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.