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. 2021 Jun 14;15(12):3522–3533. doi: 10.1038/s41396-021-01010-z

Fig. 1. Insect attraction by fungal VOCs.

Fig. 1

a Design of olfactory dual-choice assay. This figure shows how the dual-choice olfactory preference assay was performed. We placed Falcon tubes (15 mL) with a sterile diet (control) or fungus-colonized diet on opposite sides of a Petri dish. The green circle indicates the caterpillar release area. The choice was quantified in the end of the experiment when the caterpillar remained in the Falcon tube to feed. b Diatraea saccharalis and Spodoptera frugiperda caterpillars, in a dual-choice assay with sterile diet on one side (control) and Fusarium verticillioides- or Aspergillus nidulans-colonized diet on the opposite side (upper and middle panels respectively) and D. saccharalis dual-choice assay using the F. verticillioides VOCs on one side and the solvent (control) on the opposite side (lower panel). Values are the means (±SEs) of ten replicates. Statistical analysis was performed using a t-test considering significance levels of p < 0.01. c Chromatographic profiles of volatiles released by F. verticillioides, A. nidulans and the sterile diet as a control. Internal standard (IS, nonyl acetate). (1) 1-Octen-3-ol, (2) unknown 1, (3) acoradiene, (4) unknown 2, (5) unknown 3, (6) acorenol. Asterisks designate the same compound present in both treatments.