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. 2016 Apr 25;7:143. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00143

Table 1.

Effect of intact and damaged tomato and cotton plants on pheromone-guided flight behavior.

Stim. 1 Stim. 2 Sample size Flight [%] Upwind [%] Source contact [%] Upwind speed [cm/s] ± SD Number of contacts ± SD
Phero 27 96.3 66.7 51.9 25.8 ± 29.6 1.19 ± 1.71
Tom Phero 30 93.3 70 63.3 22.7 ± 27.3 1.37 ± 1.56
Tom damaged Phero 20 80 50 40 24 ± 22.7 0.6 ± 0.99
Phero 24 91.7 70.8 50 24 ± 22.7 1.75 ± 2.67
Cot Phero 23 95.7 60.9 47.8 30.5 ± 23 1 ± 1.38
Cot damaged Phero 28 92.9 67.9 42.9 25.1 ± 33.6 0.75 ± 1.17

Number of tested individuals and the percentages of male moths, for the experiments shown in Figures 2A,C, which started their flight, showed upwind movement and had source contact; also their upwind speed. The last column represents the number of contacts for all tested males. Stimulus (stim.) 1 and 2 together form the odor plume. Odorants of stimulus 1 were emitted continuously, while stimulus 2 (pheromone) was pulsed. A (−) in stimulus 1 represents the use of a solvent instead of an odorant. SD, standard deviation.

no significant differences within a column to the solvent-pheromone stimulation (p > 0.05, Fisher's exact test with Bonferroni-Holm correction; Number of contacts and upwind speed: Kruskal-Wallis with Dunn's multiple comparisons test).

cot, cotton; phero, pheromone; tom, tomato.