Orientation of Colorado potato beetle to natural and synthetic blends of volatiles emitted by potato plants

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 167-172

  Dickens, Joseph C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Chemical blends; Chrysomelidae; Insect host plant; Leptinotarsa decemlineata; Plant attractant; Potato; Solanum tuberosum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000383244     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-9563.2000.00065.x     Document Type: Article

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