ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Host plant selection in a pentatomid bug Eurydema pulchrum Westwood
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Section of Entomology, Postgraduate Department of Zoology, University of Kashmir
Srinagar-190006 (J & K), India
Corresponding author
Azim M. Nayyar
Section of Entomology, Postgraduate Department of Zoology, University of Kashmir Srinagar-190006 (J & K), India
Section of Entomology, Postgraduate Department of Zoology, University of Kashmir Srinagar-190006 (J & K), India
Journal of Plant Protection Research 2010;50(2):229-232
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ABSTRACT
Observations on host plant selection in a pentatomid bug, Eurydema pulchrum Westwood were made using olfactometer techniques. The response of the bug to different plant species such as Brassica oleracea, Raphanus sativus and Solanum lycopersium in different forms (intact plant/macerated) and different varieties of B. oleracea (B. o. capitata/B. o. botrytis) has been shown. The results indicated that secondary metabolites present in B. oleracea play an important role in selection of host plant by the bug.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors have declared that no conflict of interests exist.
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