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Free keywords:
Gossypium hirsutum; cotton; parasitoids; Microplitis croceipes;
Cotesia marginiventris; plant-insect interactions; volatile
semiochemicals; systemic induction; plant defense; host-
searching behavior; generalist; specialist
Microplitis-croceipes cresson; predator-prey interactions;
host-location; cotesia-marginiventris; chemical signals; flight
behavior; damaged plants; braconidae; semiochemicals;
hymenoptera
Abstract:
Cotton plants under herbivore attack release volatile semiochemicals that attract natural enemies of the herbivores to the damaged plant. The volatiles released in response to herbivory are not only released from the damaged leaves but from the entire c