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<strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Paul Rugman-Jones</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:paul.rugman-jones@ucr.edu" target="_blank">paul.rugman-jones@ucr.edu</a>></span><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Hogg, Brian - REE-ARS</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:brian.hogg@usda.gov" target="_blank">brian.hogg@usda.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Jul 13, 2026 at 1:10 PM<br>Subject: olfactometer<br>To: <a href="mailto:paulrj@ucr.edu" target="_blank">paulrj@ucr.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:paulrj@ucr.edu" target="_blank">paulrj@ucr.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div>
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Hi Paul,</div>
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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.</div>
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Thanks for your help!</div>
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