Research Article

Behavioral Response of Plum Curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar, to Synthetic Fruit Volatile Lures and the Male-Produced Aggregation Pheromone

Table 1

Standard least squares analyses of variance testing for effects of age, diet, lure type, mating status, and sex and their interactions on response of C. nenuphar to single components of benzaldehyde (BZ), plum essence (PE), and grandisoic acid (GA).

Type of effectSource of variationd.f.BZ versus PEGA versus PEGA versus BZ
MSMSMS

SingleAge10.210.350.55240.090.130.71580.000.001.0000
Diet10.070.110.74131.261.780.18250.170.220.6360
Lure type3465.03259.93<0.0001367.65173.52<0.000152.3023.47<0.0001
Mating status10.020.040.84300.170.240.62750.090.130.7226
Sex10.070.110.74130.010.010.90340.170.220.6360

DoubleAge lure type33.572.000.11453.431.620.18522.601.170.3217
Diet age10.070.110.74130.040.060.80820.510.690.4077
Diet age lure type32.221.240.29571.810.860.46451.760.790.5001
Diet lure type38.514.760.00292.431.150.33085.982.680.0468
Mating status age10.590.980.32230.010.010.90340.000.001.0000
Mating status diet10.070.110.74130.090.130.71580.670.900.3441
Mating status lure type30.380.210.88672.851.350.25910.720.320.8090
Sex age10.070.110.74130.040.060.80820.010.010.9058
Sex diet10.070.110.74130.040.060.80820.090.130.7226
Sex lure type37.053.940.00885.432.560.05497.353.300.0207
Sex mating status10.210.350.55240.090.130.71580.670.900.3441

TripleMating status age lure type32.201.230.29991.680.790.49939.444.240.0059
Mating status diet age10.12760.210.64400.040.060.80820.010.010.9058
Mating status diet lure type30.760.420.73627.843.700.01212.401.080.3597
Sex age lure type32.591.450.22875.982.820.03901.220.550.6505
Sex diet age10.070.110.74130.090.130.71580.000.001.0000
Sex diet lure type32.381.330.26393.481.640.17956.092.730.0437
Sex mating status age10.320.530.46780.040.060.80820.010.010.9058
Sex mating status diet10.070.110.74130.000.001.00000.510.690.4077
Sex mating status lure type32.071.160.32623.011.420.23663.191.430.2338

TernaryMating status diet age lure type31.070310.600.61662.561.210.30636.592.960.0325
Sex diet age lure type32.091.170.32173.181.500.21460.150.070.9781
Sex mating status age lure type30.510.280.83710.980.460.70890.140.060.9804
Sex mating status diet age10.000.000.94740.010.010.90340.170.220.6360
Sex mating status diet lure type34.472.500.05982.441.150.32892.180.980.4037

Five-waySex mating status diet age lure type30.900.510.67902.181.030.38063.061.370.2505

Numbers in bold indicate effects which showed significant differences (ANOVA, Tukey-Kramer HSD, ).