<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">OVIPOSITIONAL HOST PLANT PREFERENCE OF SEPIA-OFFICINALIS</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ZEITSCHRIFT FUR NATURFORSCHUNG C-A JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCES</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1990</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">VERLAG Z NATURFORSCH</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">POSTFACH 2645, W-7400 TUBINGEN, GERMANY</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">45</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1225-1229</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The present study was undertaken to verify ancient data in the&lt;br/&gt;literature on ovipositional preference of the cuttlefish Sepia&lt;br/&gt;officinalis for the terrestrial plant Pistacia lentiscus (mastic tree).&lt;br/&gt;- Adult specimens of Sepia were placed in basins together with aerial&lt;br/&gt;parts not only of P. lentiscus, but also of Artemisia arborescens,&lt;br/&gt;Centaurea alba var. deusta, Quercus ilex and Laurus nobilis. The egg&lt;br/&gt;masses deposited on the plants quantified on a daily basis during the 16&lt;br/&gt;day observation period. By far the largest amounts of eggs were found&lt;br/&gt;attached to the stems and petioles of P. lentiscus (51.8%), but Q. ilex&lt;br/&gt;and A. arborescens also scored high as ovipositional host plants (23.1&lt;br/&gt;and 20.2% respectively). L. nobilis and C. alba var. deusta ranked very&lt;br/&gt;low (3.6 and 1.3% respectively). Considering the extremely divergent&lt;br/&gt;shape of the three preferred oviposition substrates, which excludes&lt;br/&gt;affinity for a uniform type of plant, the possibility of chemical&lt;br/&gt;attraction cannot be ruled out.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>