An airflow olfactometer for measuring olfactory responses of hymenopterous parasitoids and other small insects

TY - JOUR

T1 - An airflow olfactometer for measuring olfactory responses of hymenopterous parasitoids and other small insects

AU - Vet, L.E.M.

AU - Van Lenteren, J.C.

AU - Heymans, M.

AU - Meelis, E.

N1 - Reporting year: 1983 Metis note: 13542;article; knaw:19

PY - 1983

Y1 - 1983

N2 - A new type of airflow olfactometer is described, and results given of experiments using it to measure behavioural olfactory responses of hymenopterous parasitoids. Compared with Y-tube olfactometers it shows several advantages. In its exposure chamber four separate abutting odour fields are presented so that the test insect can readily enter and re-enter them. More than one odour (or different concentrations of one odour) can be tested at the same time, thereby providing complex preference test situations. The various behavioural measures that can be assessed in the apparatus are examined and discussed

AB - A new type of airflow olfactometer is described, and results given of experiments using it to measure behavioural olfactory responses of hymenopterous parasitoids. Compared with Y-tube olfactometers it shows several advantages. In its exposure chamber four separate abutting odour fields are presented so that the test insect can readily enter and re-enter them. More than one odour (or different concentrations of one odour) can be tested at the same time, thereby providing complex preference test situations. The various behavioural measures that can be assessed in the apparatus are examined and discussed

U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1983.tb00338.x

DO - 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1983.tb00338.x

M3 - Article

SN - 0307-6962

VL - 8

SP - 97

EP - 106

JO - Physiological Entomology

JF - Physiological Entomology

IS - 1

ER -