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The role of ethylene, pure or in formulation, in the colonization behaviour of the olive bark beetle,Phloeotribus scarabaeoides (Coleoptera, Scolytidae) has been investigated in the laboratory. Ethylene has been found to be attractive in both sexes; the formulation ethrel 48 was active in an olfactometer up to several months. Ethylene, whose concentration varies with the developmental stage or the condition of the tree or its wood, may play an important role in the primary attraction of these scolytids to their host.
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Campos, M., Peña, A. Response ofPhloeotribus scarabaeoides (Coleoptera, Scolytidae) to ethylene in an olfactometer. Experientia 51, 77–79 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01964924
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