Classical Olfactory Conditioning in the Oriental Fruit Fly, Bactrocera dorsalis

Jia Li Liu; Xiao Yan Chen; Xin Nian Zeng

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0122155

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Classical Olfactory Conditioning in the Oriental Fruit Fly, Bactrocera dorsalis

Jia Li Liu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jia Li Liu, Xiao Yan Chen

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology of the Ministry of Education, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Xiao Yan Chen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jia Li Liu, Xiao Yan Chen

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology of the Ministry of Education, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Xin Nian Zeng

* E-mail: zengxn@scau.edu.cn

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology of the Ministry of Education, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Classical Olfactory Conditioning in the Oriental Fruit Fly, Bactrocera dorsalis

Jia Li Liu,
Xiao Yan Chen,
Xin Nian Zeng

Published: April 2, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122155

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Methodology Question - Changing Filter Paper

Posted by tip184 on 20 Mar 2017 at 13:49 GMT

You indicate that "The filter paper was changed after each training trial." Is this correct? There were 6 trials in which the fly was exposed to the peppermint; was the filter paper changed after each one? Or was it changed after each session, such that each fly got a new filter paper? Thanks! Jeff

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RE: Methodology Question - Changing Filter Paper

xzeng605 replied to tip184 on 21 Mar 2017 at 14:39 GMT

Thanks for reading our paper.
In our experiments,flies were trained in squads of 5-20 each trial. It means in each training trial,5-20 flies were given odor for training one by one.Thus, filter paper was not changed after each one, but after each training trial.
This method is similar with that used in honeybee.You can find a video in JOVE.
Do I make the question clear?
If you have any other question, please feel free to contact us.

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Methodology Question - Changing Filter Paper

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