Aphid alarm pheromone (E)-β-farnesene: A host finding kairomone for the aphid primary parasitoid Aphidius uzbekistanicus (Hymenoptera: Aphidiinae)

Chemoecology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 132-139

  Micha, Stephan G ^a   Wyss, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

(E) Farnesene; Alarm pheromone; Aphidiinae; Aphidius; Attractants; Homoptera; Host location; Kairomones; Lysiphlebus; Parasitoids; Praon; Semiochemicals; Sitobion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001597881     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01245965     Document Type: Article

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