Optimization of semiochemical-based trapping of Metamasius hemipterus sericeus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1389-1410

  Giblin Davis, Robin M ^a   Pena, Jorge E ^b   Oehlschlager, A C ^c   Perez, Alice L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggregation pheromones; attraction; banana; Canary Island date palm; ethyl acetate; kairomones; monitoring; Phoenix canariensis; sugarcane; trapping; West Indian sugarcane weevil

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; METAMASIUS HEMIPTERUS; PHOENIX CANARIENSIS; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0029850731     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02027720     Document Type: Article

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