by the same or other flies, and has been called oviposition-deterring pheromone (ODP).

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  1. Eidg. Forschungsanstalt, Wädenswil, Switzerland

    Erich Städler, Jakob Hurter & Ernst Boller

  2. Ciba Geigy AG, Basel, Switzerland

    Beat Ernst

  3. Dept of Entomology, SGGW-AR, Warszawa, Poland

    Marek Kozlowski

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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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Städler, E., Ernst, B., Hurter, J., Boller, E., Kozlowski, M. (1992). Tarsal contact chemoreceptors of the cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cerasi: specificity, correlation with oviposition behaviour, and response to the synthetic pheromone. 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_46

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