Plants can respond to feeding or egg deposition by herbivorous arthropods by changing the
volatile blend that they emit. These herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) can attract …

The chemical defence of pine against herbivorous insects has been intensively studied with
respect to its effects on the performance and behaviour of the herbivores as well as on the …

Scolytidae are major forest pests in Europe. For example, Ips typographus (L.) is considered
the main pest problem in forestry in many central and northern European countries …

Two closely related parasitoid wasp species, Cotesia glomerata (L.) and Cotesia rubecula
(Marshall)(Hymenoptera: Braconidae), are different in their associative learning of plant …

Pteromalus cerealellae (Ashmead)(Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) is an ectoparasitoid of
several insect pests of stored products. In order to provide requisite background information …

Microplitis pallidipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is an important larval parasitoid of noctuid
larval pests. In this study, we describe the morphology, ultrastructure and distribution of …

The bruchid beetle, Callosobruchus chinensis (L.) and C. maculatus (F.)(Coleoptera:
Bruchidae), are important stored-product insects of stored legume seeds. In this study, the …

Host location by parasitoids and dipteran predators of bark beetles is poorly understood.
Unlike coleopteran predators that locate prey by orienting to prey pheromones, wasps and …

A gas chromatography–mass spectrometry–electroantennographic detection (GC–MS/EAD)
setup has been designed by adapting a commercially available “Olfactory Detector Port” to …

Spathius agrili Yang (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is a newly described and important
idiobiont ectoparasitoid of the emerald ash borer (EAB) that has excellent potential as a …