Behavioural and sensory responses to drimane antifeedants in Pieris brassicae larvae

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-202

  Messchendorp, L ^a   Van Loon, J J A ^a   Gols, G J Z ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antifeedant; Drimane; Feeding behaviour; Lepidoptera; Neural code; Pieridae; Pieris brassicae; Sensory response; Structure activity relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000901171     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00826.x     Document Type: Article

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