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                                            Patt, Joseph

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                                            Meikle, Williamitem
                                            Stockton, Daraitem
                                            MAFRA-NETO, AGENOR - Isca Technologies, Incitem
                                            WOODS, DANIEL - Inscent, Incitem
                                            DIMITRATOS, SPIROS - Inscent, Incitem
                                            SETAMOU, MAMOUDOU - Texas A&M University
  Submitted to: Gordon Research Conference Proceedings
                                    Publication Type: Abstract Only
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 1/5/2012
                                    Publication  Date: 1/30/2012
                                    Citation: Mafra-Neto, A. 2012. Innate and conditional responses to chemosensory cues by Asian citrus psyllid: Importance of ecological context in 2012 [CDROM]. Ventura, CA: Gordon Research Conference on Plant Volatiles.Interpretive Summary:
                                Technical Abstract: This study is part of an over-arching effort to understand Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) host-finding behavior and develop scent attractants to improve ACP detection and monitoring. Because it is oligophagous, ACP response to host-plant stimuli should be primarily innate.  However, the capability to respond conditionally could enable ACP to track the physiological status of local host-plants.  This is key since it only reproduces on very young foliage.  To gauge ACP behavioral plasticity to semiochemicals it would encounter during host-plant selection, we measured its innate and conditional responses to:
1. Limonene, a common foliar monoterpene
2. Ethyl butanoate, a common fruit ester 
3. Vanillin, an ecologically neutral compound 
A follow-up test examined the effect of mixing a conditional compound (vanillin) with an unconditionable compound (ethyl butanoate) following conditioning on vanillin.


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