Sex Pheromone Biosynthesis in the Tortricid Moth, Ctenopseustis herana (Felder & Rogenhofer)

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-147

  Foster, S P ^a   Roelofs, W L ^b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Delta 5 desaturation; Deuterium labelling; Lepidoptera; PBAN; Tortricidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001056525     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6327(1996)33:2<135::aid-arch4>3.0.co;2-x     Document Type: Article

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