[Entm-beu] Fwd: olfactometer

[Krista Zavala]

Please see below request sent on behalf of  Paul Rugman-Jones <
paul.rugman-jones at ucr.edu>


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From: Hogg, Brian - REE-ARS <brian.hogg at usda.gov>
Date: Mon, Jul 13, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Subject: olfactometer
To: paulrj at ucr.edu <paulrj at ucr.edu>


Hi Paul,

Hope all is well with you. Ricky Lara said that your department might have
olfactometer equipment that we could borrow. We want to test the responses
of a parasitoid of the moth Tuta absoluta to volatiles of different
solanaceous host plants. We have an old olfactometer (ARS model 2AFM1C),
but it needs some gaskets replaced and a new carbon filter, which will cost
about $5K. Do you know if there's a carbon filter we could borrow?
Naturally we would also be happy with an entire setup if one is available,
but I'm not sure how we would transport it here (I'm at the USDA in Albany,
near Berkeley). The one we have is a Y-tube, but more arms would also work.

Thanks for your help!
Brian




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