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ABSTRACT

The response of Microplitis croceipes (Cresson) to odors from a plant-host complex was investigated using a four-choice olfactometer. Females, but not male, parasitoids responded in a dose-dependent fashion to volatiles from the plant-host complex and oviposition experience enhanced this response. Femeale age had no apparent effect on the responses but oflower magnitude than those elicited by the plant-host complex. Volatiles collected from the plant-host complex placed on filter paper also elicited positive responses by female parasitoids.