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 2

Number of antennal drumming series performed by Psyttalia concolor females during searching behavior on healthy and Bactrocera oleae-infested olives in two-choice bioassay in still air arena.

Cultivar Treatment Infested olivesHealthy olives value
Drumming series
Mean ± SE (N)
Replicates Drumming series
Mean ± SE (N)
Replicates

ArbequinaVisual + olfactory5,6 ± 1,1251,0 ± 0,653,46090,0734
Olfactory7,0 ± 0,9242,5 ± 1,365,30010,0209

FrantoioVisual + olfactory7,9 ± 1,3231,6 ± 0,876,8330,0142
Olfactory2,3 ± 0,3221,5 ± 0,481,69770,2032

LeccinoVisual + olfactory9,8 ± 1,6221,4 ± 0,589,68810,0042
Olfactory2,1 ± 0,5230,1 ± 0,175,5310,0259

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