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ArticleScientific reports2025

Wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) Use Root Volatiles and CO2 to Discriminate Among Host Plants.

Atoosa Nikoukar, Rohollah Sadeghi, Sanford D Eigenbrode, William Price, Arash Rashed

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Underground Signals: The Ecological Power of Root Volatiles.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Atoosa NikoukarVirginia Tech, Southern Piedmont Research and Extension Center, Blackstone, VA, USA.
Rohollah SadeghiDepartment of Entomology, Plant Pathology and Nematology, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA. sadeghi_r@yahoo.com.
Sanford D EigenbrodeDepartment of Entomology, Plant Pathology and Nematology, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA.
William PriceStatistical Programs, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA.
Arash RashedVirginia Tech, Southern Piedmont Research and Extension Center, Blackstone, VA, USA. arashr@vt.edu.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the absence of visual signals, subterranean arthropods rely on olfactory and tactile cues to navigate toward resources. Here, in a series of pairwise dual-choice bioassays, we investigated the Limonius californicus (Col., Elateridae) larva response to wheat, pea, and bean seedlings in sand-filled olfactometers. We then quantified volatile organic compounds (VOC) emitted from roots. Wireworm preference for beans compared to wheat was attributed to the higher CO

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Carbon DioxideColeopteraPlant RootsVolatile Organic CompoundsAldehydesAnimalsLarvaPisum sativumTriticum2-hexenalAldehydesCarbon Dioxiden-hexanalVolatile Organic CompoundsClick beetlesCultural controlOlfactory cuesSubterranean pestsTrap crop

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PMID40133573
PMCPMC11937505

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