Biogenesis of sex pheromones in the female olive fruit-fly

Chemical Communications

Volumn , Issue 8, 1998, Pages 863-864

  Hungerford, Natasha L ^a   Mazomenos, Basilis E ^b   Konstantopoulou, Maria A ^b   Krokos, Fragoulis D ^b   Haniotakis, George E ^b   Hübener, Achim ^a   Fletcher, Mary T ^a   Moore, Christopher J ^c   DeVoss, James J ^a   Kitching, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

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EID: 0001781748     PISSN: 13597345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a800691a     Document Type: Article

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