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. 1990 Oct;16(10):2889-98.
doi: 10.1007/BF00979481.

Preferences of matedHeliothis virescens andH. subflexa females for host and nonhost volatiles in a flight tunnel

F C Tingle  1 , E R Mitchell, R R Heath
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Preferences of matedHeliothis virescens andH. subflexa females for host and nonhost volatiles in a flight tunnel

F C Tingle et al. J Chem Ecol. 1990 Oct.

Abstract

In flight-tunnel bioassays, mated femaleHeliothis subflexa (Gn.) moths demonstrated in dual-choice tests a significant preference for volatiles from an extract of their only known host,Physalis spp. (groundcherry). However,H. virescens (F.), a polyphagous species, responded positively by anemotaxis to extracts from susceptible tobacco, cotton,Desmodium tortuosum (host plants), and groundcherry, a nonhost.H. virescens females did not fly to volatiles emanating from an extract of a resistant tobacco cultivar.

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