Research Article

Response of a Predatory Insect, Chrysopa sinica, toward the Volatiles of Persimmon Trees Infested with the Herbivore, Japanese Wax Scale

Table 2

The tropic response of C. sinica to Japanese wax scale and damaged persimmon leaves without wax scales.

Odor sourceMean Tendency percentage -test

UD8.82.4741.41% *
B12.51.5858.59%

UD8.34.5638.16% *
D-313.54.2561.84%

UD10.53.9243.45% *
D-613.71.2256.55%

Notes: UD means undamaged persimmon trees leaves; B means the wax scale body itself; D-3 and D-6 means leaves and twigs of damaged persimmon trees which the insects were removed from for 3 or 6 hours before the experiment; * /12.