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Identification of a wild carrot as carrot psylla (Bactericera trigonica) attractant and host plant chemistry.
Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology - 1 Oct 2021
Shaltiel-Harpaz Liora, Yahyaa Mosaab, Nawade Bhagwat, Dudareva Natalia, Ibdah Mwafaq
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Carrot psylla is one of the devastating pests of carrot throughout northern Europe and the Mediterranean basin. Here we characterized the behavioral response of psylla females towards different carrot germplasm and identified the chemical cues involved in the host selection of psylla females by oviposition choice experiments and metabolic profiling of leaf volatiles. In choice assays, carrot psylla displayed...
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