Abstract:To elucidate the role of volatiles in attracting Plutella xylostella, the effects of volatiles from both rosette and flowering stage plants of Barbarea vulgaris on choice response of P.xylostella female moths were tested in detail with a Y-tube olfactometer in laboratory. The volatiles from the two development stage plants of B.vulgaris had similar and stronger attractiveness to behavior choice response of P.xylostella female moths. The number of female moths making a first choice towards volatiles of B.vulgaris plants was significantly higher than that towards volatiles of common cabbage plants, and the total retention time of the moths in the arm of B.vulgaris plants was significantly much longer than that in the arm of common cabbage plants(df=1, P<0.05).