Behavioral observations of codling moth, Cydia pomonella, in orchards permeated with synthetic pheromone

BioControl

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 211-237

  Witzgall, Peter ^a   Bäckman, Anna Carin ^a   Svensson, Mats ^a   Koch, Uwe ^b   Rama, Franco ^c   El Sayed, Ashraf ^a   Brauchli, Julia ^d   Arn, Heinrich ^a   Bengtsson, Marie ^a   Löfqvist, Jan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^c Isagro Ricerca srl   (Italy)

^d Swiss Federal Research Station for Fruit Growing Viticulture and Horticulture   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antagonist; Codlemone; Field electroantennogram recording; Inhibitor; Mating disruption; Pome fruit orchard; Sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

CYDIA POMONELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0000927860     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009976600272     Document Type: Article

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