Chemical ecology of astigmatid mites XLIX β-acaridial (2(E)-(4-methyl-3-pentenylidene)-butanedial), the alarm pheromone of Tyrophagus longior Gervais (Acarina: Acaridae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-57

  Noguchi, Satoshi ^a,c   Mori, Naoki ^a   Kurosa, Kazuyoshi ^b   Kuwahara, Yasumasa ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nishi Ikebukuro 5 21 15   (Japan)

^c Konan Agricultural High School   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alarm pheromone; Tyrophagus longior; Tyrophagus putrescentiae; acaridial; acaridial

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ACARIDAE; GERVAIS; TYROPHAGUS LONGIOR; TYROPHAGUS PUTRESCENTIAE;

EID: 0005444148     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.33.53     Document Type: Article

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