Quantitative assessment of insect olfactometer performance by experimental flow analysis

Biological Control

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 44-47

  Giles, D K ^a   Heinz, K M ^b   Parrella, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

flow; olfactometer; predators; scent; tracer

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE;

AIRFLOW; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; GAS MIXING; OLFACTOMETRY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030219480     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1996.0062     Document Type: Article

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