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Responses of onion flies,Delia antiqua, to known attractants were measured in the laboratory with a novel tube-trap bioassay. The relative numbers of flies caught in tube traps baited with enzymatic yeast hydrolysate, brewer's yeast, andn-dipropyl disulfide were similar to those obtained previously with cone traps in the field. Changing the shape of the bioassay cage from a cuboid to a cylinder decreased the experimental error obtained from analysis of variance, as did rotating the floor of the circular cage. This bioassay should be useful in evaluating attractants for other insects that orient along the substrate.
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Diptera: Anthomyiidae.
Paper No. 11327 of the Michigan State University Agricultural Experiment Station. Received for publication June 8, 1984.
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Weston, P.A., Miller, J.R. Influence of cage design on precision of tube-trap bioassay for attractants of the onion fly,Delia antiqua . J Chem Ecol 11, 435–440 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00989554
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00989554