• DOI:10.3390/insects11030177
Corpus ID: 212708625

Behavioral Responses of Western Flower Thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) to Visual and Olfactory Cues at Short Distances

@article{Ren2020BehavioralRO,
  title={Behavioral Responses of Western Flower Thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) to Visual and Olfactory Cues at Short Distances},
  author={X. Ren and Shengyong Wu and Zhenlong Xing and Rui-rui Xu and Wanzhi Cai and Zhong-ren Lei},
  journal={Insects},
  year={2020},
  volume={11}
}

X. Ren, Shengyong Wu, +3 authors Zhong-ren Lei

Published 2020

Biology, Medicine

Insects

Western flower thrips (WFT), Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande), is a highly invasive pest, infesting many species of plants worldwide, but few studies have investigated the visual and olfactory cues associated with their foraging behaviors. In this study, the distance traveled by WFT to locate yellow cards using only visual cues and visual cues plus olfactory cues was studied first. Subsequently, preferences for colors (white, red, green, purple, yellow and blue) and patterns (triangle… CONTINUE READING

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