Effect of the Kairomone on the Parasitization Rates of Apanteles kariyai to Pseudaletia separata

Effect of Kairomone in the Host Searching Behavior of A panteles hariyai, a Parasitoid of Common Armyworm Pseudaletia separata (Part 4)

Abstract

An arrestant to keep A. kariyai in the host habitat was synthesized by Wittig reaction followed by hydrogenation from a furan compound. Using this synthetic arrestant, its effect on the parasitization rate of A. kariyai to P. separata was examined in laboratory and green-house conditions. In both conditions, treatment of the host habitat with the arrestant increased the parasitization.