RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OLFACTORY AND VISUAL STIMULI DURING HOST PLANT RECOGNITION IN IMMATURE AND ADULT GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTERS

• Author(s): Patt, Joseph; S?tamou, Mamoudou; Ruiz, Rosa;
• Abstract: The interactive effects between visual and olfactory stimuli in host plant recognition and location by glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS) may be subtle. Thus, observation and evaluation of these interactions will require the development of behavioral assays that take into account host searching behaviors specific to GWSS. A prototype behavioral assay in which adult and immature GWSS are presented with combinations of visual and olfactory stimuli has been developed. Protocols for the presentation of various combinations of stimuli have been evaluated and standardized. Information generated from this approach may provide insight into processes (such as host plant selection and interplant movement by GWSS) that may be otherwise difficult to detect because of the complexity inherent at larger spatial scales.
• Publication Date: Dec 2005
• Journal: 2005 Pierce's Disease Research Symposium