An inexpensive olfactometer and wind tunnel for <i>Trichogramma chilonis</i> Ishii (Trichogrammatidae: Hymenoptera)

An inexpensive olfactometer and wind tunnel for <i>Trichogramma chilonis</i> Ishii (Trichogrammatidae: Hymenoptera)

Authors

  • Ranjith Alathady Maloor Department of Entomology, College of Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural University, KAU P.O. 680 656, Trichur, Kerala, India

Keywords:

Parasitoids, Host odour perception, Volatiles, Kairomones.

Abstract

A simple detachable, inexpensive, acrylic four-arm olfactometer, which provides a controlled odour plume for conducting free choice tests and a simple wind tunnel set up, which can be used to track and measure upwind movements of specific odours are described. Both devices were tested with Trichogramma chilonis Ishii, the egg parasitoid of rice leaf folder, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis Guen in the laboratory. These devices can also be used for monitoring the responses to olfactory cues of other small insects as well.

Author Biography

Ranjith Alathady Maloor, Department of Entomology, College of Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural University, KAU P.O. 680 656, Trichur, Kerala, India

Assoc. Prof. Entomology

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Published

11-01-2008

How to Cite

Alathady Maloor, R. (2008). An inexpensive olfactometer and wind tunnel for <i>Trichogramma chilonis</i> Ishii (Trichogrammatidae: Hymenoptera). Journal of Tropical Agriculture, 45(1), 63–65. Retrieved from https://jtropag.kau.in/index.php/ojs2/article/view/177

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