Research Article

VOCs-Mediated Location of Olive Fly Larvae by the Braconid Parasitoid Psyttalia concolor: A Multivariate Comparison among VOC Bouquets from Three Olive Cultivars

Table 1

Choice time spent by Psyttalia concolor females during searching behavior on healthy and Bactrocera oleae-infested olives in two-choice bioassay in still air arena.

CultivarTreatmentInfested olivesHealthy olives value
Choice time
Mean ± SE (s)
Replicates Choice time
Mean ± SE (s)
Replicates

ArbequinaVisual + olfactory268 ± 3025255 ± 7050,03270,8579
Olfactory336 ± 2524208 ± 6464,77470,0374

FrantoioVisual + olfactory268 ± 2823218 ± 4370,77230,3870
Olfactory158 ± 2622125 ± 4880,41920,5227

LeccinoVisual + olfactory346 ± 2922308 ± 4580,46420,5013
Olfactory222 ± 3523166 ± 6370,58830,4495

Within a row, the asterisk indicates a significant difference ().
ns: not significant.
SE: standard error.